USB to HDMI Adapter, USB 3.0/2.0 to HDMI Cable Multi-Display Video Converter- PC Laptop Windows 7 8 10,Desktop, Laptop, PC, Monitor, Projector, HDTV.[Not Support Chromebook]

I have an MSI Katana GF76 Laptop with one HDMI port. I wanted to add second monitor. The laptop has a USB-C type port, I tried multiple USB-C to HDMI adapters that work on other computers and none of them worked in this laptop, I would get an error in the Device Manager: Failed to reset Port. I was about to give up, but decided to try one regular USB 3.0 adapter, the blueish ones. When I got this one, I plugged it in and it wouldn't work, instructions say install the drivers before connecting the device, I had to try anyways, it's my nature. The package comes with instructions and a mini CD with the drivers. No CD reader here. The instructions also give you the website where you can download them drivers but the website wouldn't load for me or maybe I typed it wrong. Fortunately, they also list the filename of the drivers and a quick search on G took me to the website, downloaded the drivers, installed them and boom! it worked! Now the image is not as sharp as the main HDMI output, might need some adjustments in the settings but it works and I'm happy.

I have a slightly lower-end business laptop that had a single HDMI port. Even with using the laptop screen and an attached monitor I desired more display room for my office work. I was a little skeptical reading about this little USB device thinking that it surely wouldn't work on my laptop with a low-end video card in it already. But it worked! I installed the drivers (downloaded from the website instead of using the included cd), plugged the device into a spare USB port, plugged another monitor into it via HDMI cable, and the display just worked. In Windows 11 I set it to extend to my display (instead of mirroring) so that I can have multiple different apps open on each screen. As a note, I did try a couple different HDMI cables. One, which may have been of poorer quality, did not display well, the colors were off and it was very grainy. But once I switched to a newer HDMI cable then it was crystal clear.

As an electrical engineer I offer the following. Although the product initially worked as presented, I had to rate everything as 1 star because the product failed. I did not experience the installation or display problems others have described until failure. My uninstall proceeded without incident as well. However, the design and quality control seem to be substandard. And for the record, Amazon's return process has become so painless it was really no problem to return both units. Thank you, Amazon. Both units failed, one by one, within days. I had the same experience as others who commented that the product runs very hot. For electronics, that's very bad. I suspect one of my units failed due to heat stress. The other unit had parts rattling around inside, which suggests poor quality control in the design and assembly. If you get it, and it works for you, terrific. But Amazon asked me to answer an unanswered question (which I could not find), so instead I elected to provide my review, which I seldom do, but this product offering calls for a 'buyer beware'. In the case of this product, while I feel sympathy for the designers and marketers because it is clear they tried hard to do their best to provide a great product at a great price, unfortunately the product just misses the design and quality control that is reasonable to expect. I don't know if it's acceptable or not to make a recommendation here, but I really needed a product to perform this conversion, so I turned to StarTech, also available on Amazon. It's a different caliber of company and product, more expensive, but I have been using it for about a month. It's well designed, runs relatively cool and without problems, and they have great customer support via chat - very knowledgeable people with immediate results. I had a special need for this conversion and they helped me promptly understand the different techniques for USB-HDMI conversion so I could select the proper design. They also readily recommended returning one of their products even though it had not failed because THEY discovered it was not the right one for my application. Pretty cool! If you change manufacturers for this conversion, remember you have to uninstall the drivers of this product first, then install the drivers for the product you choose to go with. In the case of StarTech, their products works very reliably. I have no affiliation with either of these manufacturers, I'm just writing what my experience has been.

I've been running 3 screens with this device for a bit over a month now. The good: it runs 3 screens off of my low-end laptop (including the laptop screen, 2 other monitors are extended). The bad: it does flicker from time to time, so it's not the solution you want for gaming, for slamming out projects for school it's a godsend. : it's true, this device does get really hot when its in use. I have a pedestal stand for my monitors with 4 USB ports that runs off of wall-power for charging things, one of these USB ports is devoted to a USB computer fan that helps cool my laptop (budget laptops get really hot when you double their RAM), I had to put this adapter in the airstream of this fan to keep it cool. I'm pretty sure if I didn't do that the electronics inside would overheat, short out, and probably fry one of my USB ports in the laptop. so beware of that, do the same thing if you can. : and finally the finicky-ness you have to download a driver off of a website that is not Microsoft-supported, this seemed ok to me, no viruses (even though I deserve them). you have to follow the instructions. turn your computer to airplane mode, disconnect ethernet if you use one... turn off firewall, run the driver installer as administrator. restart the computer, turn your firewall back on, turn your wifi back on and reconect internet.... then it works! in the same USB 3.0 port, not the other one. if you need to use a different USB 3.0 you have to plug this device into that port and repeat this process... infact you have to repeat this process after each windows update... so yeah, finicky. in conclusion, if you are a nerd, you got more than what you paid for. If you know about sports you'll probably call this a piece of junk and throw it away because computers are hard.