Monitors setup with M1 Mac mini

[Kev The Doc]

Hi All,

I have just three questions so far in setting my twin Dell U2723QE 4k displays with my M1 Mac mini.

1) It seems the only way to feed two displays is connecting one via Thunderbolt and the other via HDMI? Most Mac's & PC's today can feed two displays via the one Thunderbolt / USB-C connection, am I missing something with the Mac mini setup?

2) Color spacer - the monitors default is sRGB, but should I switch to the wider color gamut of DCI-P3? Are there any disadvantages to this? When switching without any calibration the monitor is dull on DCI-P3, but I'm presuming with some calibration (I have the ColorMunki calibration system) this can be corrected?

3) HDR - by default this is off? The Mac / monitor will be used mainly for everyday Mac use (e-mail, web browsing etc. ) plus photo editing, should I switch HDR on?

Thanks in advance for some advice so I don't go down a rabbit hole.

 

[Tom_N]

Hi All,

I have just three questions so far in setting my twin Dell U2723QE 4k displays with my M1 Mac mini.

1) It seems the only way to feed two displays is connecting one via Thunderbolt and the other via HDMI? Most Mac's & PC's today can feed two displays via the one Thunderbolt / USB-C connection, am I missing something with the Mac mini setup?

The M1 and M2 appear to natively support two displays.

• One USB-C (DisplayPort) or Thunderbolt display
• One HDMI display (M1 Mini) or built-in display (M1 laptops, M1 iMac)

Higher-end M1-family processors (M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra) support more displays.

The Intel Minis could drive two USB-C or Thunderbolt displays – provided that both had a resolution of 4K or less. Like the M1 Minis, they could only drive a single 5K Thunderbolt display.

From what I understand, your monitors have

• USB-C (DisplayPort) input
• DisplayPort input
• HDMI input

So native connections are the way to go, even if that means using two different methods.

 

[Kev The Doc]

Hi All,

I have just three questions so far in setting my twin Dell U2723QE 4k displays with my M1 Mac mini.

1) It seems the only way to feed two displays is connecting one via Thunderbolt and the other via HDMI? Most Mac's & PC's today can feed two displays via the one Thunderbolt / USB-C connection, am I missing something with the Mac mini setup?

The M1 and M2 appear to natively support two displays.

• One USB-C (DisplayPort) or Thunderbolt display
• One HDMI display (M1 Mini) or built-in display (M1 laptops, M1 iMac)

Higher-end M1-family processors (M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra) support more displays.

The Intel Minis could drive two USB-C or Thunderbolt displays – provided that both had a resolution of 4K or less. Like the M1 Minis, they could only drive a single 5K Thunderbolt display.

From what I understand, your monitors have

• USB-C (DisplayPort) input
• DisplayPort input
• HDMI input

So native connections are the way to go, even if that means using two different methods.

Thanks for confirming I wasn’t missing anything, I was puzzled as my five year old Dell laptop drives both 4k displays via the one USB-C port so figured a new Mac Mini would be capable of the same. Anyway it’s just one extra cable, no big deal. Overall very happy with the Mac Mini, especially for the price, which isn’t something you can always say about Apple products .