Toshiba 14-inch USB Mobile LCD Monitor - MAC

geoffcaplan · 06-18-2011, 01:51 PM

I can not recommend the use of DisplayLink drivers for the Toshiba portable monitor to use with a Mac at this time. I got it to work for a short time, and now it does not work at all. The monitor light does even go into standby mode. In view of this, I regret buying the Toshiba display, but will continue to check and see if future drivers might work.

Carlo · 06-19-2011, 09:27 AM

Likely it's a power problem, on some Macs I couldn't make it work even with two USB connectors. On the latest MBP however one USB connection was sufficient. I'd try with an external -powered- hub in between. If the light does not come up the driver cannot even detect the device let alone... drive it!

geoffcaplan · 06-19-2011, 04:20 PM

I tried it with an external, powered USB hub but my test wasn't valid because the hub is apparently defective. It has caused problems with 2 different Macs and now my more immediate priority is to try to get the USB ports working again on my MBP; it did not recover yet from the problem with the hub.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

owenmead · 07-18-2011, 05:36 PM

Anyone have any other experience with this? If it is a power issue could it simply be solved by using the AC adaptor? I've got a nearly brand new MBP and I think it puts out proper amount of USB power.

Thanks,
~Owen

owenmead · 09-02-2011, 08:44 PM

I took the plunge and yesterday just unboxed two of these mobile monitors. Hooking them up to both an i7 Macbook Pro as well as an older DualCore MacBook (not pro) it worked wonderfully.

Currently using the beta drivers 1.7b3 found here:
http://displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1002

The screens work great. And to answer the other question you can have two plugged into and working from the same computer.

Although I did purchase the power adapter for both in case power was a problem, from both laptops there is enough power just from a single USB plug to run the monitor just fine.

So if you are considering the Toshiba Portable monitor for a mac, I'd say go for it. My wife and I who will be taking a year long work trip love them!

06-18-2011, 01:51 PM	#1
geoffcaplan Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 2	Problems For Mac I can not recommend the use of DisplayLink drivers for the Toshiba portable monitor to use with a Mac at this time. I got it to work for a short time, and now it does not work at all. The monitor light does even go into standby mode. In view of this, I regret buying the Toshiba display, but will continue to check and see if future drivers might work.

06-19-2011, 04:20 PM	#3
geoffcaplan Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 2	Problem Continues I tried it with an external, powered USB hub but my test wasn't valid because the hub is apparently defective. It has caused problems with 2 different Macs and now my more immediate priority is to try to get the USB ports working again on my MBP; it did not recover yet from the problem with the hub. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

06-19-2011, 09:27 AM	#2
Carlo Mac Team Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 606	Likely it's a power problem, on some Macs I couldn't make it work even with two USB connectors. On the latest MBP however one USB connection was sufficient. I'd try with an external -powered- hub in between. If the light does not come up the driver cannot even detect the device let alone... drive it!

07-18-2011, 05:36 PM	#4
owenmead Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2	Anyone have any other experience with this? If it is a power issue could it simply be solved by using the AC adaptor? I've got a nearly brand new MBP and I think it puts out proper amount of USB power. Thanks, ~Owen

09-02-2011, 08:44 PM	#5
owenmead Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2	I took the plunge and yesterday just unboxed two of these mobile monitors. Hooking them up to both an i7 Macbook Pro as well as an older DualCore MacBook (not pro) it worked wonderfully. Currently using the beta drivers 1.7b3 found here: http://displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1002 The screens work great. And to answer the other question you can have two plugged into and working from the same computer. Although I did purchase the power adapter for both in case power was a problem, from both laptops there is enough power just from a single USB plug to run the monitor just fine. So if you are considering the Toshiba Portable monitor for a mac, I'd say go for it. My wife and I who will be taking a year long work trip love them!