Does a dual usb-c monitor dock/hub exist?

[themikew0ng]

I'm not sure if this exists but I am looking for a dual usb-c monitor dock.

I currently have a 15" MBP Touch Bar and i'm connecting it to two Dell UltraSharp USB-C monitors.

I'll occassionally run 3 screen (my MBP open, and the two dell monitors connected via USB-C to the MBP) but I also like to run just the 2 monitors with my MBP docked on the side.

However I wanted to see if anyone knew of a usb-c dock/hub that I can connect the two usb-c monitors into (as well as a bluetooth usb dongle) and then just have one connection into the laptop.

Essentially it would be set-up like this:

Monitor 1 --> USB Hub
Monitor 2 --> USB Hub . ===> Macbook Pro
Bluetooth dongle --> USB Hub

This way instead of connecting 3 cables into my computer everytime, I only have to worry about one.

 

[andreamb]

Hi Mike it sound me your monitor may be connected daisy chain that permit you using a single usb cable.

Isn't ?

Andrea

 

[themikew0ng]

Hi Mike it sound me your monitor may be connected daisy chain that permit you using a single usb cable.

Isn't ?

Andrea

I tried to daisychain with the display port cables but that didn't work. Is there another way to daisy chain the monitors?

 

[Stephen.R]

Assuming the displays don’t have regular DP input as well, the Caldigit dock may work - it has multiple USB-C ports and a second TB3 port. Whether the internal circuitry passes alt mode DP to those ports is another question. https://www.caldigit.com/ts3-plus

I’d contact them and ask about it. What model displays do you have?

 

[Ploki]

Assuming the displays don’t have regular DP input as well, the Caldigit dock may work - it has multiple USB-C ports and a second TB3 port. Whether the internal circuitry passes alt mode DP to those ports is another question. https://www.caldigit.com/ts3-plus

I’d contact them and ask about it. What model displays do you have?

it doesn't, they're data only unfortunately

 

[theluggage]

I'm not sure if this exists but I am looking for a dual usb-c monitor dock.

To run dual displays off a hub, on a Mac, it will need to be a Thunderbolt 3 dock (and one of the newer models) - not the cheaper non-Thunderbolt "USB-C" variety which can't support dual displays on a Mac.

You still probably won't find one with two video-enabled USB-C outputs - usually, though, the Thunderbolt 'through' port will support a single USB-C display and there will be at least one DisplayPort or HDMI output for the second display. I believe the Dell USB-C displays also have DP and HDMI inputs, so you'll need a DisplayPort cable for the second display.

Beware: double-check with the vendor that whatever you get really supports dual displays on your Mac. Some non-TB hubs offer dual displays using DisplayPort daisy-chaining which isn't supported by Macs. Some older TB adapters (including most TB2 ones) may also work this way.

This (https://www.caldigit.com/ts3-plus) is a TB3 hub which should do the job.
This (https://www.owcdigital.com/products/usb-c-dock) is a non-TB3 USB-C dock which won't support dual displays.
This (https://www.caldigit.com/usb-c-pro-dock) is a USB-C doc... er, no, wait, its a Thunderbolt 3 dock that can fall back to USB on a non-TB3 computer. Neat. Should do the job if it is connected to a MBP via a Thunderbolt cable. But, strewth, as if the naming of USB-C and TB3 products wasn't confusing enough already, and we haven't even got to the USB 4 rabbit hole yet...

(...and if someone comes along and pipes up with the pedantically correct but utterly unhelpful refrain 'but USB-C is just a connector' I'm giving up...)

 

[Ploki]

There’s a displayport+usb to usb-c cable someone pointed out in another thread, with cal digit that would give you two Usb-c displays