Dude, you are the MAN! Thanks for this video and your channel in General. I just bought an M2 MM 32G/1TB 12C/19GPU for Video/VFX/GFX work and can’t wait to take delivery. I stumbled upon your channel and subsequently subscribed. Great work brother, keep on keeping on.👍
Great Video, as expected! However, be aware the content protected with HDCP 2.2 will not be displayed, e.g: Udemy, Netflix and alike. This is not a limitation of DisplayLink software, or the chip inside the docking station, it is a macOS 'limitation', as the only way to achieve multiple displays that Apple makes available is via "recording" the screen!
Great review!!! Was looking to buy and M2 Mac mini and needed to be sure I can do 3 displays with the base model. Probably still going to up the ram to 16gb but regardless this dock will be on my purchase list. Thank you
Something else to point out... the battery performance while using displaylink is also BETTER than native video output (that uses GPU instead of CPU). This in the macbook pro (m1)
7:52 Make it or break it. Great test for all possibilities. 10:46 same same makes getting best stability when docking multiple displays. My only disappointment setups are forgotten, are app dependent and mostly will not recall audio to output.
My M1 MBA is probably my favorite computer that i've ever owned but only being able to output to one display just has always seemed insane to me. I have a 16 inch m1 max that I use with three monitors and that pretty much always stays docked so it hasn't been a real problem but if this was my only laptop, it would be a no-go.
You can charge throught the cable, you just have to put the power cable (USB C from the mac computer) inside the usb C with the layout as PW100 then you carge with only one cable
I just got one of these docks for my M2 MacBook and it DOES provide power to the MacBook for charging. You need to connect a power source to the USB-C port with the PD indicator. From there the MacBook gets its power. My M2 MacBook get enough juice over the USB-C host connection to keep the battery fully charged.
@@christianl3592 It is a Pro. I have three external monitors and the laptop screen itself, so four total. I believe you would be able to do the same on a MacBook Air but I suggest contacting support to confirm before purchasing.
This is a wonderful and rare video. I am looking to have a 5-channel video output from a custom application on a mac mini 2 (Unity). I used this device and was only able to get 3 outputs, so I will try this! Do you know if there's a hurtz limitation on the monitor end, or something else I should know? Also, I've heard you can do multi-channel output with an ethernet hub, but I don't know anything about it.
hey there, thanks for putting this monitor video together - answered a lot of small questions for me. quick question on the KVM switch: if I have 2x macs connected, does the BenQ KVM switch properly deal with wireless keyboard/mouse switching? super-specific question, but appreciate any insight 👍
Thanks for the video! I require 4 displays for my daily work. This appears to be a step in the right direction. I hope that Apple gives us better native multimonitor support over time. It seems like they are missing a valuable market (even if it is a small market).
Hello. Great video! I have a m1 air with a 49" Ultra wide AOC Agon @ 5120x1440. Would I be able to add one more monitor with the same resolution you think?
The Multi Monitor Support of Apple is a bad joke... We tried to switch to Apple. But a 2016 Windows Laptop wipes the floor with our MacBook Pro M3 Pro in case of multimonitor support. I can't wrap my head around that... just sooo stupid. 9:18 my Lenovo Thinkpad drives 3 4k Monitors with 60Hz over 1 cable while charging @ 110Watts using the Lenovo Thunderbold 3 Dock Gen 2. But that thing just don't work with our Thunderbold 4 capable MacBook Pro .....
Can you mirror the displays? I would like to display my Mac desktop on 3 monitors in the office so others can see what I am doing, not standing behind my back
hello I'm from Brazil. Good morning. I have a MacBook Pro M2, also a Dell Universal Docking Station - UD22, and a DH07 - Docking Station. In total I have five monitors plus the MacBook. Of the 5 monitors, three are working individually and two are mirrored. These two that are mirrored, can I place them individually? I would really appreciate it if you responded to me. Thank you very much.
Is it possible to use a Mac minis usb and hdmi to go into a 3 way splitter into a 4x1 multi view dock? Connecting a usb to hdmi cable to the 4x1 multi view dock and connecting the Mac mini hdmi to a 3 way splitter and then running 3 hdmi from the splitter to the 4x1? Ultimately the 4x1 would display on a 75” tv.
