Cable Matters SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (USB to HDMI Adapter) for Windows up to 1440p in Black

I'm using a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) running OSX 10.10 Yosemite, which only has one thunderbolt port for video out. I write code professionally, and wanted to have 2 monitors and my laptop screen to do so. I don't need it to be low-lag, or have super high framerates, but I do need high resolution so I can display lots of text. This adapter does that (at 1920x1080 at 60 FPS as claimed), but not perfectly. Firstly, you have to download/install drivers from their site, plugging in the adapter without them does nothing. This isn't a problem for someone like me, but may confuse new users, especially people who are used to Macs, since most Mac hardware is plug-and-play with no custom driver installs. On the plus side, the drivers were updated last week, which means they're being actively worked on, so the bugs I'm about to mention may be resolved later on with new drivers. On to the bugs: If you want to do triple-monitors on a Macbook Air, you'll need to plug in this adapter AFTER you plug in the thunderbolt adapter, or the drivers freak out, use 100% CPU, and your framerate becomes terrible with visible tearing and artifacting. Fortunately, when waking up from sleep this doesn't become an issue, and it takes 2 seconds to unplug/replug if you do it wrong. Other than that, by far the biggest bug is that Mission Control (which I use constantly to switch windows) does not get along with the adapter. When it's plugged in, Mission Control causes the screen to freeze for 3-5 seconds before showing you the overview, though this can be significantly cut down if you run defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0 in a terminal. This removes the animation at the start and end of Mission Control, though, which makes finding windows slightly harder, but makes mission control launch in a sane amount of time. Also, if you want to use the adapter-connected monitor as your main monitor, the menubar loses transparency and can lose all its text, though it is still functional. Additionally, some applications (specifically Intellij Idea) don't like it when you use the adapter-connected monitor as your main, though they will run fine and display fine on that monitor if it's set up as a secondary. There is also the minor issue of antialiasing not working in Mission Control, meaning text looks weird in the overview. Also, 10.10's new transparency stuff is glitchy and causes some weird colorations and small black/white squares sometimes, but you can disable it to remove this effect. [EDIT:] I have discovered that disabling transparency significantly improves performance of apps on the connected monitor. The setting is under System Preferences->Accessibility->Display->Reduce Transparency. Lastly, though it does claim to be 60FPS (and looks like it actually is) there is a slight lag (maybe 3 or 4 frames) on the picture. For work, this is not an issue, but if you're wanting to use it for gaming (especially with a single game spanning two monitors), it would be very noticeable and problematic. The adapter gets warm while in use, which leads me to believe that there's some sort of processing going on, which is probably causing the lag, so this may not be something the driver updates could fix.

Plug and play, works, immediately was able to add another monitor to my windows PC. No drivers needed to download or anything. I just plugged it in and Windows 10 was able to see it as a USB to HDMI and installed it. A few minutes later it was working as a monitor and behaved as expected. Refresh capability is good, it's smooth to use for typical workstation activity and video is fine. I'm not sure it's something you would assume you could play games on, but it's plenty good for typical workstation PC use. I use it for real time graphing of audio RTA and its great.

The device functioned adequately for the five months that I own it—until it simple died. It all occurred after upgrading to the new 2.5 driver and my system failed to recognized the device. So, I downgraded to the prior version and system would still not recognize it, or connect to the device. I updated my OS and it still wouldn't work. It now overheats whenever I connect it to my computer and it just doesn't work. I am debating whether or not it would be worth the hassle of contacting the manufacturer. For, I believe the first thing they would suggest would be to upgrade the driver. LOL. And the developer of the driver (note that Cable Matters and the driver developer are separate entities) would refer me to the hardware manufacturer. The device would work as an additional monitor on my computer system. I would have no other problems with it other than the very small lag which wasn't a huge problem and some applications not displaying properly but it wasn't a big problem. The device was able to play videos and dvd's smoothly enough. It appears that the hardware is not up to par. Update: I contacted Cable Matters and I was very pleased to see an immediate response and was told that since my device was under the 1-year warranty they would promptly send me a replacement after I shipped my bad adapter. I was very satisfied with their customer responsiveness and tech support as well. I am currently using the replacement adapter from Cable Matters, and thus far it works very well. Perhaps, the original adapter I got was simply a bad unit which understandably happens. The new device they sent me has been working very well for the last couple of days. I have no complains about how its working. However, given that the original failed after 5-months of usage, I will have to write another updated review later on, perhaps after using the device for 5 or 6-months.

Fairly good quality hdmi-usb adapter, definitely gets the job done. Very helpful for laptop multi-monitor setups. (i.e. my Acer Aspire 5). Bought and returned various types of cables from different companies with no luck. Once I found this, setup was a breeze. Easy plug and play as long as the devices are compatible with this type of adapter and it's functions.

My problem was streaming Lovefilm Instant Movies from a Sony BDP-S185 Blu-Ray player to our telly. We have a super fast TalkTalk fibre broadband connection giving about 35.27 mp/s but still films buffered. Sony help desk weren't helpful. Lovefilm hung up on me. TalkTalk couldn't find anything wrong. So, my only course of action was to use a redundant Lenovo laptop which lacked a HDMI output. So, took the plunge and ordered a Cable Matters Premium USB 2.0 to HDMI Audio Video 1080P Adapter for Windows and Macbook from Cable Matters through Amazon. The small device and software arrived promptly and within 15 minutes the easy-to-install software was loaded, and the small magic white box connected via an HDMI cable to the telly (an LG something-or-other). The software effectively adds another monitor (the telly) to your laptop and offers size adjustment along with resolution control. Picture quality is superb... lip sync perfect, and now we seldom see the wretched buffering twirly thingy. All-in-all, a great bit of kit.

