ASUS Vivobook connect USB C to 2 external monitors extend mode

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Dear Experts

I have laptop ASUS Vivobook 17 Model : X1704Z ,,,,,,,,,,OS windows 11 home

I found this at the office (TYPE C TO HDTVX2) and photos are attached showing product box

I couldn't make it work when I connected its USB C via two HDMI ports to two external monitors ,,,,,nothing got displayed

Is this the right gadget ? Am I missing something ?


Thx
 
Thank you very much very helpful website,,,I found from the USB C symbol on my laptop only for transmission means doesn't support display
 
If you need external displays without TB/USB4 you can buy a display splitter for HDMI one that extends, not just a splitter, it will do 1 1080p and 1 4k screen, or you can buy a dock with DisplayLink which will allow you to run loads of screens over USB, this is software based so not as good as native but unless you are fast paced gaming many wouldn't notice.
 
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HDMI extender is the best bet for a system like that - software display mirroring / output tends to be a less than perfect solution unless you are doing things like using it for simple business presentations, etc. with things like HDCP generally not supported, poor performance with anything requiring hardware accelerated rendering, etc. as well as compatibility.
 
Yup there can be HDCP issues but I guess you can run HDMI for one screen and displaylink adaptor for another I guess, or playback protected content on the main screen.
 
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I've not used the HDMI one specifically, though looking at them they appear to work like displaylink and need a driver so probably have similar drawbacks, I though they were like the displayport MST hubs I used on an old Dell where USBC with displayport alt was optional and not optioned by the company..... :rolleyes:

On the displaylink side of things I have used they are great, plenty about, not sure what I can link too, what resolutions do you need and what are you doing on the screens?
 
Displaylink is perfect for that, it comes in all sorts of formfactors from a straight USB to HDMI connection for one screen to full blown hubs that can charge the laptop and drive 6 screens, nothing Display link comes up on Overclockers but a search on other popular shopping sites will bring up loads.

As rroff alluded to HDCP is not possible

DISPLAY LINK DRIVER INSTALLATION REQUIRED. Ideal for web and productivity software. Not recommended for gaming, graphics-intensive or design work. Also it doesn't support playback of HDCP-protected content on sites like Netflix and Hulu. and others This HDMI extender for dual monitors can be easily connected to USB-C,
 
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It can be either, the more screens and higher the resolution the higher speed USB is required. Though I would imagine you can't get too excited with that processor.

I think you have 5Gb USB3.2 ports on that machine that should be plenty for a couple of 4k screens, they tend to come with an adaptor for both A and C.
 
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Missus started a new job recently and was given a nugget of a laptop that couldn't drive her high res, high refresh screens, so I have her running non native, this conversation reminded me that I could solve the issue with Displaylink, so time to dust off an old Dell D6000 Displaylink hub, not the best thing ever, doesn't support all the latest standards, the HDMI and DP standards are old hat but perfect for her office use, couldn't test it on hers as I don't have permission to install things on her corp laptop but out of interest I tested it on my laptops USB A 3.2 port and no problems at all driving two external screens 4k60 over USB 3.

Thought I would do something I have never done on Displaylink, tried some gaming on it, played back youtube @ 4k on one screen whilst gaming on the other, very little issues at all, obviously I had some gaming issues at 4k on an LG Gram with a gimped 65w 5050, that's to be expected but Returnal is pretty fast paced and it ran fine graphically, with both screens doing a lot of motion much better than I expected but there was a bit of input latency, knocked settings down and it was actually pretty playable. Even watch Netflix on it, perhaps HDCP is only on higher tiers, I only have basic?

Out side of that in normal office use, you wouldn't know it wasn't going through a proper graphics card.
 
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Even watch Netflix on it, perhaps HDCP is only on higher tiers, I only have basic?
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Apparently you can stream HD on Netflix without HDCP, though it may be a lower bitrate than normal HD, I've not tested it, I do find HDCP gets knocked out on Amazon Prime sometimes and it drops me down to a poor quality 480p stream until I fix it. Some content won't stream at all though without HDCP.

EDIT: Personally I find the latency of a setup like that far from acceptable for gaming but everyone has different tolerances when it comes to that.
 
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Yup I was more interested in whether the software rendering could keep up with so much motion on both displays rather than would I play this, it was too much input latency for something faced paced when there's over 16 million pixels in motion but there are plenty of titles out that where it'd be fine and as mentioned dropping the res down it was better, it wasn't the pixelated mess I was expecting over UBS3 for such a test, for office work I'd imagine input latency to be a non issue as from memory displaylink only renders what changes rather than a full screen refresh.
 
sandys said:
Dell D6000 Displaylink hub, not the best thing ever, doesn't support all the latest standards, the HDMI and DP standards are old hat but perfect for her office use, couldn't test it on hers as I don't have permission to install things on her corp laptop
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Turns out the D6000 is the exact docks her company runs in the office, so I could have tried it there all along, all up and running and her 3 screens are now all at the right res and 144Hz despite being completely unnecessary for her purposes, just old gaming screens of mine repurposed for her office :D but at least they are in more than 1080p now.

Works a treat.
 
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