Does OSX Mountain Lion recognize an external monitor through a USB Port?

I am thinking of buying an external monitor soon and I dont know if my Mac Mini 2011 will recognize the external monitor through a USB port. Is their a software that I would have to download? It will be going throught the port with this http://www.walmart.com/ip/SIIG-USB-2.0-to-VGA/10884548 or even this http://www.directron.com/k33928us.html?gsear=1. Thanks

That is to complicated, requires special drivers and most likely will produce a poor quality siginal to the monitor.
For 24" or smaller monitors your best bet it to buy a monitor with HDMI and/or DVI input and use a good HDMI cable between the Mac Mini and Monitor, or optionally the supplied HDMI to DVI Adapter and a DVI-D cable.
For larger Monitors you will want one with a DVI or Display Port input and use a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter and a DVI-D cable or a Mini DisplayPort to Display Port cable.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
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