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Corning Optical Thunderbolt 2 cable
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I have no idea of where to post something like this, so I figured you guys would be interested.At NAB 2014, I saw the Corning Optical Thunderbolt 2 cables, which can be 10 meters, 30 meters or 60 meters. I tried something that they told me at the show, and it worked.
I asked them how could you use this cable to the new Mac Pro if the Apple Thunderbolt monitors had a fixed male cable coming out of it, that was designed to plug directly into the new Mac Pro. The female port on the monitor was an “output” port. They said that they tried it (plugging into the female OUTPUT port) and it worked, and then you could daisy chain using the short fixed cable to other thunderbolt 2 devices.
Well, they were right. I ran the long Corning optical cable between the new Mac Pro and the OUTPUT port of the Apple Thunderbolt monitor, and it worked (full resolution), and I was able to connect the Keyboard/Mouse to the USB port on the back of that monitor, and it too worked perfectly. This means NO MORE KVM EXTENDERS from Gefen, Smart AVI, etc. to build a machine room with the new Mac Pro – just get a long Corning Optical cable, and you are done. And while the cable is not cheap, it’s sure cheaper than buying a $1200 KVM.
bob Zelin
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I have a couple of the 10m cables hooked to Belkin boxes.
They work great and it is the easiest extension I’ve ever had to deal with. I love it.
Also, I really really want to see that LG monitor you wrote about. That would also be a kickass box that puts a whole lot of capability in to one wide monitor, and one long cable.
I’m sorry, I know everyone here doesn’t like Thunderbolt, but it’s convenience combined with performance have been great.
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I would never have known about the LG ultra wide monitor, had I not seen it in use at the Corning booth at NAB. The image quality was amazing, the features were amazing, and it made me realize that there was no longer a reason for KVM’s for all the stuff on your desk, if you simply had one of these LG monitors, AND the Corning cable. Cheap and easy decision.
I am telling you, the small booths (at any trade show) are the ones with the real innovations. Looking at MTape from MLogic (the thunderbolt LTO drive) was amazing, and cheap, and easy.
Bob Zelin
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Could you post the model and price of the LG monitor? Curious… Thanks!
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It’s in Bob’s NAB review: https://library.creativecow.net/zelin_bob/NAB_2014/1
It supposedly releases very soon.
Jeremy
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[Bob Zelin] “This means NO MORE KVM EXTENDERS from Gefen, Smart AVI, etc. to build a machine room with the new Mac Pro – just get a long Corning Optical cable, and you are done. And while the cable is not cheap, it’s sure cheaper than buying a $1200 KVM. “
I’m curious: can this cable run DisplayPort only with miniDP/DP adapters?
Walter Soyka
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BTW there is a long thread about this monitor on the macrumors forum from Feb.
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1706833
Also, this reviewer really likes it for gaming
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https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-34UM95-P-ultrawide-monitor – says it releases in May at around $1500 ea. Looks fantastic – I want 2! Love how they use Premiere for marketing photo – where’s X?
I have dual LG IPS 27’s I bought last year and they’re great – excellent color, run cool.
Lance Bachelder
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Jeremy, I gather from a search that you’re using the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock. If so are they working OK for you? Any tips for getting them to work as advertised?
Thanks,
Mike
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[Mike Parfit] “Jeremy, I gather from a search that you’re using the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock. If so are they working OK for you? Any tips for getting them to work as advertised? “
It’s as easy as plugging them in.
For audio in/out, you have to choose the routing is sys prefs. Easy.
My only complaint is the absolutely giant power supply, and recessed mini plug port for audio (had to get a different cable than the one I had).
It’s not a big deal with our desks, but it would be a big deal if you needed to travel with them.
It is really nice to be able to put it where you want and have a “port” station with all the cables running to it.
Also, it’s great to have an easy fw800 port for those drives still show up from time to time.
The price has come down, so they are a good deal.
Jeremy
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I’m curious if it’ll run with windows boxes such as the HP or even with the Thunderbolt equipped Asus main board. This use seems to be the most advantageous use for Thnderbolt. It would seem that it’s difficult to argue its superiorty over pci-e based solutions for other uses…unless of course one is wedded to the trashcan… where there’s really not much of a choice.
David
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