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**Melcar** · 01 June 2009, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by FunkyRider View Post

the car is not able to move yet, but, let us give it 5 wheels!

Yeah, I know. This seems like the type of functionality they would worry about after they get the whole damn thing working in the first place.

**L33F3R** · 01 June 2009, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by FunkyRider View Post

the car is not able to move yet, but, let us give it 5 wheels!

you think they would be smart and start with 2

**ssam** · 02 June 2009, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by FunkyRider View Post

the car is not able to move yet, but, let us give it 5 wheels!

more like they have give the car a remote control, so the devs don't get killed everytime it blows up. its something that is far more useful in the early dev stages than in the final product.

**Gamester17** · 02 June 2009, 11:53 AM

HDMI 1.4 carries network signals too...

I guess that the network support could also have something to do with the HDMI .14 specification which features networking support?:

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2009/05/28/hdmi-1-4-unveiled-lets-a-v-devices-send-network-data/

HDMI 1.4 brings internet sharing, dreadful tiers of quality

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/

Okay, so there's good news and bad news. Given that we just love to tease, we'll start you off with the positives. HDMI 1.4 was just revealed, bringing with it an HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) that enables data transfers of up to 100 Mbps between supported connected devices. Put simply, this could allow a "broadband-connected television using its HEC-enabled HDMI port to provide internet connection sharing with another HEC-enabled device such as a game console or DVR." Furthermore, the spec's Audio Return Channel (ARC) enables broadcast audio to be easily streamed back to an external amplifier, and the Automatic Content Enhancement (ACE) provides support for "future 3D video standards, increased resolution support (up to 4,096 x 2,160 pixels at up to 30Hz), and content recognition that promises to automatically optimize the TV's picture settings based on content type."The bad news? HEC will only work with new HDMI 1.4 spec cables, and those will be graded into two separate levels of performance: low- and high-data rate. We needn't describe to you what kind of ball Monster Cable is going to have with that one, but even outside of that, we're baffled by the decision to add one more complexity to a cable that should seriously be doing everything in its power to not be overshadowed by DisplayPort. At any rate, we're told that Silicon Image is hoping to ship chip samples to manufacturers in Q2 2009, while HDMI 1.4-enabled products could arrive as early as next year. We aren't holding our breath, but we'll gladly eat crow if need be.

**drag** · 03 June 2009, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Gamester17 View Post

I guess that the network support could also have something to do with the HDMI .14 specification which features networking support?:

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2009/05/28/hdmi-1-4-unveiled-lets-a-v-devices-send-network-data/

HDMI 1.4 brings internet sharing, dreadful tiers of quality

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/14/hdmi-1-4-brings-internet-sharing-dreadful-tiers-of-quality/

Okay, so there's good news and bad news. Given that we just love to tease, we'll start you off with the positives. HDMI 1.4 was just revealed, bringing with it an HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) that enables data transfers of up to 100 Mbps between supported connected devices. Put simply, this could allow a "broadband-connected television using its HEC-enabled HDMI port to provide internet connection sharing with another HEC-enabled device such as a game console or DVR." Furthermore, the spec's Audio Return Channel (ARC) enables broadcast audio to be easily streamed back to an external amplifier, and the Automatic Content Enhancement (ACE) provides support for "future 3D video standards, increased resolution support (up to 4,096 x 2,160 pixels at up to 30Hz), and content recognition that promises to automatically optimize the TV's picture settings based on content type."The bad news? HEC will only work with new HDMI 1.4 spec cables, and those will be graded into two separate levels of performance: low- and high-data rate. We needn't describe to you what kind of ball Monster Cable is going to have with that one, but even outside of that, we're baffled by the decision to add one more complexity to a cable that should seriously be doing everything in its power to not be overshadowed by DisplayPort. At any rate, we're told that Silicon Image is hoping to ship chip samples to manufacturers in Q2 2009, while HDMI 1.4-enabled products could arrive as early as next year. We aren't holding our breath, but we'll gladly eat crow if need be.

No it would not have anything to do with that.

All it is is just remote debugging. A developer needs to have the ability to send information to the driver and get information back out of the driver. If they are sitting at a PC and they are hacking on the video card stuff then how are they able to see what is going on?

Right now I expect most developers use a seperate laptop with ssh or whatever. But that is not always possible to do and I suppose Vmware has had other reasons for doing what they want.

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BTW,

Linux has already very good network GUI support in the form of X Windows. X Windows is certainly vastly more capable, faster, and more useful then any other remote desktop feature that I have ever heard of.

And it can do lots of things that most people would simply think is not possible... stuff like this:

9 monitors with Warcraft 2 clone:

http://www.plastk.net/2009/01/warcraft-2.html

24 monitors running Quake3:

http://www.plastk.net/2009/01/24-monitor-quake_22.html

50 monitors running Quake

http://www.plastk.net/2009/01/24-monitor-quake.html

Thats 25 computers driving 50 21inch monitors running a Quake3 game.

12800x5120 pixels.

The 24 inch screen in action.

10240x3072 Resolution Quake 3 Arena

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrLU-4nP3H4

Quake 3 Arena running at 10240x3072 resolution on a Linux cluster at Virginia Tech.For more information, check out http://www.plastk.net

Also he is using a custom gyro mouse.