You're behind the times. There are now monitors that use the USB port as SOURCE. They've been out for a few years.
http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/B000AYHY7I
So - USB is a more common video cable than you're allowing for.
Nope, still not getting it. What besides from computers, webcams, and cameras output USB video? What console outputs USB video? What bluray player outputs USB video?
So you could use Pandora with USB3 to output video from a computer.. great.. you could do this a number of other ways too.. still pretty sure this is NOT what the guy is asking for!
Also - IF you're going to be 'hooking up' general consumer devices (10 year old VHS player for example), then you should EXPECT to need to use some form of adapter/dongle box - and not complain about 'portability'.
Apparently not if you're the OP and are asking if the next Pandora can be a monitor.
It detailed nothing about 10 year old VHS systems or 'video output sources' but as a 'monitor' which implies for a 'computer' which, unless it's 13+ years old will have a USB port. Not that I'd want to use a monitor over a USB 1.0 line regularly - it might work nicely for command line server software installs. Just walk up, plug two USB cables into the server and into the host/guest ports on the Pandora. Serve the data install from the OTG and read the video output from the server over the host port. That would actually be kind of nifty. Of course you could just remote into the server - but that isn't the question here.
Well given that he asked for it as a feature for the device and not someone to write software for, and giving him the benefit of the doubt that he isn't an idiot, it stands to reason that he did in fact want more than the ability to use video over USB.
But I guess at this point we'd may as well let him clarify it himself, if he ever decides to return to this thread.
You're going to draw that conclusion based on what?
All we're talking about is using a similar video over USB protocol as those use. The Pandora 2, with USB 3.0 AND a bitchin' video chipset should do the task very nicely - from a hardware basis.
Look around - they do a lot more than just static pictures now.
One of these 'USB picture frames' might be pretty darn cool plugged into a Pandora host to use as a BIG monitor for the tiny device.
http://www.amazon.co.../ref=pd_cp_pc_0
Note: it would need more than the 500mA that the current USB port on the Pandora should push.
Gee. Read the reviews.
"Not great for viewing video or images on."
"This item has VERY poor display quality. Purchased as a second larger screen for video viewing on a netbook, it will only display a static screen and locks up when attempting to play video, which was the intention of the purchase."
"The video processing over USB could not keep up and there were a lot of artifacts and jaggies on the screen but it was still playable."
"The response time is so, so, but that is to be expected from a USB monitor and it works well as a second monitor to use for menus, word processing, etc..."
Now connect the dots.
Sure, USB3 has enough bandwidth to do it decently, but that doesn't mean that every display will still be fast enough, even if it uses USB3.
Anyway. I was saying that DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES (devices that are actually called that!) are not good as general purpose displays. Why would you call anything else that?
