Samsung shows off 18.5 inch USB-powered display

Samsung has developed an 18.5 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display that can run on just 6.3W of power — which it can draw from two normal USB ports. That means you could plug the display into a desktop PC without bothering to run yet another cable to your wall jack or power strip, which probably already crowded enough as it is.

What I’d really like is to see a display like this that you could throw in a bag and carry with you along with a netbook or even a small nettop so that you could assemble a fully functional battery powered computer in a coffee shop, at the library, or in another location without relying on wall jacks at all.

The display has a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and 250 cd/m² brightness.

Samsung plans to release the LCD next year.

i wonder how this monitor performs. good enough to play games??? still need vga or other cable going to vid card? id like to see some specs. pretty interesting.