Using a 13-in 2012 MBP/Intel HD4K with W10 Anniversary (1607) installation, I tested using a Apple TB-to-DVI adapter and an Acer X192W 19-in display. I also tested hot-plugging. Cold boot and hot-plugging both work. I am a bit surprised with hot-plugging, since it is not supposed to work. After cold boot, with display physically connected. DisplayLink Manager is a new way to enable your DisplayLink dock, adapter or monitor on macOS platforms. It's an application that combines our latest driver with features that streamline the setup of mutliple displays up to 4K.
Our technology makes it simple to connect any display to any computer that supports USB or Wi-Fi (which they all do) and provides universal solutions for a range of corporate, home and embedded applications where easy connectivity of displays enhances productivity.
At home or in a small office setting, DisplayLink-powered docking stations, monitors and adapters can be used to make the most of the physical workspace available. Whether it’s a business laptop, the family MacBook, or an Android tablet or smartphone, they can all connect to the same additional monitors, keyboard and mouse using a DisplayLink-enabled universal dock. Any device, any O.S, any connector – it just works.
Meeting room systems powered by DisplayLink technology make it easier to connect and conduct business using any of the leading conference systems operated by organizations around the globe. With broad compatibility and connectivity, DisplayLink systems dramatically simplify deployment for IT teams and usability for workers. The same core system allows you to scale from huddle rooms to large-scale boardrooms, hassle-free.
DisplayLink-enabled docking solutions simplify infrastructure deployment providing future and backwards compatibility for any operating system, any platform, and any USB connector. Full support for Corporate Install and Microsoft-signed drivers simplifies the installation process based on an organization's wants and needs. DisplayLink works closely with key industry partners, customers and Fortune 500 companies to ensure a seamless experience for Enterprise customers.
An increase in embedded computing power means there are now new ways to connect displays to embedded applications. Embedded hosts can encode display data and send it over a network (e.g. USB or Ethernet) to a decoding ASIC on a display. DisplayLink provides an SDK to create solutions using our embedded chipset family. These ICs can connect displays to a client using USB/Ethernet providing advantages in flexibility, power, design size and resolution.
UltraView™ Desktop Manager 2.0 now brings the productivity benefits of multiple monitors to large, high-resolution monitors, especially 4K UHD, QHD and ultrawide monitors.
Today's massive LED monitors and 4K TVs are exciting to look at but can be difficult to work with productively. Key info and apps can get buried under other windows, causing you to miss deadlines or important alerts as you struggle to task-switch and multitask across a variety of work obligations, personal obligations and personal interests, little of which is visible to you at any one time.
Now you can split those giant monitors and 4K TVs into any number of virtual monitors, including micro monitors dedicated to time tracking, task managers, personal email, instant messaging, social media, live financial TV news, streaming music and video, newsfeeds and security cameras. Now you'll never miss anything important because you lacked timely awareness.
For many people, a perfect workspace combines three elements:
With this torrent of electronic info to manage, it could easily take eight monitors for busy people to display all the key info and personal interests they want to monitor at at times. Now with UltraView Desktop Manager 2.0, you can do it all with a smaller number of large, high-resolution monitors, each split into virtual monitors sized for each requirement. Some people will be able to do it all with one large 4K UHD monitor, while others will simply use multiple monitors more productively than ever before.
The result: a personal productivity and awareness dashboard, balancing work and life together.
To see examples of what you can do with a single 4K UHD monitor, see the Virtual Monitors: Example Layouts tab on this page, which shows 55 ways you can carve up a 4K monitor with UltraView Desktop Manager.
But you don't need a 4K monitor to benefit. Even standard FHD 1080p widescreen monitors can be divided productively, with a large virtual monitor for a primary application and then a smaller virtual monitor (or smaller stacked virtual monitors) on the side for monitoring use. Think of these micro-monitors as smartphones for the desktop: tiny, but powerful.
UltraView Desktop Manager 2.0 is designed for Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, and integrates with Start Menu replacements Classic Shell, Start10, StartIsBack and StartMenuX. See additional top features below.