DisplayLink admit mac drivers are poor. New driver 6+ months away

[dcoulson]

Originally Posted by wkirkham

I've contacted my retailer to ask for a refund. Not only does mine not work correctly, it comes and goes, making the regular monitor go blank for several seconds at a time.

Maybe I am just lucky, but I got a DL195 based adapter from OWC a week or two ago and it works flawlessly feeding a display via HDMI. It sure doesn't do 1080p video, but I've not had 99% of the issues other folks have. I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.6 right now and it's pretty happy.

Certainly advocating for DL to continue to poorly support Mac users, but I am inclined to believe many issues like this are due to a bad adapter or something, rather than the drivers.

If you want the USB display on your Mac, I would highly recommend the OWC adapter (www.macsales.com) based on my own experience with it.

[feardamhan]

Hi All

If it is of any help to anyone, I have three monitors working no problem with DisplayLink drivers.

Ok, so we all know they are problematic by default, and that this is caused by the dynamic switching function in the newer MBPs (at least that seems to be cause with mine)

The answer for me was to use gfxCardStatus. What I didnt realize was before this was that using an external monitor of any kind forces the MBP to flip to the Nvidia card, so there is no value in having dynamic switching enabled when in this mode.

gfxCardStatus gives you the ability to nail it to Nvidia or intel which circumvents the driver issue

I work like this. My system stays at nvidia unless I am working undocked, at which point I simply change to intel if I want to save battery power from the convenient icon in the menu bar.

Have been working like this for three months without a single issue

Ken

[displaylinker]

Originally Posted by dcoulson

If you want the USB display on your Mac, I would highly recommend the OWC adapter (www.macsales.com) based on my own experience with it.

I'm interested in the OWC adapter, but it has disappeared from their site.

Perhaps due to complaints?!

[dcoulson]

Originally Posted by displaylinker

I'm interested in the OWC adapter, but it has disappeared from their site.

No, it hasn't - It's still there. I have a couple and they work great.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer...ogy/VIDU2DVIA/

[displaylinker]

Originally Posted by dcoulson

No, it hasn't - It's still there. I have a couple and they work great. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer...ogy/VIDU2DVIA/

dcoulson, if you have a Mac, would you be so kindly to install the Movist app from http://www.macupdate.com/download/27...ist_v0.6.8.zip to test if it runs any video files at the default settings, when this OWC displayLink adapter is connected? Any .avi or .mov files would do. If it works, The "Controls > Play faster/slower" function should work properly.

This will summarily determine if the problem is with my Iogear display link adapter or the displaylink driver, no point of ordering the OWC just to realize it's the driver that's the problem.

Thanks so much in advance!!

[dcoulson]

Originally Posted by displaylinker

dcoulson, if you have a Mac, would you be so kindly to install the Movist app from http://www.macupdate.com/download/27...ist_v0.6.8.zip to test if it runs any video files at the default settings, when this OWC displayLink adapter is connected? Any .avi or .mov files would do. If it works, The "Controls > Play faster/slower" function should work properly.

Works fine on my Mac Mini running 1.6b3. Doesn't play on the DL display, but it plays properly and responds to controls on my other two native displays.

[displaylinker]

This is exactly the kind of info I needed. Thanks!!

[dcoulson]

Originally Posted by displaylinker

This is exactly the kind of info I needed. Thanks!!

So when you use it, it doesn't display anything on any of your screens? Are you mirroring displays?