StarTech.com Thunderbolt 3 to Dual HDMI 2.0 Adapter – 4K
StarTech.com Thunderbolt 3 to Dual HDMI 2.0 Adapter – 4K 60Hz Thunderbolt 3 Certified – Dual Monitor HDMI Video Converter Adapter – Mac & Windows compatible – Dual 4K Display HDMI (TB32HD24K60)
| Dimensions: | 11.43 x 6.1 x 1.02 cm; 104.33 Grams |
| Model: | TB32HD24K60 |
| Manufacture: | Startech |
| Dimensions: | 11.43 x 6.1 x 1.02 cm; 104.33 Grams |
It’s pretty straightforward and simple. I use it to connect two external displays to my laptop and it works exactly as I expected it would. It also arrived sooner than I expected, so that was a great plus.
I searched for a long time to find an adapter that will extend the Mac screens so I could do my homework on a bigger screen! Most of the adapters I found only mirrored the Mac. I found this one that states it would extend and received it today. It works!! I have 3 screens set up and it is so nice!!
Je met 4 toiles car l’adaptateur que j’ai reu me semblait pas neuf. J’ai trouv des tches de caf ou autre sur celui-ci. Aprs j’en avais un besoin urgent donc tant donn qu’il fonctionnait je l’ai gard. Livraison nickel et produit conforme.
Gets pretty hot. Otherwise would give it 5 stars. Still works fine. Make sure you pad it with something to give it some space – if close to another device – like an SSD.
Works with M1X MacBook and Dell 2715K for single monitor but 5K resolutio
For anyone wondering, this will absolutely work with the latest 2021 MacBook Pro’s. Instantly outputs 4K at 60Hz to both monitors with no configuration at all.
I ordered this dual display hub as a cheaper alternative than spending 200-350 on a Dell dock for my home office and could not be happier. I am able to run 2 QHD displays @144hz though DP cables without any issues. As long as you do not need the additional USB ports from a full dock, this is a very good option for multi-display functionality at significantly less cost.
I got this for an M1 Max Mackbook Pro and it works great to extend my displays. I now have 2 separate DP screens and a HDMI Screen running from 1 device. Great product!
I’ve had this for a couple of months now, using it with a Dell XPS and two Asus 2k screens via Display Port. It just seems to work fine and solidly for hours on end with no glitches. I’m only using it for regular work so the 60hz on both screens is perfectly fine.
Best purchase this year, there aren’t many splitters that allow macs to be extended over three screens( 2 monitors and the Mac screen). Ona side note the customer service is also amazing, I’ve dealt with this company a few times and the customer support is so good!
Non do cinque stelle perch il prezzo mi sembra davvero eccessivo. Uso l’adattatore con un cavo thunderbolt 2 della stessa marca per collegare la mia interfaccia audio (MOTU) al mio laptop Windows (Dell XPS). Mi stato consigliata questa marca perch l’adattatore Apple non funziona correttamente con Windows. Per il momento sono soddisfatto, funziona senza alcun problema.
Using the windows only version to get my Dell XPS 15 to display to 2 x external 24″ Dell monitors. Worked perfectly as soon as I plugged it in. I configured the power setting on my XPS to do nothing when closing the lid so I can leave the laptop lid closed and just use my external monitors to make working from home easier than hunched over a laptop screen all day. Add an external USB keyboard and mouse for full working from home comfort.
This is an excellent device that works perfectly with Linux despite the “Windows Only” description. I use it to connect a work laptop running Ubuntu (20.04) to dual 4K 60Hz monitors and it worked straight away with no set-up or configuration needed.
I bought this to solve an annoying problem I had with Startech’s other very similar looking TB3 monitor adapter, the one with dual HDMI ports at 4K 60Hz. I was using that one before, but it suffered from washed-out colours on the monitors, which I discovered is a known (and still unresolved) problem with Intel integrated graphics and TB3 monitor adapters that use HDMI.
As soon as I plugged this in instead I could tell the colours were fixed, and it’s been running every day for the last few weeks without trouble. So if you’re on Linux and want to connect a TB3 device to dual 4k 60Hz monitors, I’d highly recommend picking this up (it’s far smaller and cheaper than an external GPU), even if that means buying displayport to HDMI adapters, as it’ll work without any hassle and won’t suffer from any colour issues. It also runs cooler than the HDMI equivalent and is even a bit smaller in size.
