j5create - USB 3.0-to-HDMI/DVI Display Adapter - Black

I bought this adapter because I needed a 3rd monitor. I received this adapter in January '14 and right out of the box I installed the driver first from the CD and I had already gone online to get the driver update and updated the driver (read to do this at a forum) I plugged in my monitor to the card and to the 3.0 USB port on my Dell 15R Win7Pro laptop and it has been working flawlessly since. Looking back I wish I would have bought the JUA370 because it has an Ethernet connection and a 3.0 USB port that I could use. But otherwise I am very happy with the J5 Create JUA350 adapter and I would recommend this high quality device to anyone.

We needed to connect a separate monitor to out VR rig at the office. The laptop did not have a secomd HDMI port. So this adapter really saved us. The image displayed on the screen was very clear and stable even though we were running through a USB 3.0 hub. I would recommend this product.

I can game on mine, no lag as a 3rd monitor to do surround in World of Tanks (WoT). I have a Lenovo Y510P with 2 GeForce 750m cards, and the laptop has 1 HDMI and 1 VGA port, both go to my Samsung T27B350 TV/Monitors running at 1080p@60. I have a Desktop that I actually run 6 of those Samsung monitors with 2 video cards. Since I choose to rebuild my Desktop, I have been using my laptop in the meanwhile. I wanted to use 3 monitors so I could game with peripheral vision, since World of Tanks supports 120' FOV. While my center and right monitors are handled by the laptop video ports, I was short 1 port to do 3 displays. I initially used a KWorld USB2-2-DVI, and that even worked, but there was noticeable lag. Since I only use about 1/3 of the side monitor, this was possible. If I tried to use the entire screen, this might have been bad, but for my purposes and this game, it was acceptable. Since I saw they released USB3-2-DVI, I figure it could only be faster. they were right, now using 1/3 of my left side monitor, and there is almost no lag, I would have to be looking for it to even notice. It works perfect, so this will work in place of the Matrox TripleHead2Go I was looking at. I will try to see how it handles full screen, but for a partial screen, WoT in 1080p is fine. Hope this helps out someone who is trying to decide if this will work, I think if you wanted to watch full screen videos at 1080p@60 this would handle that no problem at all. David

While traveling, my wife and I normally stay at resorts or condos that usually have access to a wireless network and TVs with HDMI inputs. Devices like Chromecast and Roku don't usually work, because the resort's "secondary sign-in" required to access the resort's wireless network prevents these devices from connecting to the network. However, the "j5 create" does work, because you're not actually "casting" from the network to the TV. We simply plug the "j5 create" adaptor into one of the USB ports on our laptop, and connect it (via a standard HDMI cable) to an available HDMI input on the TV. We're then able to stream NetFlix and other media to our laptop, which simultaneously sends the audio and video to the TV. It works rather well. Occasionally, a few words of the audio will get garbled; however, I believe that's more a function of the capacity and speed of the resort''s wireless network. I did not notice this when I tried out the device on the high-speed wireless network in our home.

I bought this so I could run an external monitor with my 2011 Apple MacBook Pro. I usually use the thunderbolt to HDMI converter, but my new external sound card for music production uses thunderbolt. Since my computer only has 1 thunderbolt port I have 2 options for an external monitor---1) Buy a much more expensive (4x) thunderbolt dock, or 2) buy this USB-to-HDMI adapter. The adapter works fine, but there is noticeable lag at times compared to using the thunderbolt to HDMI adapter. Since my computer only has 1 thunderbolt port and no HDMI port this isn't a bad solution, but it isn't ideal. I still think it is a good product overall, or at least a good concept. I just wish it was on par with the thunderbolt adapter, but as you probably know thunderbolt data transfer is way faster than USB 2.0 and 3.0.