Connect to the apple studio display from an HDMI port

It will work with a PC. I'm using dual studio displays with a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop running Windows 11. You won't be able to adjust the screen brightness from Windows OS, but if you have a Mac you can adjust the brightness with that, the display will preserve this setting on the PC for future use.

The Apple Studio display has to connect to a Thunderbolt port. There is no way to use it from HDMI.

hcsitas wrote:

additionally: the [27"] Mac [5K] Studio [Display] is exclusively for macOS, it won’t work with Windows.

This tends to be an issue for monitors that have software-based controls for things like contrast and brightness. There may be a single favored platform (whether it is Windows or macOS) that gets the drivers – leaving people with other platforms out in the cold if there are no user interface controls on the monitor itself (as a backup).

So I was able to figure out how to plug in an HDMI devices to an apple studio display... via purchasing some 3rd party adapters. The issue is that the Apple Studio display specifically looks for Thunderbolt 1st, then Display 1.4, which means you will need some adapters/special cables to get it working.

With this method, you will get full resolution support of the 5K Monitor, but will loose:

• Audio
• Camera/Microphone
• Brightness Controls (set on Mac before using)
• Cannot use rear facing USB-Hub on Apple Studio Display

To be able to plug in an HDMI Device; You will need:

• Bi-directional Display Port 1.4 to USB-C cable: Amazon
• HDMI 2.1 to DisplayPort 8K 60Hz Active Adapter: UTAB

Once you get these, just plug one end of the adapter into your HDMI device and the USB-C end into the back of the Apple Studio Display (The port that has Thunderbolt Icon on the back)

WHat kind of adapter do you use? And are you using the new Apple studio display with the 4 USB-C ports on the back?

Thanks

Marty

For joel_quintana

I was able to get this to work. The problem was that my graphics board was too old and did not support some streaming compression mode. I got a new graphics card and I used a DVI to USB-c cord and it worked. You need to be sure that your adapter cord works in the DVI to USB-c direction. Usually they are used to connect a USB-C from a computer to a monitor DVI.

It works very well now.

+1 to Malcolm, additionally: the Mac Studio is exclusively for macOS, it won’t work with Windows.