The monitors may come with VGA or DVI cables but the HDMI is the standard connection for most office dual monitor setups. The VGA can work easily with a laptop to monitor connection, especially with a Mac.
Do you need 2 HDMI cables for 2 monitors?
You’ll need two monitors and an HDMI cable for each to get started. You can use standard HDMI cables if your computer has two HDMI outputs and both monitors have HDMI inputs. However, if your computer has two different video outputs (e.g., HDMI and DisplayPort or DVI), you may need an adapter cable.
Can you run 2 monitors off 1 HDMI port?
Sometimes you have only one HDMI port on your computer (typically on a laptop), but need two ports so that you can connect 2 external monitors. In this case: You can use a ‘switch splitter’ or ‘display splitter’ to have two HDMI ports.
Can you run 2 monitors off 1 DisplayPort?
What is DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (MST)? DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport allows you to daisy chain monitors with DisplayPort 1.2 ports. Daisy chaining describes the ability to connect a series of monitors to a single video output port on your computer or docking station.
