CES 2006 - Day 1: Dell's 30" Display, Quad SLI, WUSB and more
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 6, 2006 4:20 AM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
Seagate's WUSB Demo and eSATA/DVR drive
Wisair and Seagate were demonstrating a proof of concept technology demo using Wireless USB to stream video from an external hard drive to a laptop.
The demo was simple; an external Seagate hard drive and a laptop were both outfitted with Wireless USB antennas.
The laptop started playing content from the Seagate drive without a hitch, all wirelessly. However one of the major issues with Wireless USB, especially for storage, is that you still have to plug the device into the wall for power. So Seagate's demo actually employed an external hard drive with a battery that would allow you to stream data from the drive, completely wirelessly.
The demonstration got choppy when on battery power as the operator moved further away from the notebook, but it is an early technology so hiccups can be expected.
The switch on the back of the unit switched between external and battery power
While transfer rates weren't disclosed, Wireless USB is supposed to be able to achieve transfer rates of up to 480Mbps - the same as wired USB 2.0.
The other interesting device at Seagate's booth was an external SATA drive that was plug and play compatible with Scientific Atlanta DVR boxes. Simply plug the drive in to the eSATA port on your Scientific Atlanta DVR and you instantly increase your storage capacity, allowing you to record more shows without having to open your DVR.
Note that the external drive does not allow you to move content onto your PC or other devices.
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at80eighty - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
while 'fugly' is debateable - to me, the last pic on page 2 - of the rig in flames , is frickin perfect on two levels1) Blazing performance
2) Reminds you that you'll need a fire hydrant handly in case that baby blows up :-)
at80eighty - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
while 'fugly' is debateable - to me, the last pic on page 2 - of the rig in flames , is frickin perfect on two levels1) Blazing performance
2) Reminds you that you'll need a fire hydrant handly in case that baby blows up :-)
Tanclearas - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
QFTWoodenPupa - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
What are the power requirements of a quad SLI??Cygni - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
Each dual 7800 card requires an external power brick, which takes a huge ammount of strain off of the PSU. In effect, it doesnt have to power the most power hungry item in any case, the graphics card. The PSU is actually mounted in the front of the case, beneath the HD's and CDROM drives, underneath the Dell logo panel. There is one PSU, but its likely quite a beast.Xenoterranos - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
What's the total power draw of that Dell Renegade?! four pentium cores, 4 nvidia gpu's, and 2 10,000 raptors!? The thing must come with dual PSU's to boot!Iv3RSoN - Friday, January 6, 2006 - link
dunno bout the power requirements - must be heaps lol. But i see this as kinda a publicity move - ordinary ppl see how fast this comp is 4 games then they think dell comps r really good and go buy one of their more budgeted offeringseun-sik lee - Thursday, June 14, 2018 - link
We are very intersted in boards as sample 2pcs.