14 DAY TRIAL // Ever wanted to shrink your huge PC case and make your entire system silent so you can enjoy all that multimedia content without annoying cooling noise and unnecessary heat problems? Trident makes your wish come true and even more so, it turns your PC into an invisible device. Cool, but how will we be able to find our PC after all?
Well now, Trident doesn't really turn your PC into something invisible. In fact, the company designs 1-inch-thick cases and then they hide them well enough that it practically becomes "invisible." So, where do they hide that case? As you can see from the provided image, the case is installed at the back of any LCD (preferably wide-screen) just between the display and the mounting arm. In this sense, the case comes with standard VESA mounting holes on either side and it fits any display that allows mounting capabilities. Moreover, the case features a fanless design, which provides noiseless operation.
Trident claims that their solution aims at eliminating clutter from digital signage and media player installations in retail outlets, airports and hospitality environments. Attaching the super-thin PC case to the mount resolves the issue of where to place a local PC to drive a multimedia display. For the moment, Trident managed to squeeze only power-efficient hardware under that thin hood, but, as the miniaturization process continues, in a few years we could see today's powerful rigs making their way inside thinner PC cases like this one. Anyway here is what you can find inside the current Trident case and some additional specs on it:
- Processor: Onboard VIA C7 1 GHz, VIA Eden 1.5 GHz - Memory: 1 x DDR2 533 MHz SO-DIMM supporting up to 1GB - Graphics: VIA UniChrome Pro II AGP graphics with hardware accelerated MPEG-2 / 4 and WMV9 - Network: VIA Gigabit Ethernet, optional Wireless LAN 802.11g - Storage: 1 x 2.5" HDD and / or DOM (Disk On Module) - Audio: Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in (VIA Vinyl 6 Channel Audio) - Video: 1 x DVI-D, 1 x D-Sub 15, 1 x S-Video TV-Out (Dual View) - IO: 2 x PS/2 ports, 1 x COM port, 4 x USB 2.0 ports - System Management: Temperatures / Voltage Monitoring, Wake-on-LAN, WatchDog Timer, Keyboard / Timer Power-On, System Power Management, Power Failure Recovery, SMB bus - Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / XPe, Microsoft Windows. It has the industry-standard VESA mounting holes on either side, for you to install it in between a mounting arm and the monitor itself. Its fanless design keeps things super quiet and you can also put a 40GB hard disk inside.CE.NET 4.1 / 4.2 / 5.0 / 6.0, Linux based operating systems - Power Input: DC 12V - Chassis: Totally Ventless: Dust Resistant - Temperature: 0 ~ 45?C (Operating), -20 ~ 70?C (Storage) - Dimensions: 180 (H) x 298 (W) x 25.4 (D) mm - Net Weight: 2000g