Luna Display 5.0 Turns an iPad Into a Second Screen for a Windows PC

[DarthDon]

MS Dos Drivers? 🤣

 

[antipodean]

Picked mine up earlier this week. Works very well to my 12.9" 2020 iPad Pro from M1 mini or i7 MBP.

Haven't tried hosting from my windows laptop yet (Razer 17" w/ RTX 3080), but will do shortly.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but for me the killer feature is the ability to mirror flip the display ("teleprompter mode"). This means I can put my iPad in a teleprompter with my nice camera behind and use for recording pieces to camera.

Obviously, you can mirror flip basic text scripts with any number of teleprompter apps, but what this Luna Display function allows is a mirror flip of whatever you want to view in the teleprompter: Zoom call, powerpoint slides, etc. Great for giving the illusion of eye contact for meetings and recorded presentations.

 

[jsmitty]

Is there anything that will extend the display from PC to mid-2011 iMac running High Sierra?

 

[patsfan83]

This is a WiFi/Ethernet solution. It never use your thunderbolt port.
The dongle is just a fake EDID dongle to fool the GPU to believe there's a real display on it.

It’s absolutely a Thunderbolt solution. It’s the only way I’ve found it to be acceptable for a main display replacement.

Ethernet and Thunderbolt Support for Mac-to-Mac Mode

Release Notes: Luna Display 4.5. Luna Display's Mac-to-Mac Mode allows you to any Mac as a second display, with full trackpad and keyboard support for both devices. With today’s update, Mac-to-Mac Mode now supports Ethernet and Thunderbolt connection between Macs.

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[AxiomaticRubric]

Just did a quick test. $10 for the app on my iPad Pro 12.9 2018 and used a USBC to USBA cable to connect to a Surface laptop 4. Pretty good results! I also have USBC to USBC (didnt try it yet as i am using the USBC port to charge it right now). Was surprised with the performance using that Usb-C to Usb-A. Good but for $10 bux! Thanks for the tip! Was able to use 60fps with the best performance setting.

Yeah I haven’t had much trouble with Duet. It’s built and maintained by former Apple engineers who really know their stuff.

I’m glad it’s working well for you! 🙌🏼

 

[Th wolf]

Works great with my M1 mini to my 27” iMac (not retina) over thunderbolt bridge. Lag is pretty much non-existent and completely adequate for a main monitor.

Ethernet and WiFi are ok for second screen static work- emails, spreadsheets etc. but noticeable lag and compression.

Will this work via daisy chaining TB devices or does it require an independent TB link?

 

[patsfan83]

Will this work via daisy chaining TB devices or does it require an independent TB link?

Not sure on that one. Mine is connected TB1 out of 2011 iMac via USB-C dongle to M1 Mini.

Just a guess that it'll work with any connection as long as you can set up the thunderbolt bridge network.

 

[Th wolf]

Not sure on that one. Mine is connected TB1 out of 2011 iMac via USB-C dongle to M1 Mini.

Just a guess that it'll work with any connection as long as you can set up the thunderbolt bridge network.

Ok Thanks will have to wait and give it a try and get back. Do you know if this device reduces the number of 'normal' displays when in use? Sidecar for example doesn't inhibit the use of 'normal' additional external two no 6k displays which are possible for my 2020 imac for example, so i assume this is the same with Luna and two external displays can be used in tandem with luna? I am currently only using 2 x 2560x1440 (2K) TB screens and I want luna to power screen on 2013 MBP. Ive tried Duet, Airdisplay etc but they are pretty useless. I like the idea I can connect Via TB which also helps with sharing local TB HD.

 

[patsfan83]

Ok Thanks will have to wait and give it a try and get back. Do you know if this device reduces the number of 'normal' displays when in use? Sidecar for example doesn't inhibit the use of 'normal' additional external two no 6k displays which are possible for my 2020 imac for example, so i assume this is the same with Luna and two external displays can be used in tandem with luna? I am currently only using 2 x 2560x1440 (2K) TB screens and I want luna to power screen on 2013 MBP. Ive tried Duet, Airdisplay etc but they are pretty useless. I like the idea I can connect Via TB which also helps with sharing local TB HD.

I’m guessing your machine would need to be able to support an additional display at your MBPs resolution, regardless if it is Luna or normal display.

 

[Th wolf]

I’m guessing your machine would need to be able to support an additional display at your MBPs resolution, regardless if it is Luna or normal display.

Mmm doesn’t sound promising then. I think the bandwidth will be there but screen count would be exceeded in that case. Thanks for your time, I thought it would allow additional screen count like Air Display, Duet and Sidecar, albeit the first two are very poor quality over WiFi and don’t think they do a thunderbolt connection. Again - Thanks for your time.

 

[patsfan83]

Mmm doesn’t sound promising then. I think the bandwidth will be there but screen count would be exceeded in that case. Thanks for your time, I thought it would allow additional screen count like Air Display, Duet and Sidecar, albeit the first two are very poor quality over WiFi and don’t think they do a thunderbolt connection. Again - Thanks for your time.

If it worked with the others then maybe it would work. Worst case just ship it back.