Wednesday, September 13th 2006
ViewSonic Shows off "Made for iPod" Displays
ViewSonic is showing off "Made for iPod" desktop displays at Apple's Expo in Paris. Dubbed the ViewDock, the displays have an integrated iPod dock that links to the monitor, which is up 65 times larger than an iPod screen, depending on model. The ViewDock will be available in 19 and 22in widescreen models, but no resolution details were announced. Additional features include several USB 2.0 ports, a microphone, integrated stereo speakers, and a subwoofer. The displays are expected to go on sale later in the year but pricing is not yet available.
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Reg Hardware
29 Comments on ViewSonic Shows off "Made for iPod" Displays
Built in ipod dock... brilliant! If I needed an LCD I would definatly be considering one of these :respect:
Too bad I just got me my 20" 204B :D
:rolleyes:
Just a waste of money in my opinion... Id rather just buy a better quality sounddock instead of a videodock :rockout:
wow. a handy place to plug it in, transfer data and have it located is such a waste of money when so many people spend the extra for a normal dock to usually place it in the same place :rolleyes:
GOD FORBID that an ipod dock becomes a universal port like usb/firewire/etc :rolleyes: I mean geez cars would never do that would they?! :D Why isnt everyone bitching about ipod docks in BMW's?
But being an Ipod user, I actually know you cant play video while having it docked :rolleyes:
This was a pretty key line to the article-
"the displays have an integrated iPod dock that links to the monitor"
But example pictures prove nothing, because its obviously photoshopped.. it is in no way shape or form a basis of argument... don't kid yourself please! :laugh:
Even if it did link to the monitor... like apples VGA out cables.....
You dont get video on the ipod still... so the picture is of no way shape or form accurate :laugh:
Try again? :)
Directly from Apple's website-
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
However.. a company waste resources? whoa.. why would someone to THAT?!!
I have watched a few movies that are lower than a high quality 640x480 for sure, and they are very viewable on my 20" samsung @ 1600x1200... I don't see any problem..
ofcourse it wont be perfect, but it would be a handy dock for many of us :)
Sent the article to 2 of my friends that are very avid itunes store users and they LOVED the idea....
The market is their.. trust me.. ;)
Not positive on the new ipod shuffle, however, that comes with its own dock anyways.
New ipods come with new dock adaptors btw. ;)
(amazing how people assume things eh?)
With the new universal docks and adaptors what you say is true, but the older iPods didn't come with adaptors so I'm not sure they fit perfectly into newer docks.
Theres only one dock apple makes. ;)
The new ones come with like 12 adaptors... sounds like you've never opened one ;)
Take a look at this. They might not decide to make one for the 2G Nano's, but up until a couple of days ago (when this thread started) they were definately being sold.