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Matrox's Extio Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the serious-kvm-solutions dept.

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."

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  1. Math problem nightmare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Math problem nightmare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  2. Uhm... by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Uhm... by niceone · · Score: 5, Funny

      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?

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    2. Re:Uhm... by Loligo · · Score: 5, Funny

      >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

  3. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

    ... one.

  4. Re:From the article by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  5. Re:Optical Elegance by cybereal · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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  6. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?!?!

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  7. Re:From the article by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    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?

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  8. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by TobyWong · · Score: 2, Funny

    Osmosis

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  9. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by ozbird · · Score: 3, Funny

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