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Post #434,473
by Andrew Grygus
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6/12/20 7:05:21 PM
6/12/20 7:08:16 PM
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New Notebooks here are starting to come with HDMI . . .
. . but if they do, they don't have VGA, thus still one video port. Many desktops now have two video ports, but I'm not sure if they support two monitors. I've also seen some with one HDMI only. I know that if you plug in a video card, the on-board video is automatically turned off, thus I just make things simply by installing a dual monitor video card. My time costs more than the video card.
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Post #434,480
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
6/15/20 4:17:39 AM
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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Drew
     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

So, what are we going to do tonight, Brain?
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