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uptownchi · 11-02-2014, 07:33 PM

Displaylink gurus,

So I see that the official word is Apple is blaming third party drivers. You have one of two options here:

1.) Fix your driver
2.) Use another framework. (I.E. piggyback off an existing technology)

I am a huge fan of your devices. When I saw them perform on Windows I was blown away. I have wanted one of these devices for over a year now.

Read between the lines here. I blame you and solely you on this one. Is that bad? Not really. It is actually a GOOD thing if you read (past tense) between the lines.

Apple has a great technology already for this very thing. I am debating if I should have spent the $$ and upgraded my Apple TV 2 and gotten a second AppleTV 3. I may actually move away from this for the Mac and move to Apple TV. :-) It's redundant though. I'd be hooking my monitor into the device then wireless sending a signal to it over airplay. It's fast. it supports OpenGL...

Now if only someone was capable of making a device that could do airplay over HDMI... you know like streaming a video signal to a device.

Too bad your device doesn't steam video to a device over USB 3.0. Man if it did then you'd be one step closer.

Oh well. I will wait for a better driver. In the mean time.... see my next post. Keep making great products too. This still is - hands down - an incredible piece of technology.

11-02-2014, 07:33 PM	#14
uptownchi Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 5	I side with Apple on this one Displaylink gurus, So I see that the official word is Apple is blaming third party drivers. You have one of two options here: 1.) Fix your driver 2.) Use another framework. (I.E. piggyback off an existing technology) I am a huge fan of your devices. When I saw them perform on Windows I was blown away. I have wanted one of these devices for over a year now. Read between the lines here. I blame you and solely you on this one. Is that bad? Not really. It is actually a GOOD thing if you read (past tense) between the lines. Apple has a great technology already for this very thing. I am debating if I should have spent the $$ and upgraded my Apple TV 2 and gotten a second AppleTV 3. I may actually move away from this for the Mac and move to Apple TV. :-) It's redundant though. I'd be hooking my monitor into the device then wireless sending a signal to it over airplay. It's fast. it supports OpenGL... Now if only someone was capable of making a device that could do airplay over HDMI... you know like streaming a video signal to a device. Too bad your device doesn't steam video to a device over USB 3.0. Man if it did then you'd be one step closer. Oh well. I will wait for a better driver. In the mean time.... see my next post. Keep making great products too. This still is - hands down - an incredible piece of technology.