This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Has Anyone Daisy Chained Two Apple LED Monitors Using Their Thunderbolt Ports?

Monday, July 9, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] Has Anyone Daisy Chained Two Apple LED Monitors Using Their Thunderbolt Ports?

Now, that is cool. Great tip, Jeff. I'm looking into this deeper. With my 17" MBP, I've got enough USB's to go around. Plus with the Express card slow I can always use eSATA for drives, and save the Thunderbolt port for an HDMI adaptor, no?

DD

On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Hedberg wrote:

> I want to brag a little bit here about a setup I put together that ended up working really well.
> We limited the Thunderbolt port to storage and an HDMI converter only.
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> Then, in order to get 2 big (DVI) editing screens I put two of these on the USB ports.
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815101006
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> I was worried that the screens might not want to keep up given that they were over USB - however, this setup worked GREAT.
> We closed the laptop's lid, and put on an external keyboard and mouse - and it was a similar experience to running off the towers.
> (you'll want a USB hub if you use a dongle)
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> With just a laptop and thunderbolt storage we were able to walk in on set and have a real nice editing experience. (including Plasma monitoring for client)
> (the plasma wasn't color accurate - but this was an acceptable solution in this case)
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> Jeff
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> On Jul 6, 2012, at 8:35 PM, David Dodson wrote:
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>> As I asked in the Subject line, has anyone hooked up a two-monitor configuration coming out of their MacBook Pro (or MacPro, I suppose) using the single Thunderbolt port and then somehow daisy-chaining a second monitor off of the first?
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>> I ask because I'm trying to understand if it's possible to do this, thereby eliminating the need for a Mojo DX which would take up the Express34 slot on my 17" MBP with the PCIe card, which I would rather use for an eSATA card.
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>> Thanks,
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>> DD
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>> David Dodson
>> davidadodson@sbcglobal.net
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