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by pwhysall
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6/13/20 2:27:24 AM
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New My work laptop has only one HDMI port
But it also supports video via USB-C, which is how I connect to two monitors when I'm in the office - one on the HDMI connection and one on the USB connection.

My personal desktop here (which I built myself) has on-board graphics with DVI and HDMI out, which provides multi-monitor support. I don't use that, having a fast graphics card (AMD RX5700XT) for 3D work and games; this has 2 DP ports and an HDMI port, all of which can be used together.

I think the two DP ports can also be used together with a single monitor, to drive very high resolution displays such as 8K.
Post #434,516
by Another Scott
6/15/20 12:25:10 AM
6/15/20 12:25:10 AM
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New I got J a new Mac Mini and a 4K LG display recently.
Beautiful screen and no real problems with the MacMini.

But the display wouldn't show 4K on HDMI on the MacMini. I had to use a DisplayPort cable for it.

Maybe that's a well-known issue, but it annoyed me for a while until I figured it out.

There are still too many connectors. It's getting to be like plumbing connectors...

I suppose once everything kinda standardizes on USB-C, then Apple will start using optical fibers to connect everything...

Oh, and don't get me started on USB-C docks. I'm using one with my L390 laptop to drive 2 older Dell monitors and that works fine, but if I plug in a USB memory stick into the same dock then the monitors go blank. :-/

Grr...

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #434,518
by static
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6/15/20 4:17:39 AM
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New USB-C "docks" and adapters... *sigh*
Local electronics store has a range of USB-C things to other stuff, mostly for the MacBook crowd because that's all those things have. Far too many of them have HDMI plus other more desirable stuff - I'm thinking HDMI must be stupid cheap to add, given there's a way to get it directly over the USB-C connector. 2x USB-A plus HDMI. USB-A, SD card reader, HDMI. USB-A, USB-C, HDMI (Apple's standard one, actually). 2x 4K HDMI. Umm.

It took me months to find a simple 1x USB-A socket. I settled for a "hub" that has three USB-A sockets plus inexplicably an Ethernet port, too!

Standards are wonderful - so many to choose from.

Wade.
Post #434,519
by drook
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6/15/20 9:01:28 AM
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New Insert standard XKCD reference here
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     Things you forget about desktop computers - (drook) - (33) - June 9, 2020, 10:33:16 PM EDT
         Are you sure? - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - June 9, 2020, 10:56:34 PM EDT
             The part that goes "beep"? - (scoenye) - (3) - June 10, 2020, 07:51:09 AM EDT
                 I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless -NT - (drook) - June 10, 2020, 10:02:43 AM EDT
                 Microsoft had a PC Speaker driver at one point. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 12:05:31 PM EDT
                     Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing. - (static) - June 11, 2020, 11:46:06 PM EDT
         Desktop computers? Is there some other kind? - (Andrew Grygus) - (27) - June 9, 2020, 11:02:17 PM EDT
             Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds. -NT - (drook) - (4) - June 10, 2020, 12:52:16 AM EDT
                 Re: Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - June 10, 2020, 01:47:27 AM EDT
                     Most browsing and media consumption is on handheld devices these days, afaik - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 10, 2020, 02:36:57 AM EDT
                         Google says . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 11:27:31 PM EDT
                             Try BrowserStack for testing. - (malraux) - June 11, 2020, 12:48:41 PM EDT
             With desktop peripherals, laptops/notebooks ARE desktops. - (CRConrad) - (21) - June 11, 2020, 05:56:18 AM EDT
                 As long as there's a dock so I only need to fiddle with one plug -NT - (drook) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 06:18:05 PM EDT
                     Yeah, that would be even nicer. - (CRConrad) - June 10, 2020, 07:10:01 PM EDT
                 Well, my (remaining) clients mostly perfer . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (18) - June 10, 2020, 11:33:36 PM EDT
                     "install a dual monitor video card"... When was this, in 1987? - (CRConrad) - (17) - June 11, 2020, 05:59:45 AM EDT
                         A lot of desktops have embedded video. - (static) - (16) - June 11, 2020, 11:49:31 PM EDT
                             Which was the case here. - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - June 12, 2020, 01:37:54 AM EDT
                                 Utterly fucking weird. - (CRConrad) - (4) - June 12, 2020, 05:10:04 AM EDT
                                     Hey, I'm using one of those low-profile HP desktops - (drook) - June 12, 2020, 12:20:04 PM EDT
                                     It wouldn't have mattered much - (scoenye) - (2) - June 12, 2020, 05:51:03 PM EDT
                                         Preach it - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 13, 2020, 02:31:52 AM EDT
                                             Note on USB3/TB and Macs - (drook) - June 13, 2020, 09:28:40 AM EDT
                             What's "embedded" video, if not what laptops have had since... Idunno, the Bronze Age? - (CRConrad) - (9) - June 12, 2020, 05:04:16 AM EDT
                                 Looking at the back of mine ... - (drook) - (7) - June 12, 2020, 12:22:26 PM EDT
                                     OK, no USB Type C, of course... But no DisplayPort (2007) or HDMI (2003)? Or even DVI (1999)?!? -NT - (CRConrad) - (6) - June 12, 2020, 05:19:07 PM EDT
                                         Notebooks here are starting to come with HDMI . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - June 12, 2020, 07:08:16 PM EDT
                                             My work laptop has only one HDMI port - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 13, 2020, 02:27:24 AM EDT
                                                 I got J a new Mac Mini and a 4K LG display recently. - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 15, 2020, 12:25:10 AM EDT
                                                     USB-C "docks" and adapters... *sigh* - (static) - (1) - June 15, 2020, 04:17:39 AM EDT
                                                         Insert standard XKCD reference here -NT - (drook) - June 15, 2020, 09:01:28 AM EDT
                                         Nope, nope, and nope -NT - (drook) - June 13, 2020, 12:29:03 AM EDT
                                 Not just the processor. - (static) - June 14, 2020, 06:14:39 AM EDT

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