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132841Re: [Avid-L2] Mac in one room, monitors in another.

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  • Gowanus Canal
    Dec 21, 2018
      Assuming MP 2013, optical thunderbolt then a TB dock in the room?

      DQS


      > On Dec 21, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Marcus gen@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
      >
      > Hi All,
      >
      > So with the computer in the rack in another room with all the boxes and
      > stuff (thinking Avid or Protools here) and the monitors in a nice quiet
      > room...... What are we all using to carry the signals from the good old
      > display port on the Mac Pro to monitors in another room. The HDMI port
      > is fine and will drive a nice long (10-20m) cable. But the display ports
      > lack the 'oompfh' to drive long cables via an adaptor. I.e can't pop a
      > 15m VGA on the end of a display port adaptor.
      >
      > I have, in the past, used a display port to VGA and then some powered
      > (at one end only, which is handy) VGA Cat 5 extenders for the two edit
      > screens and HDMI for the video monitor. But this will not work (well) on
      > the higher resolutions above 1920x1080. Plus throwing in USB extensions
      > for the mouse keyboard combinations.
      >
      > Anyone got any other solutions, bank breaking or not.
      >
      > Cheers,
      >
      > Marcus
      >
      >
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      > Posted by: Marcus <gen@...>
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