Extio F1220 is the latest addition to Matrox’ RGU assortment, Remote Graphics Unit, which pretty much says it all. Matrox has developed a unit you connect to your computer to extend the connection between the computer and its peripheral equipment. Extio F1220 allows the user to extend two monitor signals, sound, two FireWire ports, six USB2.0 ports, mouse and keyboard from the computer the unit is connected to. If you wonder why one doesn’t just buy longer cables the reach of Extio F1220 can explain this. You can namely place the computer 250 meters from the unit and that’s a distance where longer cables can’t help you.
“By separating the computer from the monitors and user-interface, the Extio series of products helps address issues such as security, heat, noise, system maintenance and support, and system access in digital signage environments.”
Extio F1220 is as most of you have already figured out not for the regular John Doe but smaller and larger companies working with powerful and spacious computers. Extio F1220 is connected through a regular fiber-optic cable with dual LC connectors to a Matrox PCI or PCI Express adapter in the computer. Without any moving parts or fans Extio is practically silent and thus a very ergonomic alternative. Matrox is mainly known as a graphics card manufacturer, but there is so much more to it.
