Full HD over USB: Demo by DisplayLink connecting four 4K HD monitors
HDMI is more or less ubiquitous display interface in notebook computers, monitors, modern televisions and also in some of the smart phones. The well accepted HDMI interface lacks from ability to connect multiple monitors to single connector. DisplayPort is another equally good video display interface for high-definition content with no any drawbacks compared to HDMI but still have this extra feature of supporting multiple monitors connections. DisplayPort offers twice the throughput of HDMI supporting very-high-resolution displays. DisplayLink, a company specialised in designing semiconductor chips for high-resolution video interface could able to connect four 4K p60 Ultra HD Monitors via a single USB connection. This was demonstrated at Computex 2016 using their latest DL-6000 series Docking Chipset. The monitors are daisy chained and connected to the host via a single USB cable, which can be either USB Type-C or Standard-A.
To tell you why this is important, these days there is interesting trend of using multiple monitors by professionals who use computers most of the day. Few examples include people in the stock market, content creators, and gaming enthusiasts. This trend is growing where even ordinary notebook computer user would like to use an additional bi...
To tell you why this is important, these days there is interesting trend of using multiple monitors by professionals who use computers most of the day. Few examples include people in the stock market, content creators, and gaming enthusiasts. This trend is growing where even ordinary notebook computer user would like to use an additional bi...
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