All you reviewers, please provide pertinent information as to what you are working with; I have a core intel i5 on my MacBook Pro 2016.

The goFanco has worked without much fuss. I dd not have to install software except the DisplayLink software downloaded from the web and quickly installed. I had to setup and fiddle a little bit, but got it within about 10-15 minutes or less. Once set, if I disconnected my laptop I would have to go and reset the resolution on the extended monitor. Be sure to set "Use As Separate Display" in the menu bar monitor icon for you extended display.
NOTE: in the preferences sound menu you can select that the icon appear in your menu by clicking in a box in the sound preferences. If you want sound from your Extended Display goFanco monitor then in the sound Icon set "USB Display Adapter." The goFanco monitor extender is higher resolution and less expensive than other display extender in same category and works.
KEY: When you connect, whether you connect and then disconnect or the first time connecting make sure you have your machine on and active (not in sleep mode) then FIRST connect the goFanco and make sure it is stable (5 secs or so) and then connect any other display, as in my case through through the DVI port., if you are hooking up two external screens like I have with my laptop. Took a while to figure this out.
Works great. Good Value for res on my Vizio TV 28". Very readable on my TV. Had to reset the TV settings a little for computer extended, but would do that for just viewing TV. There are higher resolution adapters, but works great for 28" TV and probably a little higher as I am not quite at highest res for this adapter. On DVI I am 1920 x 1080 (1080p) 60Hz Adapter can go to 2048 x 1152@50HZ. And with HDMI adapter in back of my monitor/TV can go to 2560 x 1440@60HZ. Very Happy! Great deal.

Since I'm using this on my laptop without a CDROM drive I had to download the latest driver from the Gofanco website. Hint, the product is USB3HDMI when asked. Once I figured out that their website doesn't support Firefox, only Windows Edge or Explorer the download was quick, installation is basically automatic (a couple of confirmation buttons), plugged in the USB cable and HDMI cable and, presto, the laptop screen was mirrored onto the external monitor. Windows 10 Display options have changed from what I expected, but once I clicked on "search for monitors" I selected "extended" and I had two monitors! Not sure if I had it plugged into a USB3 or USB2 port, but watching a Youtube video through the box was flawless. I still have to connect everything to my dual monitors but so far this is a great adapter for a reasonable price. Designed in the US, manufactured (like everything else is) in China. Well packaged, English instructions. Only possible con I can think of right now is I wish the USB cable was a bit longer so I could tuck the box behind my laptop, but that is primarily due to the fact my USB ports are towards the front of the computer. Highly recommended.

I purchased this connector together with some others to try to find a connector that would let me connect a Lenovo monitor to an HP laptop for work. This was the connector that worked. At this point it's working wonderfully. I will try to remember to update this review later about the connector's durability over time.

Hi,

I hope this helps anyone looking to buy this. My details below:

1. I have a Dell tower with dual monitors at home.
2. I have a personal laptop that I don't use to terribly often.
3. I have a work laptop that I use frequently at home.

I was looking for a device that would let me use both monitors when I wanted. Particularly my work laptop. Sometimes I need to knock out some things at home and I need applications running on both my huge monitors instead of my small Lenovo laptop screen. I wanted my laptops to project to my large home monitors.

I still like to look around at brick and mortar stores, but nobody caries inventory anymore. I poked around on Amazon until I found a switch that supported two monitors. It works, but I have some notes below. I hope it helps you:

1. Shipping was great. I got it in time, in good shape, and this come with all (MOST) of the cables you need.
2. It is a low profile device and looks good.
3. The instructions are lacking a bit. There is a little bit of language barrier when reading them. Made in China, so the instructions can be a little confusing.
4. It comes with a driver disk, but I didn't need it for Windows 10. I'm running Windows 10 on all my devices.
5. Major things to note:

5A: You need to run HDMI from your monitors into the switch. If for some reason you have older monitors without HDMI, you will need a adapter that switches the output to HDMI.
5B: You only get ONE HDMI output to a shared PC/Laptop/Device.
5C: That means one of your devices needs a VGA connection.
5D: Neither my tower or laptops have a VGA input, so I had to buy this: gofanco USB 3.0 to DVI/VGA Video Card Adapter for Multiple Displays w/DVI-to-VGA Converter. This is the part that will plug into your laptop(s).
5E: Be sure you go into your Power Settings" in your laptop to change the setting to "do nothing" when you close the lid. My work laptop was fine, but this was messing me up on my personal laptop.

6. Cable management is atrocious. LOL. This thing has 12 cables going into it, plus the three loose ones sitting around waiting to go into your laptop. I will need to spend several hours on a day off to make this look good. No fault of the device, but just wasn't expecting that much of a mess of wires.

7. I added the picture, because navigating the switch can be confusing. This sequence is what makes the laptops gain access to both monitors. The lights on (1) and (1) work for the Dell tower.

This is what you need. I would buy it again. Just save a little patience when setting it up.

i bought this 5 years ago for an original 12" MacBook (the super light one with only one USB-C port). After switching to a MacBook Pro I no longer needed it so put it away. Fast forward 4 years and I have a MacBook Air M2 which can only drive 1 external monitor. Pulled this out and works perfect with the latest DisplayLink driver (1.8 as of this review - fortunately updated for Ventura) to drive a 24" Acer 2K monitor (2560x1440 at 50 hz).

Very cool to have this still work so well.