Matrox's Extio Reviewed

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like Matrox isn't as dead as some of us thought. This box of tricks lets you connect four displays up to a PC that's 250 meters away. All the graphic data is sent down a fiber optic cable to the Matrox box that then connects to the screens. To the end user it feels like they're working directly on the PC, but the PC can be locked away somewhere safe."

Math problem nightmare

[Anonymous Coward]

Given the matrox [[1,2],[3,4]], compute the matrox's extio.

Uhm...

[suv4x4]

Looks like Matrox isn't as dead as some of us thought.

When was Matrox dead ffs? When Seagate bought them, they were one of the top HDD brands (well, for commodity OEM drives, if not known for amazing quality).

The fact that half of Matrox's utilities are producing Seagate brand drives doesn't make them dead, does it.

Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these

[suv4x4]

These would be so cool for demonstrations and conventions. I wonder how many of these cards you could fit in a single computer ?

... one.

Re:Uhm...

[niceone]

Yea, laugh at me :( "He mixed up Maxtor with Matrox. Idiot!" I deserve it.

Yeah, mod GP so that more people can laugh at him! Anyway, what's a Men's magazine doing producing fibre-optic monitor extenders?

Re:Uhm...

[Loligo]

>Anyway, what's a Men's magazine doing producing fibre-optic monitor extenders?

Silly me, I was sitting here wondering if he meant the first Maxtor, Reloaded, or Revolution...

  -l

Re:From the article

[antifoidulus]

How about we just put Justin Timberlake in a sound proof, airtight room and forget to open it back up?

Re:Math problem nightmare

[Anonymous Coward]

That would be the 4 element matrox [0,0,0,1234ext10] no?

Re:Optical Elegance

[cybereal]

I wonder, if one were to send a one minute stream of uncompressed video data, would more photons be required for the transmission over the fiber, or in the final display to the user/viewer?

But, the real question is if these cables ran under water could we consider each packet a photon torpedo?

Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these

[elrous0]

Oh great, now I have to walk 250 meters every time the damn thing crashes! Do you have any idea what a strain this will put on us fat programmers?!?!

Re:From the article

[Just Some Guy]

How about we just put Justin Timberlake in a sound proof, airtight room and forget to open it back up?

Would that be a dick in a box?

Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these

[TobyWong]

Osmosis

Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these

[ozbird]

I hate to say it, but this is probably an example where running Windows would be a good thing. Feel the burn!