Ce l'ho da una vita e funziona benissimo, senza problemi su Mac e PC (lo alterno spesso tra uno e l'altro). Su mac con sistemi operativi vecchi c'è stato un periodo in cui non andava con Sierra, risolto con il successivo e funzionava con il precedente. Sui nuovi va perfettamente. Richiede installazione veloce di un driver sia su PC che su Mac, per trovare la versione più nuova basta cercare DisplayLink su internet (è uno standard di un consorzio, tipo USB o Bluetooth o Wifi, per dire, quindi il driver è solido, ben testato e aggiornato)

Der Adapter kommt bei mir an einem 2 Jahre alten Windows10-Laptop zum Einsatz. Auf dem Laptop laufen KEINE Spiele sondern er wird als DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) zur semiprofessionellen Produktion elektronischer Musik eingesetzt, und zwar sowohl mobil, um schnell Ideen zu konservieren, als auch dann daheim im Homestudio, um die Ideen dann in anspruchsvolle Kompositionen zu verwandeln. In so einem virtuellen Musikstudio kann man gar nicht genug Bildschirme haben :-) (Sequenzer, Mischpult, diverse Editoren, die Instrumente und Effekte, alles will man gleichzeitig im Blick haben). Bisher hatte ich den internen Monitor und einen weiteren externen Monitor in Betrieb, und damit 2x Full HD Auflösung. Damit hatte die GPU eine maximale Last von unter 3%. Das liegt aber halt auch daran, dass solche Programme wie z.B. auch Officeprogramme keine besonderen Ansprüche an die Grafikleistung des Rechners stellen. Mein Laptop besitzt keine dedizierte Grafikkarte sondern verwendet einfach der integrierte Grafikchip des Core I7 Prozessors (9th Gen), was bei dieser Art Anwendung bereits mehr als genug Grafikpower bietet. Obwohl mein Laptop sowohl einen HDMI- als auch einen VGA Anschluss hat war es mir aber leider nie möglich, das interne Display zusammen mit 2 externen Monitoren gleichzeitig zu betreiben. Es gingen immer nur maximal 2 Monitore gleichzeitig, nie alle drei, egal in welcher Konstellation. Nun zur Inbetriebnahme des SuperSpeed USB HDMI Adapter: Adapter auspacken und mit einem HDMI-Kabel mit dem Monitor verbinden. Treiber aus dem Internet runterladen (Adresse steht in der mitgelieferten Beschreibung) und installieren. Danach den Rechner neu starten (!!!) Nach Neustart den Adapter mit einem freien USB 3.0 Anschluss verbinden. Windows 10 erkennt den zusätzlichen Monitor sofort und stellt auch direkt die richtige Auflösung ein. Jetzt nur noch mit den Windows Bordmitteln einstellen, ob Mirroring oder erweiterter Desktop gewünscht wird, (bei mir natürlich erweiterter Desktop) Monitore in Windows Einstellungen korrekt platzieren und fertig. Die gesamte Inbetriebnahme des Adapters hat problemlos funktioniert. Auch der laufende Betrieb ist bisher einwandfrei. Es gibt trotz der zusätzlichen Last am USB Port auch keinerlei Störungen im Audiobereich. Ich habe jetzt 3x Full HD und damit ist der Blick in mein virtuelles Studio vom Blick in ein echtes Studio praktisch nicht zu unterscheiden. Es gibt kein Flimmern, keine Grafikprobleme, nichts. Der Monitor am Adapter liefert ein genauso gutes Bild wie der Monitor, der am internen HDMI-Port hängt. So soll es sein! Die GPU-Last ist allerdings deutlich angestiegen. Sie liegt jetzt bei maximal 8%. Da sie weiterhin im einstelligen Bereich liegt bedeutet das aber auch, dass ich mit der Bilddarstellung meines Studios niemals Probleme bekommen werde, da ist noch sehr viel Luft nach oben. Von der reinen GPU-Last könnte ich mir vorstellen, dass da locker noch 3-4 weitere Bildschirme, ebenfalls mit Full HD Auflösung laufen könnten, nur leider hat mein Laptop nicht so viele USB 3 Anschlüsse. USB 3 ist für diesen Adapter aber Voraussetzung, damit Auflösungen von mehr als 800x600 Bildpunkten erreicht werden können. Natürlich ist es nicht nur eine Frage der GPU-Leistungsfähigkeit, auch USB 3 kommt irgendwann an seine Grenzen. Ich denke daher nicht, dass anspruchsvolle 3D Spiele mit eine Framerate von über 30 in Full HD mit dieser Grafiklösung über USB möglich sind. Vielleicht schafft man damit gerade noch, einen HD-Film in voller Auflösung zu gucken. Mir egal... Für reine Officeanwendungen oder eben meine DAW ist dieser Adapter eine perfekte Lösung und tut genau das, was er soll. Ich mag es, wenn Technik einfach nur funktioniert wie versprochen (das ist heute leider nicht mehr selbstverständlich), und gebe deshalb hier gerne die vollen 5 Sterne. Dabei bleibt es auch, wenn der Adapter über die Zeit gesehen eine gewisse Ausdauer zeigt (nicht nach ein paar Monaten den Geist aufgibt).

Super produit, installation facile. Fonctionne parfaitement avec mon MAC sous W10. La qualité du produit est au rendez-vous. N'a jamais bogué.

Easy to download the displaylink software. After that, everything was plug-and-play. Bought it to be able to use 2 external monitors for my M1 macbook pro. So far no lag or other weird behaviour from the displaylink monitor.