To Daisy chain or not to daisy chain. That is the question

Homescreens & Office Setups
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Hi all,

Is there any advantage to me daisy-chaining my two monitors to my Mini, other than saving a port?

I have two identical monitors, each with one 1.2 DisplayPort and two HDMI.

I’d be grateful for views as I’m not brilliant with the hardware side of things.

Thanks.

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How can you daisy chain the monitors if they have only 1 DisplayPort port each?

I think you’d need 1 for input from the Mac and another for connecting the second monitor?

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Could I utilise the HDMI for daisychaining?

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No, that isn’t possible with HDMI.

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Only Thunderbolt 3 screens van de daisy-chained on one port. But, I don’t think it works on a M1 mini, which supports 1 screen via Thunderbolt (display port) and the other via HDMI out of the box.

I have three 4k screens connected to an M1 mini:
1 via Thunderbolt direct to the Mini
1 via HDMI direct to the Mini
1 via a DisplayLink adapter connected to USB on my Caldigit Thunderbolt dock