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Where is the hdmi to displayport cable that would be compatible for connecting my laptop to the asus monitor with displayport? Almost or all of these seem to need displayport on computer and hdmi on the monitor. So none of these work for me? Other thing is do i even have a displayport on my xps 15 9550? I know i have 1 hdmi and 1 usb c.
To go from HDMI on computer to DisplayPort on monitor, you need a powered adapter such as this:
Amazon.com: HDMI to DisplayPort Converter Adapter Cable with USB Power,QGeeM 4K x 2K HDMI to DP Adaptor for HDMI Equipped Systems,Compliant with VESA Dual-Mode DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4 and HDCP: Electronics
The USB-C on your XPS 15 9550 is the DisplayPort. If you want dual external monitors on the XPS 15 9550, the best combination is 1 monitor with HDMI and one monitor with DisplayPort. The HDMI monitor gets connected to the HDMI port on the computer with a simple HDMI cable. The DisplayPort monitor gets connected to the USB-C port on the computer with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable:
Amazon.com: Fixget USB C to DisplayPort Cable (5.49ft/1.8m), 4K@60Hz USB 3.1 Type C (Thunderbolt 3 Compatible) to DP Cable for 2016 MacBook Pro, MacBook 12, ChromeBook Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S8/S8 Plus: Electronics
If you have two external monitors with HDMI, then one goes HDMI to HDMI with the simple cable, and the other goes to the USB-C port on the computer with either a USB-C to HDMI adapter, or USB-C to HDMI cable:
Amazon.com: USB C to HDMI, CableCreation USB 3.1 Type C to HDMI 4K Hub Adapter (Thunderbolt 3), DP Alt Mode, Male to Female, Compatible MacBook Pro/Chromebook Pixel/Dell XPS 13/Yoga 920/Samsung Note S9,S8, White: Electronics
Amazon.com: Aibocn USB C to HDMI Cable, Type C (Thunderbolt 3 Compatible) to HDMI 4K Cable for MacBook Pro, Surface Book 2, iMac, Galaxy S9/S8/Note 8, Dell XPS 13/15, Pixelbook and More - 6.5FT/2m: Electronics
The only difficult connection would be to connect a DisplayPort monitor to the HDMI connection on the computer, you don't want to do that.
Hi thanks for that response. Yes with my current monitor, its hdmi to hdmi. The other monitor that worked but stopped working but then worked again... and then finally stopped working... that one had hdmi. So i bought a usb c to hdmi monitor specifically for that. But of course that monitor doesnt work so i have to buy a new monitor.
So you agree that for the new monitor with no hdmi port... use the usb c to displayport right? I just want to confirm this.
So thus avoid hdmi port on computer to display port on new monitor because thats going to cost me more right? Cost like 36 dollars on the link you posted.
Okay so to confirm this would work right..
1. Connect hdmi to hdmi from my xps laptop to samsung monitor with hdmi. This is already my current setup for this monitor,
2. Buy usb c to displayport cable. Connect the usb c from my laptop to the display port on the new asus monitor
Amazon.com: USB C to DisplayPort Cable 4K@60Hz, CHOETECH USB 3.1 Type C to DP Cable Thunderbolt 3 Port Compatible with 2017 iMac,MacBook Pro,Dell XPS 15/13,ChromeBook Pixel,Samsung Galaxy S9/Note 8/S8(4ft/1.2m): Computers Accessories
into this new monitor i will buy
Amazon.com: ASUS C624BQ monitior: Computers Accessories
Is this correct?
Thanks.
Also is there a reason why anyone would buy that $36 adapter then? I'm confused why anyone would do this. Example last time when i wanted to connect a second monitor, i found out i needed a usb c to hdmi cable and bought that. But there were other options that were very similar but its an adapter.. and it cost like 30 dollars or more. Then you also need an hdmi to hdmi cable as well. I thought ... why would anyone do this? Im guessing their monitor or computer has some weird configuration which is why they would buy an adapter to connect the monitor? Because if a usb c to hdmi or usb c to display port is what you need, what is the purpose of those adapters?
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