Dual Monitor Setup?

paulyjustin said:

Hi there. My laptop is dell xps 9550. It has 1 hdmi port that i currently use where i connect it from laptop to my samsung syncmaster monitor. It also has a thunderbolt port.



So i would get a thunderbolt to hdmi like this?

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...to%2Bhdmi&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...erbolt+to+hdmi

NO! Your computer has a Thunderbolt 3 port. The 3 is very significant.

Someone else on another forum said to get usb-c to hdmi


So something like this?


https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters...=usb-c+to+hdmi

https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-MOKiN...=usb-c+to+hdmi


So im confused, are these different? The usb-c to hdmi and the thunderbolt to hdmi are different or the same?

Look closely at the Thunderbolt 3 port on your laptop. Which cable will fit in it?

Hi there thanks for that response.


So this one would work also?

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...to%2Bhdmi&th=1


The one you posted which is thunderbolt to hdmi.. it seems to be for macbook specifically? Or that doesn't matter?

I saw you posted i have thunderbolt 3... so that is specific? Thus i could use either usb-c to hdmi or thunderbolt 3 to hdmi but its preferred thunderbolt 3 because that is what my laptop has? Im just a bit confused here is thunderbolt 3 and usb-c the same thing?

From looking at that picture, usb-c thunderbolt 3

paulyjustin said:

From looking at that picture, usb-c thunderbolt 3

And that is what the computer end of the adapter must be. Not just plain "thunderbolt" and not display port.

Hi there okay the thing is at the moment, i cannot order it off amazon.com because im not in the us at the moment. I would have to order it either from online where im where it doesn't have the same things as amazon.com at or go to computer shop... theres only 1 or maybe 2 places that might have this and not only are electronics expensive here, but many things are hard to find here for electronics. But i have to make sure that the cable is thunderbolt 3 right? Thus if it only says thunderbolt to hdmi... that would not work?


So if i find usb-c to hdmi cable here... that WON'T WORK either correct?

paulyjustin said:

Hi there okay the thing is at the moment, i cannot order it off amazon.com because im not in the us at the moment. I would have to order it either from online where im where it doesn't have the same things as amazon.com at or go to computer shop... theres only 1 or maybe 2 places that might have this and not only are electronics expensive here, but many things are hard to find here for electronics. But i have to make sure that the cable is thunderbolt 3 right? Thus if it only says thunderbolt to hdmi... that would not work?


So if i find usb-c to hdmi cable here... that WON'T WORK either correct?

USB-C will work. Most of the adapters you will find will actually say Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C). Just plain USB-C is also 100% compatible with the Thunderbolt 3 port.

You are correct, you do not want an adapter that says just Thunderbolt without either the 3 or USB-C, though.

what is usb to video adapter? im confused here. So this is different from what the person above mentioned?


okay so in those links i posted, the ones that are usb-c to hdmi... those work right? And just to make sure of this, when i buy any of this, most don't include the hdmi cable so i have to buy another hdmi cable right? This is again all very new to me.