By: Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us), December 11, 2020 9:41 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on December 10, 2020 5:18 pm wrote:
>
> On the mac end we have conceptually this:
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-macs-able-to-run-up-to-six-external-displays-using-displaylink.2271262/page-8?post=29311218#post-29311218
> which can give us HDMI or "normal" USB.
>
Don't do this. DisplayLink uses compression to stuff the display data into USB signal, besides possible problems with latency and other glitches (dunno), that is not a good thing to do for your main display particularly for some professional workloads working with image/photo or video data.
Wait for proper hardware to feed the monitors properly.
> On the monitor side we have to feed in USB-C alt.
> BUT this magic box kinda sorta for some purposes creates USB-C alt:
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/lg-ultrafine-4k-and-5k-yes-you-can-connect-it-to-windows-computers-via-dp.2227756/
> Then all you need is HDMI to displayport or "USB normal"
> to displayport and those connectors are a dime a dozen.
>
> Will this *actually* work (as opposed to "yes it should work in an ideal world
> where everyone follows specs rigorously and perfectly"?) I have NO idea...
> Generically my experience with video converters has been very good; I've dealt with plenty of
> two or even three stacked converters (going back as far as "NTSC something else" boxes) and
> the result has always done the job. But I cannot vouch for this particular combination.
>
>
> On the mac end we have conceptually this:
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-macs-able-to-run-up-to-six-external-displays-using-displaylink.2271262/page-8?post=29311218#post-29311218
> which can give us HDMI or "normal" USB.
>
Don't do this. DisplayLink uses compression to stuff the display data into USB signal, besides possible problems with latency and other glitches (dunno), that is not a good thing to do for your main display particularly for some professional workloads working with image/photo or video data.
Wait for proper hardware to feed the monitors properly.
> On the monitor side we have to feed in USB-C alt.
> BUT this magic box kinda sorta for some purposes creates USB-C alt:
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/lg-ultrafine-4k-and-5k-yes-you-can-connect-it-to-windows-computers-via-dp.2227756/
> Then all you need is HDMI to displayport or "USB normal"
> to displayport and those connectors are a dime a dozen.
>
> Will this *actually* work (as opposed to "yes it should work in an ideal world
> where everyone follows specs rigorously and perfectly"?) I have NO idea...
> Generically my experience with video converters has been very good; I've dealt with plenty of
> two or even three stacked converters (going back as far as "NTSC something else" boxes) and
> the result has always done the job. But I cannot vouch for this particular combination.
>
