Will Surface Pro Docking station support multimonitors?

[Oneofthesedays]

Am taking a look at the previews and I only see one display port output? Am I missing something here or are additional adapters required?

Seems like a huge omission....I'm a developer and multimonitors is basically a must have for me.

 

[milesmcever]

According to this Microsoft's Surface strategy: Flatten the PC | PCWorld yes you can but hopefully more info will be announced soon." It can power two separate monitors for a total display resolution of 3840 by 2160 pixels'

 

[milesmcever]

Never used one of the Mini Display port to multi adapters but a quick search and I found a few also don't forget you can always use a USB 3.0 to video adapter too, I've seen 4 + monitors on a pc work fine this way.

 

[SwimSwim]

Yes, it only has one Displayport, however, Displayport supports daisy chaining, which allows you to hook up one Displayport monitor to the Surface, and then you can hook up a second monitor to the first. The Surface would be powering both, even though only one cable would be connecting directly to the Surface. It's quite the powerful machine.

 

[Oneofthesedays]

Wow that's awesome. Didn't know DisplayPort technology was so flexible.

 

[SwimSwim]

Wow that's awesome. Didn't know DisplayPort technology was so flexible.

Yeah, it's a neat technology. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Thunderbolt...

 

[etphoto]

I was listening to Window's Weekly and Paul said the docking station will allow at "least" three monitors.

 

[SwimSwim]

I was listening to Window's Weekly and Paul said the docking station will allow at "least" three monitors.

So the docking station allows more monitors then, eh? That's neat, damn, that sure is one powerful little machine.

 

[jmerrey]

Just for information's sake, the display port on the original Surface Pro does not support daisy chaining, as it's not 1.2. The SP2 is 1.2, and therefore supports it, as discussed above.

 

[CrownSeven]

I currently use lenovo DisplayLink usb adapters to drive 3 monitors from my laptop. They don't work well for gaming, but for anything else they're just peachy!