4k usb-c monitors for 2017 mac mini

.....for my 2017 Mac mini.

Note: The current Mac mini is called a Late 2014 Mac mini. The model name uses the date of introduction, not the date of your purchase.

The Thunderbolt ports on your Mac mini are also Mini-DisplayPort compatible. Look for a monitor with Mini-DisplayPorts and then just plug them in to your Mac mini's Thunderbolt ports. Note that Mini-DisplayPorts were designed for use on Computer monitors and that HDMI ports were designed for HDTVs.

Also note that your Mac mini does not have USB-C ports.

Mac mini - Technical Specifications - Apple

Are you sure the display is actually going to die? It could

very well be the built in cable.

Thought my TB Display was going belly up some time ago

and thought a cheap test would be to get a TB Cable and use

the TB daisy chain port as an input since the Thunderbolt interface

is supposedly pass through, and it worked! I have been

using my TB display for quite sometime now with that

configuration.

May be worth your while to spend a few bucks for the cable unless

you really want a new display.

Apple uses the TB2 to TB3 adapter to drive the LG 5K display in their stores (doesn't go to 5k resolution) since it is a real TB display. The LG 4K is not TB but some sort of USB-C so doesn't work with the mini.

As an example, the LG 4K UltraFIne USB-C display requires built-in USB-C/Thunderbolt-3 ports on Macs. That eliminates the 2014 and earlier Mac mini, and selected other Macs.

The OP was discussing some brand of 4K USB-C display, not LG 5K which offers other options and resolutions depending on the Mac connected to it.

Yes, the OP was looking for options and I provided one that would work. You bring up a monitor that would not work. Can you help the discussion and suggest one that would work?

Google came up with this:

https://9to5mac.com/2018/07/03/best-4k-usb-c-displays-for-macbook-and-macbook-pr o-2018/