Could I use this device to connect a distribution hub and then mirror monitor in multiple display environments, such as residential or digital signage markets, airports, shopping malls, and medical imaging markets?
there are a shape for that my macbook pro m2 can be connected with the studio display 5k and two monitors gigabyte ?? i tried but i couldnt... if someone know something, would be nice
Great content. I have a M1 Mac Air with 8G. Every time I run 2 displays - one of them freezes on me. I've changed the settings but still get have the same issue. What do you think could be the issue? I have hyper doc attached to air.
How can I connect two external displays with M1 Mac 2020. I am trying to connect it via daisy chain but both the external displays are showing the same window.
Great video and thanks for the recommendation. I bought this hub to use with my two HP VH240a monitors (1920x1080, 60Hz) with HDMI-HDMI cables. I use the HDMI ports in the first and the third Display ports but it won't detect the monitor connected to the first (HDMI-only) port. I have tried with the new Mac Mini M2 and also a Windows 10 HP laptop, but I see the same problem with both inspite of having the drivers and right settings. Any ideas?
First make sure the HDMI cable is good. Then, make sure the display is enabled in both Windows settings and the displaylink software. there is a toggle in the displaylink control panel enables/disables the display.
Question. I have two monitors using DVI-D to HDMI cables. Would this Minisopuru dock work with those cables? the monitores are a bit old as well. Just wondering before buying the dock. Thanks
I'm so frustrated I can't find an answer to this question...maybe you can help. I have a new '23 MacBook Pro (NOT MAX) M2 32GB, provided by my company. No one knew you couldn't run more than 2 displays natively and the company is reluctant to exchange my new machine. I've been using a 2017 MacBook Pro for years with 3 Apple Thunderbolt Cinema Displays, both at work and home. I can't find anything indicating how I can run all three on my new MacBook Pro M2 and Apple support said it can't be done. I see plenty of devices out there, but is there one that would work to at least run one extra monitor, keeping 2 native, or one that can allow me to run all three on a dock? I've searched everywhere I can think of and hoping you may have an answer. Thanks!
@@ElevatedSystems Thanks for your response! The only problem with that is, my 3 monitors are 27" Apple Cinema Displays, with the Thunderbolt 2 cables built-in. I have the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 (USB-C) adapters for each, plugged into my current 2017 MacBook, but I don't see any female Thunderbolt to male HDMI adapters out there at all that would allow me to connect the 3 Apple Cinema Displays to this dock, to work on my new '23 MacBook Pro. Are you aware of any?
Hi! I bought this dock but on monitor connected to HDMI1 I get a constant black screen for 4/5 seconds and then showing the image properly. This happen more or lesse every 10 minutes. Anyone with same behavior? THanks!
Dude, you are the MAN! Thanks for this video and your channel in General. I just bought an M2 MM 32G/1TB 12C/19GPU for Video/VFX/GFX work and can’t wait to take delivery. I stumbled upon your channel and subsequently subscribed. Great work brother, keep on keeping on.👍
Great Video, as expected! However, be aware the content protected with HDCP 2.2 will not be displayed, e.g: Udemy, Netflix and alike. This is not a limitation of DisplayLink software, or the chip inside the docking station, it is a macOS 'limitation', as the only way to achieve multiple displays that Apple makes available is via "recording" the screen!
What would be a better dock?
Do you know a way around the mirror issue with Netflix?
Great review!!! Was looking to buy and M2 Mac mini and needed to be sure I can do 3 displays with the base model. Probably still going to up the ram to 16gb but regardless this dock will be on my purchase list. Thank you
Something else to point out... the battery performance while using displaylink is also BETTER than native video output (that uses GPU instead of CPU). This in the macbook pro (m1)
I just want dual display out for my M1 MacBook Air to two identical external monitors, and this seems to fit the bill! Thanks for the video!
7:52 Make it or break it. Great test for all possibilities. 10:46 same same makes getting best stability when docking multiple displays. My only disappointment setups are forgotten, are app dependent and mostly will not recall audio to output.
My M1 MBA is probably my favorite computer that i've ever owned but only being able to output to one display just has always seemed insane to me. I have a 16 inch m1 max that I use with three monitors and that pretty much always stays docked so it hasn't been a real problem but if this was my only laptop, it would be a no-go.
Very true. I have m1 air fully stacked out.
Very disappointed with the 1 display output.
Had to buy 2018 mb pro to use two displays.
Thanks for the review. That's a sweet looking dock but darn it's expensive.
thank you for this, very helpful and you answered a lot of questions
You can charge throught the cable, you just have to put the power cable (USB C from the mac computer) inside the usb C with the layout as PW100 then you carge with only one cable
Worked for me, M1 MACBOOK PRO 2021. LG Monitor USB-C to the MAC, and 2 Dell's with HDMI to the Doc. Very similar to the setup here.
