How to Connect a multimonitor dysplay

[santiagosds]

Hey guys, I'm kind of a newbie here but i had a question that keeps stumping me. Every time i think i have it solved, I realize I am wrong.

Okay so here is my situation- I need to connect my Macbook pro Via HDMI to 4 dysplays but to only display one big image. I dont want it to be a mirror of my macbook screen though. so basically i want my macbook screen and a second screen on 4 monitors split 4 ways.

attached is what i want to do basically except with four monitors.

 

[newdeal]

What displays are you planning on using and what model macbook? Certainly isnt going to happen over hdmi

 

[santiagosds]

im actually gonna connect to 4 projectors and it is the newest model macbook

 

[squeeks]

retinia? that has 2 thunderbolt ports right? You could use two of these perhaps?

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/digital_me/

Just a guess, I'm not positive.

 

[santiagosds]

Thanks! that might work! and yes it is a retina display with two thunderbolts.

any other advice guys?

 

[newdeal]

Thanks! that might work! and yes it is a retina display with two thunderbolts.

any other advice guys?

One on hdmi, two on thunderbolt, one on a usb 3.0 to dvi or hdmi adaptor. Or you could just uy one projector that will display a really big image and not worry about it

 

[squeeks]

One on hdmi, two on thunderbolt, one on a usb 3.0 to dvi or hdmi adaptor. Or you could just uy one projector that will display a really big image and not worry about it

I don't think using all of those separate devices will give him the one giant picture he wants, the method i suggested might not even work but using the matrox software there might be a way to do it, just not sure if they will work in conjunction with each other that way or not.

 

[newdeal]

I don't think using all of those separate devices will give him the one giant picture he wants, the method i suggested might not even work but using the matrox software there might be a way to do it, just not sure if they will work in conjunction with each other that way or not.

I think it would you just have to lay them out correctly in the display settings and figure out how to hide the menu bar on the main display

 

[santiagosds]

The picture does not even have to be the same. basically. I want to project 4 different movies from the same computer at the same time without losing use of my macbook screen. Does this help maybe im crazy i dont know what to do

 

[newdeal]

The picture does not even have to be the same. basically. I want to project 4 different movies from the same computer at the same time without losing use of my macbook screen. Does this help maybe im crazy i dont know what to do

Dont think this will work.

 

[LoMonkey]

The picture does not even have to be the same. basically. I want to project 4 different movies from the same computer at the same time without losing use of my macbook screen. Does this help maybe im crazy i dont know what to do

I'm just a bit curious, but why do you want to do this? Do you own a video store business and want to advertise movies or something? I know my old apartment complex had a setup like this behind the front desk, but they had each TV set to a different DVD player.

 

[santiagosds]

I'm just a bit curious, but why do you want to do this? Do you own a video store business and want to advertise movies or something? I know my old apartment complex had a setup like this behind the front desk, but they had each TV set to a different DVD player.

I work for a Video sharing startup, we want to broadcast 4 live video streams from around the world from the laptop

 

[old-wiz]

I work for a Video sharing startup, we want to broadcast 4 live video streams from around the world from the laptop

I can't picture the MBP having enough power to do this. 4 live video streams to 4 monitors...oh my. Even if it worked it would overheat quickly.