I have been looking for a while at how to create a duo independant display setup to use with my macbook air 2018 (OS Catalina). I also have 2 Hanns-G 24″ screens. Just plug in play around with your screen arrangement, no need to download any drivers either. Works perfectly. No lag between the screens either. I just have to say thank you to the tech people at StarTech.com who guided me through through to which product would be suitable. The price was pretty amazing too. Got it on here for 87.30 RRP 165.59. StarTech website doesnt do it that cheap, but the tech people are amazing.
This adapter works perfectly. I use it to connect my Thunderbolt 3 laptop to my Caldigit TS2 docking station. The main problem it has is the “embedded” USB-C cable. It is very short and therefore fiorces you to keep the device next to the laptop. This is not always practical. For example, if you have a laptop stand on your desk, or even a laptop arm to place your laptop, the adapter will generally hang from the laptop in the air, applying tension to the wire.
I have a laptop arm which is the worst as the laptop is quite high from the desk. I used double-sided tape to attach the device under the tray of the arm and run my TB2 cable from the device through the arm down to the docking station. Even so, doing a 180 turn with the cable to insert into the laptop is very tight and I think will eventually wear the cable out.
I would prefer it if I could stick (with double-sided tape) the adapter on my docking station instead, but this is not possible due to the length of the attached cable.
A much better design would’ve been if they simply had two female ports (TB3 and TB2) so you can run your own TB3 and TB2 cables, of whatever length you need. This would’ve been much more versatile and reduced the cost of the device.
This is a very high quality product and works well. Please be aware that will not function for digital audio.
Perfect display out to my two HD monitors, no lag, no display-link like compression on my MBP 16″.
Just worked, great.
Works perfectly. Drives two 4K screens at 60hz on my Dell Precision 5520 with no drivers to install. Recommended.
Bought this to use with my universal audio Apollo Twin Mk2 audio interface which I use with my Dell XPS laptop. Works perfectly, and is an essential part in my studio setup
Works a treat, pretty much plug and play, I did install thunderbolt 3 software with this, not sure if that helps or not. But yeah doesn’t heat up a lot either which is a bonus compared to another product I tried. Lag free!
I have a Dell XPS 13 9360 and this has been the only device that has allowed me to run two external 1080p displays at the same time as the laptops own 3200×1800 resolution screen. Works fine with Ubuntu Linux 19.04 and 19.10, I have not tested it with earlier versions though it should work.
Well made, decent size and truly works to deliver dual HDMI Extended desktop output across 2 screens from a 2019 MacBook Pro. Not cheap but depends on your view. If you need a single plug and play solution this is it.
Let’s get the negative aspects about them out of the way first. They are bulky, with the electronics coming in a case about the size of a stack of playing cards, rather than a small pack of chewing gum like Apple’s own convertors. They’re in a shade of dark grey only a sys.admin could love.
But once you get over these cosmetic issues you get a product that just works. It is ironic that I had to go to a non-Apple supplier to get this most Apple of attributes. I can wholeheartedly recommend these convertors.
Using this box, I’ve finally been able to use my BlackMagic ultrastudio mini recorder on my new laptop (which doesn’t have thunderbolt). And it works faultlessly. I’ve tried it direct into the USB-C port on the laptop and via a USB-C hub, when the hub was also driving three monitors and receiving 56 channel audio over USB, and it was still rock solid. It gets a little warm, but much less than any of the BlackMagic boxes.
Have given this a 4 because although it works it should have a slot to connect a C-USB cable in addition to the 2 x HDMI slots.
Otherwise the HDMI connectors provide you with a duel set of screens which work fine.
Works well enough with MBP to a thunderbolt drive of mine for TimeMachine.. But it sure does cos
Spent a long time looking around for a plug and play twin monitor adapter for my 2106 MacBook Pro and this did the job perfectly! No complications with getting my two 24″ ASUS monitors up and running. Great price considering the competition too! Highly recommended!
This is a good quality adapter for whoever needs one.
Better than Apple adapter because it works on a Mac and Windows.
Apple original adapter sometimes misbehaves in Windows and that’s why I bought this one, and glad I did.
RECOMMENDED!!!
The sound is also coming from the Apple Display which is much better than the inbuilt speakers in my laptop, and I can switch between using my laptop webcam or the webcam inbuilt in the Apple Display.
