Thunderbolt Dock s

[Roxy.music]

I have just bought this dock on eBay. I did not realize at the time it was a Dual Monitor.
What my question is it has 2 Video connections is that the same as a Display connection?
Because I can,t see any leads that just call themselves Video connectors?
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I have just bought this dock on eBay. I did not realize at the time it was a Dual Monitor.
What my question is it has 2 Video connections is that the same as a Display connection?
Because I can,t see any leads that just call themselves Video connectors?

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I have just bought this dock on eBay. I did not realize at the time it was a Dual Monitor.
What my question is it has 2 Video connections is that the same as a Display connection?
Because I can,t see any leads that just call themselves Video connectors?
[doublepost=1565975907][/doublepost]

I have just bought this dock on eBay. I did not realize at the time it was a Dual Monitor.
What my question is it has 2 Video connections is that the same as a Display connection?
Because I can,t see any leads that just call themselves Video connectors?
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[Roxy.music]

I have just got the answer to my question.
Get your work done faster, with dual-video support through two DisplayPort connections Why don,t they just call them what they are rather than just calling them 1 Video 2 Video?i haven,t seen many reviews of the dock I am getting. This is the one I thought I was getting

 

[Roxy.music]

I am wondering do i buy a Display port to hdmi Cable or
Display port to Hdmi Adapter
or active or pasive?
I am tottaly confused by it all.Display port on my Thunderbolt 2 Dual Monitor above,i must say i only have one Monitor at present.

 

[theluggage]

I have just bought this dock on eBay. I did not realize at the time it was a Dual Monitor.

(I'm assuming you have this hub and a Mac with Thunderbolt 2 ports, not a new TB3 one).

Short answer is that this dock won't support dual monitors on a Mac unless one of them is a Thunderbolt Display*.

For your single monitor - you either

(A) connect it to the "spare" Thunderbolt port on the dock, using the same MiniDisplayPort to HDMI/DisplayPort/DVI/whatever adapter that you would use to connect it directly to a Thunderbolt 1/2 port on a Mac.

Or

(B) you can connect a monitor with a regular HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the dock.

If your monitor already has a HDMI cable, or you have other Thunderbolt devices to connect I'd go (B) - otherwise (A) because the same adapter will work directly in the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

Active vs. Passive: For (A), a 'passive' MiniDisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter will support displays up to 1920x1200 (including 'Full HD' 1080p) but if you have a higher resolution display - such as 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 - you need an active adapter. For (B) the HDMI port on the dock is apparently supports up to 4k@30Hz so it must use an internal active adapter.

* Or if you connect a second thunderbolt 2 device - another dock or a TB disc drive with two TB ports - and run the second display off that.

 

[Roxy.music]

(I'm assuming you have this hub and a Mac with Thunderbolt 2 ports, not a new TB3 one).

Short answer is that this dock won't support dual monitors on a Mac unless one of them is a Thunderbolt Display*.

For your single monitor - you either

(A) connect it to the "spare" Thunderbolt port on the dock, using the same MiniDisplayPort to HDMI/DisplayPort/DVI/whatever adapter that you would use to connect it directly to a Thunderbolt 1/2 port on a Mac.

Or

(B) you can connect a monitor with a regular HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the dock.

If your monitor already has a HDMI cable, or you have other Thunderbolt devices to connect I'd go (B) - otherwise (A) because the same adapter will work directly in the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

Active vs. Passive: For (A), a 'passive' MiniDisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter will support displays up to 1920x1200 (including 'Full HD' 1080p) but if you have a higher resolution display - such as 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 - you need an active adapter. For (B) the HDMI port on the dock is apparently supports up to 4k@30Hz so it must use an internal active adapter.

* Or if you connect a second thunderbolt 2 device - another dock or a TB disc drive with two TB ports - and run the second display off that.

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(I'm assuming you have this hub and a Mac with Thunderbolt 2 ports, not a new TB3 one).

Short answer is that this dock won't support dual monitors on a Mac unless one of them is a Thunderbolt Display*.

For your single monitor - you either

(A) connect it to the "spare" Thunderbolt port on the dock, using the same MiniDisplayPort to HDMI/DisplayPort/DVI/whatever adapter that you would use to connect it directly to a Thunderbolt 1/2 port on a Mac.

Or

(B) you can connect a monitor with a regular HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the dock.

If your monitor already has a HDMI cable, or you have other Thunderbolt devices to connect I'd go (B) - otherwise (A) because the same adapter will work directly in the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

Active vs. Passive: For (A), a 'passive' MiniDisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter will support displays up to 1920x1200 (including 'Full HD' 1080p) but if you have a higher resolution display - such as 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 - you need an active adapter. For (B) the HDMI port on the dock is apparently supports up to 4k@30Hz so it must use an internal active adapter.

* Or if you connect a second thunderbolt 2 device - another dock or a TB disc drive with two TB ports - and run the second display off that.

 

[Roxy.music]

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No i don,t i was hoping it was that one. but i is this one

i put the wrong one on here it does not have HDMI. it has 2 what they call Video conections which i know are Display Ports.

 

[Roxy.music]

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My Mac Mini is a 2012 model so ir is Thunderbolt 1.What i ment to say above is that i did not know what Video conections were untel i looked on utube and saw that they must be Display ports ,i have no idea why they don,t say Display Port on the dock?
I have to say i just received it today it looks in excellent condation it feels a good pieace of kit.

 

[theluggage]

No i don,t i was hoping it was that one. but i is this one

Actually, the one you have might be better - its newer than most TB2 hubs and looks as if it actually might support two DisplayPort displays at once (but maybe not on a TB1 Mac)

 

[Roxy.music]

(I'm assuming you have this hub and a Mac with Thunderbolt 2 ports, not a new TB3 one).

Short answer is that this dock won't support dual monitors on a Mac unless one of them is a Thunderbolt Display*.

For your single monitor - you either

(A) connect it to the "spare" Thunderbolt port on the dock, using the same MiniDisplayPort to HDMI/DisplayPort/DVI/whatever adapter that you would use to connect it directly to a Thunderbolt 1/2 port on a Mac.

Or

(B) you can connect a monitor with a regular HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the dock.

If your monitor already has a HDMI cable, or you have other Thunderbolt devices to connect I'd go (B) - otherwise (A) because the same adapter will work directly in the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

Active vs. Passive: For (A), a 'passive' MiniDisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter will support displays up to 1920x1200 (including 'Full HD' 1080p) but if you have a higher resolution display - such as 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 - you need an active adapter. For (B) the HDMI port on the dock is apparently supports up to 4k@30Hz so it must use an internal active adapter.

* Or if you connect a second thunderbolt 2 device - another dock or a TB disc drive with two TB ports - and run the second display off that.

[doublepost=1566323348][/doublepost]Thanks for all that info
theluggage

 

[Roxy.music]

I just saw on ebay a OWC TH2 Dock went for over 200 pounds,and that s without a Thunderbolt cabal It seems i got a bargain for mine at 89 pounds.

 

[Roxy.music]

Just tested my Thunderbolt 2 dock all working fine.