I just got one of these docks for my M2 MacBook and it DOES provide power to the MacBook for charging. You need to connect a power source to the USB-C port with the PD indicator. From there the MacBook gets its power. My M2 MacBook get enough juice over the USB-C host connection to keep the battery fully charged.
Is it the air and how many displays are you running?
@@christianl3592 It is a Pro. I have three external monitors and the laptop screen itself, so four total. I believe you would be able to do the same on a MacBook Air but I suggest contacting support to confirm before purchasing.
👏🏾: An answer to a very common question... Many thanks & praise X
Thank you for the video, it has helped me a lot!!!
This was soooo good. Thanks!
This is a wonderful and rare video. I am looking to have a 5-channel video output from a custom application on a mac mini 2 (Unity). I used this device and was only able to get 3 outputs, so I will try this! Do you know if there's a hurtz limitation on the monitor end, or something else I should know? Also, I've heard you can do multi-channel output with an ethernet hub, but I don't know anything about it.
hey there, thanks for putting this monitor video together - answered a lot of small questions for me. quick question on the KVM switch: if I have 2x macs connected, does the BenQ KVM switch properly deal with wireless keyboard/mouse switching? super-specific question, but appreciate any insight 👍
Thanks for the video! I require 4 displays for my daily work. This appears to be a step in the right direction. I hope that Apple gives us better native multimonitor support over time. It seems like they are missing a valuable market (even if it is a small market).
same here, have you found something of interest? Ultiumetly planning to get mac studio but currently want to "emply" my MBP Pro m1 to test the water.
Hello. Great video! I have a m1 air with a 49" Ultra wide AOC Agon @ 5120x1440. Would I be able to add one more monitor with the same resolution you think?
you can also add an airplay device
Ive run 2 monitors, an iPad through sidecar and my 4k tv through airplay without anything special with my M2 Mac mini base. 4 total.
Thx for the video. Very helpful. How much Ram does your Mac Mini have?
He mentioned in his review it's the base model (it went by quickly), so that would be 8GB of unified memory.
@@bryans8656 Thank you. It would be interesting to redo the same test with M2 Mac Mini with 16 and 24 GB Ram.
The Multi Monitor Support of Apple is a bad joke... We tried to switch to Apple. But a 2016 Windows Laptop wipes the floor with our MacBook Pro M3 Pro in case of multimonitor support. I can't wrap my head around that... just sooo stupid.
9:18 my Lenovo Thinkpad drives 3 4k Monitors with 60Hz over 1 cable while charging @ 110Watts using the Lenovo Thunderbold 3 Dock Gen 2. But that thing just don't work with our Thunderbold 4 capable MacBook Pro .....
Can you mirror the displays? I would like to display my Mac desktop on 3 monitors in the office so others can see what I am doing, not standing behind my back
hello I'm from Brazil. Good morning. I have a MacBook Pro M2, also a Dell Universal Docking Station - UD22, and a DH07 - Docking Station.
In total I have five monitors plus the MacBook.
Of the 5 monitors, three are working individually and two are mirrored.
These two that are mirrored, can I place them individually?
I would really appreciate it if you responded to me. Thank you very much.
I am using a samsung tv as a monitor and it keeps flickering on and off
Great video!!
Can you tell me how it performs when doing Zoom/Teams call or any similar software please?
Is it possible to use a Mac minis usb and hdmi to go into a 3 way splitter into a 4x1 multi view dock? Connecting a usb to hdmi cable to the 4x1 multi view dock and connecting the Mac mini hdmi to a 3 way splitter and then running 3 hdmi from the splitter to the 4x1? Ultimately the 4x1 would display on a 75” tv.
Could I use this device to connect a distribution hub and then mirror monitor in multiple display environments, such as residential or digital signage markets, airports, shopping malls, and medical imaging markets?
Hi!. Do you have problems Netflix or any other streaming plataform? with that adapter
there are a shape for that my macbook pro m2 can be connected with the studio display 5k and two monitors gigabyte ?? i tried but i couldnt... if someone know something, would be nice
Great content. I have a M1 Mac Air with 8G. Every time I run 2 displays - one of them freezes on me. I've changed the settings but still get have the same issue. What do you think could be the issue? I have hyper doc attached to air.
