is it possible to have dual screens from single HDMI output?

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 15:41

hi guys

got a laptop, HP probook 430 G6 https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=5PQ28EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

is it possible to have the dual screens setup from a single HDMI output. would a HMDI dual screen adapter work? (dont want 2 same image)

thanks

Jony27 · 16 Jun 2020 at 15:52

What monitors have you got?
Work gave us these business Dells that can output display via USB C and I'm using it with 2 monitors daisy chained. It works like Laptop>(USB-C)Monitor 1>(DP) Monitor 2.
The G6 looks to have USB-C, would this be an option? Although it is dependent on Monitor 1 being able to accept USB-C + output via DP.

Rroff · 16 Jun 2020 at 15:59

You can get splitters that support 2 different outputs (extended display, etc.) but most don't and those that do last I checked tended to be expensive.

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:00

EDIT: this laptop has USB 3.1 type C display port. would USB 3.1 type C work?>

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:02

the monitors are viewsonic VS 13780. has DVI and VGA.

he ordered 2 monitors at same time. he's currently using one monitor at the moment by using a HMDI-DVI cable.

would USB 3.1 type C display port adapter like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-MO...displayport+dual+screen&qid=1592318707&sr=8-6

sorry OCUk for posting this as i cant find anything like this on OCUk site. hope its ok.

thanks

Jony27 · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:04

According to the tech specs

Mirror Mode (Two monitor images will be the same.)
Extend Mode (Two monitor images can be same or different.)
Split Mode

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:07

thanks but would this setup work with this cabling arrangement ?

laptop USB C cable ------- dual screen adapter X2-------HDMI to DVI cable -----monitor X2

i dont know much about USB 3.1 display port. do they need to be connect to monitor with DP?

Hawk Tuah · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:25

Get
1 x HDMI to VGA cable plugged into the HDMI socket for one display.
1 x USB C to VGA adapter + a VGA cable for the other display plugged into the USB C socket.

Job done.

Hawk Tuah · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:27

Or if you want it more plug and play - a dual screen docking station.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-T...g-Station-WORKS-WITH-ALL-LAPTOPS/184103212419

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 19:22

Thanks

Is usb C same as thunderbolt 3?

Seen some on Amazon for usb C to VGA adapter but they listed them as thunderbolt 3.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MFH092P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_E0q6Eb0MPYX1B

So not sure

Rroff · 16 Jun 2020 at 19:33

wesley said:
Is usb C same as thunderbolt 3?

No - some [hardware] implementations of USB-C include Thunderbolt 3 functionality some don't.

wesley · 16 Jun 2020 at 20:00

So the link to Amazon for the usb C to VGA adapter won't work? I'm confused

Hawk Tuah · 17 Jun 2020 at 09:22

wesley said:
Thanks

Is usb C same as thunderbolt 3?

Seen some on Amazon for usb C to VGA adapter but they listed them as thunderbolt 3.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MFH092P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_E0q6Eb0MPYX1B

So not sure

Thunderbolt 3 is a standard. However it's the same port.

You can get the same type of Usb C adapter but just usb C instead of requiring Thunderbolt.

I half expect that that adaptor is actually just USB C, and the Thunderbolt bit is just marketing for Mac users who don't know better - but there are hundreds of those adaptors, so may as well get one that just says USB C.

wesley · 17 Jun 2020 at 11:57

cheers

Paul_RD · 20 Jun 2020 at 17:51

wesley said:
hi guys

got a laptop, HP probook 430 G6 https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=5PQ28EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

is it possible to have the dual screens setup from a single HDMI output. would a HMDI dual screen adapter work? (dont want 2 same image)

thanks

My work PC is a Lenovo ThinkPad with both an HDMI and a USB-C output.
I have a USB-C to Display Port cable for one monitor and an HDMI to DVI cable for the other monitor.
This allows me to have three screens including the laptop screen simultaneously.

Note:
My previous Lenovo ThinkPad was slight older model and although it allowed me to connect two external screens, the graphics card would only permit a maximum of two screens to be displayed at the same time.
Either two external and the laptop screen blank, or one external only and the laptop screen.