Mac Studio Ultra - 8 Monitors? How

[tron2]

Hi,

I was looking at the Mac Studio Ultra as it does 8 4k Monitors but only on the comparison page -- It states Ultra has 6 Thunderbolt ports but on the specs it only shows 4 thunderbolt ports, hdmi and 2 thunderbolt ports in the front.

Does anyone know how is it doing 8? or should it be 7 thunderbolt on the back plus hdmi?

Any insight on this would be appreciated

 

[JaredJenkinsDesign]

My guess would be through Daisy Chaining through a Thunderbolt monitor (example BenQ PD2725U) or using an adapter or docking station (example CalDigit TS3 Plus Dock) to connect multiple 4K monitors.

 

[trickster is meaningless]

Thunderbolt can carry two display signals, so the tb3 dock I have has a Mini DisplayPort and another usb c Port that can connect to another monitor. Some dongle makers like sonnet do tb->dual video ports.

 

[tron2]

I am really assuming that Apple has made an error on the website. I hope by next week error is fixed and once product gets shipped we will start seeing reviews online

 

[Lobwedgephil]

I am really assuming that Apple has made an error on the website. I hope by next week error is fixed and once product gets shipped we will start seeing reviews online

What is the error? Just because it can supports 8, doesn't mean it has 8 outputs.

 

[tron2]

Here is the pic on the specs

Then look at this from the comparison page

 

[Lobwedgephil]

They say the same thing. The two on the front of the Ultra are Thunderbolt, on the Max they are just UCB C.

 

[trickster is meaningless]

The website is correct; one port does not mean one monitor. Please google the thunderbolt 3/4 spec and you’ll be able to see a single port can feed multiple monitors.

 

[tron2]

Sorry for beating this issue - but even on the docs say one should be able to connect 8 4k Monitors directly.

Even their doc say it but there is a support page missing still

Connect a display to Mac Studio

Connect external displays to your Mac Studio.

support.apple.com

I already have 6 4K Monitors and getting 2 more on my end. I might have to call Apple and have them clarify it.

 

[tron2]

We can close this case.

Finally Apple got the document for 8 monitors

 

[Lobwedgephil]

We can close this case.

Finally Apple got the document for 8 monitors

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We tried to save you the time. Glad you got your answer.

 

[Jorbanead]

We can close this case.

Finally Apple got the document for 8 monitors

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People in the comments here already told you this…. Did you not read any of the comments?

They said one TB port can support two 4K monitors via daisy chain.

 

[tron2]

We tried to save you the time. Glad you got your answer.

I am grateful to your help on this issue/clarification. I was already looking at adapters (and around the time Apple updated their docs).