How to rotate the extra display on latest software m1/m2/m3
Test more docks/hubs on the Mac mini 😭😭
How can I connect two external displays with M1 Mac 2020. I am trying to connect it via daisy chain but both the external displays are showing the same window.
How was playback/lag with videos? Quicktime/pro res lt is what I will use
I have docstation dell WD22TB I followed ur all steps.but my Mac mini not supported ..only showing mirror monitors
Is it still working after a year? I have a wavlink, it only lasted for 6 month.
Do you think it would run a 1080P at 144hz aswell as a 1440p at 144hz and a 4k a 60hz at the same time?
how did you make that one external display to rotate? I cannot find the settings option unfortunately
Hi, i’ve been using this setup for few months but since the new update it’s not working anymore, the 3rd monitor is completely black shows no signal
think you could use 2 of these docks to get 6+ displays?
Can you confirm this works on 12.9” iPad Pro M1?
Great video and thanks for the recommendation. I bought this hub to use with my two HP VH240a monitors (1920x1080, 60Hz) with HDMI-HDMI cables. I use the HDMI ports in the first and the third Display ports but it won't detect the monitor connected to the first (HDMI-only) port. I have tried with the new Mac Mini M2 and also a Windows 10 HP laptop, but I see the same problem with both inspite of having the drivers and right settings. Any ideas?
First make sure the HDMI cable is good. Then, make sure the display is enabled in both Windows settings and the displaylink software. there is a toggle in the displaylink control panel enables/disables the display.
hello, i have mac mini late 2012 and i need to have two monitor, what i can do?
If 4 display out to 4 touch screen monitor, does it work well.
How can I set up my Mac mini 2 with 1 monitor and 3 smart tv with hdmi and 1 tv with vga? How do I make this happen?
Would this work on iPad Pro?
My Apple (2022 M2 MacBook pro) hardware, meant to support only one extended display😢😢. Confirmed by apple store genius bar.
How this will work?
you need this kind of dock and download display link driver in order to work
This is definitely overkill. Can you add an iPad with sidecar in addition to the 4 displays?
Does the volume or brightness keys on the Mac keyboard work with non apple displays?
The volume key works for whatever the default output is, the brightness key only works for Apple displays.
Question. I have two monitors using DVI-D to HDMI cables. Would this Minisopuru dock work with those cables? the monitores are a bit old as well. Just wondering before buying the dock. Thanks
If you mean HDMI (output) to DVI-D (monitor input) then yes it should work.
I'm so frustrated I can't find an answer to this question...maybe you can help. I have a new '23 MacBook Pro (NOT MAX) M2 32GB, provided by my company. No one knew you couldn't run more than 2 displays natively and the company is reluctant to exchange my new machine. I've been using a 2017 MacBook Pro for years with 3 Apple Thunderbolt Cinema Displays, both at work and home. I can't find anything indicating how I can run all three on my new MacBook Pro M2 and Apple support said it can't be done. I see plenty of devices out there, but is there one that would work to at least run one extra monitor, keeping 2 native, or one that can allow me to run all three on a dock? I've searched everywhere I can think of and hoping you may have an answer. Thanks!
Using this dock and some apple thunderbolt to HDMI adapters it should run all 3.
@@ElevatedSystems Thanks for your response! The only problem with that is, my 3 monitors are 27" Apple Cinema Displays, with the Thunderbolt 2 cables built-in. I have the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 (USB-C) adapters for each, plugged into my current 2017 MacBook, but I don't see any female Thunderbolt to male HDMI adapters out there at all that would allow me to connect the 3 Apple Cinema Displays to this dock, to work on my new '23 MacBook Pro. Are you aware of any?
Could you please test same set up with Caldigit TS4?
The TS4 doesn't support multiple monitors on an M1/M2 Mac therefore this same setup is not possible on a caldigit TS4.
@@ElevatedSystems thanks for quick response.
so why doesn't egpu work ? is this not a gpu?
Hi! I bought this dock but on monitor connected to HDMI1 I get a constant black screen for 4/5 seconds and then showing the image properly. This happen more or lesse every 10 minutes. Anyone with same behavior? THanks!
Check your lock screen settings. It sounds like your screen is set to timeout after 10 minutes.
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Save your money and use immersed VR(can use five displays)
can i do the same on a macbook m1 13 inch ?
yes but the macbook will count as one of the displays. So MacBook and 3 external.
Mac powering zero displays. Dock powering all the displays.
Aaaaand it works with the Ultrastudio 3g too ruclips.net/video/OxgFAtrwNgc/видео.html
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