So overall, everything I wanted, very pleased
Absolutely fantastic.
I must have tried four different dongles including an official apple adaptor to connect my XPS 13 to an Apple Display. This was the only thing that actually worked! For a while I thought I was going to have to buy a Mac for work, but this has saved me over 1k
Thanks StarTech.
Works really well on my Asus UX501 laptop USB-C Thunderbolt 3 port to connect to a Black Magic Intensity Shuttle video capture box (Thunderbolt 1 at 10Gbps). Provides the pass-thru power needed by the Shuttle without a problem (and it needs quite a lot of power as it gets pretty warm in use). Didn’t need to install any drivers for Windows 10; it just worked out of the box.
purchased this to download video files from a sony tape camera that uses firewire as my new laptop has a thunderbolt port but no firewire port – do I need to buy a firewire 400 to thunderbolt lead? as the firewire lead from my camera does not fit the port on the adaptor? sorry if this seems a basic question but not being very technical could do with some advice on exactly the type of lead I require – Thanks
Does what it says, simple to get started, only gripe is it gets very hot at times!
BTW, even though I am using Linux, my config is dual boot, so I can test on Windows too; so I they did support me for the 30Hz version (it had the same behaviour on Windows) – and they give really good customer support.
FWIW: xrandr output
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 6016 x 1440, maximum 8192 x 8192
XWAYLAND0 connected 1536×864+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 290mm x 170mm
1536×864 59.80*+
XWAYLAND1 connected 2560×1440+3456+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 600mm x 340mm
2560×1440 59.91*+
XWAYLAND2 connected 1920×1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 500mm x 310mm
1920×1200 59.88*+
Correction, this doesn’t work well with the larger monitors, and I have to wonder about the long term reliability with the two Dells (I’ve not tried them yet). The issue is that this is designed to run at 30Hz, and the monitors are at 60Hz. It works for a while, sometimes even a long while, but eventually it becomes unreliable – I presume it is overheating or something like that. There is an identical looking 60Hz model of this, so I advise getting that; and that is what I am going to get (not tested it yet) – as an addition, it claims to support Apple computers, so there is even more certainty that it will support Linux (though this one seemed to too – so long as you’re driving 30Hz monitors).
I’m not the kind of person who leaves reviews very often but I feel that this device deserves it.
I’m using this with a Dell XPS 9360 and it just … works. I can run 2 Displayport monitors & my laptop monitor all at the same time in extended mode with negligible system resource. This device really does just do what it says on the tin.
Also, shout out to StarTech support. I had a query for them about something related to Thunderbolt and the person on the other end of the live chat got exactly what I was talking about straight away and was able to point me in the right direction. Genuine breath of fresh air to speak with someone who knows what they’re talking about after buying their device. Kudos.
I used this item to connect two Dell U2417H monitors to a Dell XPS 15 9550 laptop. To do this I bought two HDMI – HDMI 1 mtr cables from Wilko at 2 each, and made all three screens work independently by interfacing them with this StarTech.com Thunderbolt 3 to Dual HDMI Adapter – 4K 30Hz – (Windows Only Compatible). I’m running with Windows 10 and it was “plug and play”. (My system is not 4K, but the adapter works anyway). All three screens appeared in “Display Manager”, and were simple to configure. Only one problem on setting up, the system was silent, when I added the adapter it diverted the sound from the laptop speakers to the non existent speakers in the monitors, knowing that, it was a simple task to reverse the process and set the laptop speakers as the default. The Adapter works hard and gets warm, this is to be expected, it’s not too hot to handle. The lead from the Adapter to the Thunderbolt port is 12 inches long; I would prefer longer, but it’s not a problem. The Startech help desk was fast, knowledgeable and helpful. Update: Its now 26 June 2018, and I have experienced no problems with the above set up running 8-12 hours a day/365.
Moving away from Apple laptops I was worried that wouldn’t be able to continue using my Apple thunderbolt display 27 inch screen.
This device worked on my XPS13 9360 running on Linux Ubuntu 17.04. I was able to drive my Apple thunderbolt display 27 inch screen (and integrated audio in it) as a second display. Worked first time, no driver needed, no problem (Linux rocks…).
Only caveat was that I was not able to use the USB or the network adaptor at the back of the screen. It seems that the thunderbolt adaptor sees the display as an HDMI device only rather than as a docking station (which is should normally be with a Mac). However it was my main goal to be able to reuse this unusual screen which does not have standard connectors like HDMI or Display Port, etc… This Startech adaptor meant I didn’t have had to sell my Apple thunderbolt display 27 inch screen.
Worth every penny. I made a video on youtube showing the device and what comes in the box here youtu.be/nXHOEu2F3jc someone might find it useful
I was happy to confirm that this adapter works perfectly to connect my Dell XPS 13 9360 notebook (with a USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port) to my Apple Thunderbolt monitor. Apple’s own USB-C/ thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter didn’t work with the Dell.
I have an amazing Apogee Duet sound card, whose original interface is Firewire 400.
Using this adapter, I can now enjoy it on my 2016 MacBook Pro.
This adapter gave a new life to my Firewire audio interface!
Highly recommended.
It is expensive, but worth the money if you have an expensive device to adapt to USB-C.
Apple’s Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, only works for native Thunderbolt devices.
Not with adapters.
I have also tested it with a Firewire hard disk, which worked without problem. No driver needed.
The disk was a completely plug and play experience.
For anyone wondering if this will let you connect an Apple Thunderbolt 1440p display to your Windows PC, the answer is, well… maybe. It’s a complicated process that will take up much more of your time than you would probably like, but after a bit of tinkering I got it to work, so it’s definitely possible.
When I arrived at my new video editing job, my first task was to build a new video editing rig, since I wasn’t too keen on the 2009 quad-core Mac Pro my predecessor had been using. The only thing was, sitting there unused and sad was a very nice 27″ Thunderbolt Display. Since this is an excellent panel I wanted to use it on the Windows 10 rig I was about to build, but upon further research I discovered this may be a much more difficult task than plug-and-play.
See, Thunderbolt Displays will ONLY work with a thunderbolt port, you cannot simply get a mini Displayport to Displayport adapter like you can with an Apple Cinema Display, which are older and use mini Displayport instead of Thunderbolt (even though they look identical). Your options for buying motherboards with Thunderbolt equipped is very slim, but they do sell PCI cards that let you add Thunderbolt ports to your system. I purchased the Asus X99-Deluxe II motherboard, which comes with the Asus Thunderbolt EX3 card included.
I needed this adapter because the EX3’s thunderbolt port is the latest standard, which uses the USB-C form factor. If I would have done more research I maybe wouldn’t have needed to get this adapter, but no use complaining now and besides, the X99 deluxe II is a glorious beast.
However, when I first plugged everything in and fired up my machine, nothing happened. I downloaded the drivers, went through settings, enabled Intel Thunderbolt in my motherboard’s BIOS, still nothing! I was ready to return this and give up, but I researched and researched, changed some more BIOS settings, then a day later–WHAMO–it worked! Now I have a beastly dual-1440p panel setup.
So, the important things to know if you’re looking to purchase this card to connect an Apple Thunderbolt Display:
– You will have to tinker with it, possibly for multiple days before it works.
– It will require you to mess around in your computer’s BIOS settings. This can be intimidating to first-timers.
– Do your research! This is an expensive adapter and you don’t want to get it then find out you also have to purchase pricey computer components to make it work.
My system:
Mobo: Asus X99-Deluxe II
Expansion Card: Asus Thunderbolt EX3
CPU: Intel i7-5820K 4ghz overclock
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 OC black edition w/thermal pad mod
RAM: 64GB G.Skill ripjaws V series DDR4-3200
Storage: OS on 1TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, several other standard HDDs
Display 1: 27-inch 1440p BenQ BL2711U
Display 2: 27-inch 1440p Apple Thunderbolt Display
I use this to connect a LG 34UC98 which has a Thunderbolt 2 port to an Intel NUC Kit NUC6i7KYK Skull Canyon which has a Type C Thunderbolt 3 port. The adapter just plugged in and worked with no fuss. Excellent.
I’m currently using this to connect my Apple 27″ Thunderbolt display to the Lenovo laptop running Windows 10, I’ve also got a WD Thunderbolt Hard Disk attached to the monitor which is also detected perfectly and provides rapid backup and restore functionality for my PC. Now if only I could so easily cancel the order for that new Dell monitor that’s on back order until November!!