HDMI Dummy Plug Headless Ghost Display Emulator HDMI-Compatible（Fit Headless-1920x1080 New Generation@60Hz） (HDMI2.0-2K-1P)

These work great! We have them plugged into a Mac mini farm that we remote into for an application. This allows the screen sharing app to look way sharper and have more resolution options. Plus it acts as a debug light letting us know the mini is on.

Great way to trick your computer into outputting whatever resolution you need. It can get really hot to the touch when streaming games, but it works well. It's very small, with a good, sturdy build quality. This was well worth its small asking price.

Normally these are not worth the money to me, it’s a dummy plug. That said, it’s a super simple way to tell your headless server, or say Mac Mini, to use a static resolution- no need to find a finicky software or compromise your computers security.They are built solid, fit correctly but not too snuggled, have a low profile with enough space to still easily grab and remove, and being hdmi works with any hdmi compatible computer.

Using the Plugable Docking Station caused my PC to see a third "Phantom" monitor which caused problems with my screens. This device solved my problem. After installing it, I disabled the "phantom" monitor on my desktop. I no longer get some screens going to the phantom monitor where I can't see them. Plugable support (Michael S.), was very helpful and clued me in on this device to solve my problem.Mark

If you need a dummy plug for whatever reason, these will work.However, if you are like me, you might have purchased these because they say they do 1080p natively... which is true, but because it also goes to 4k, this can be a problem for some situations. In my case, I'm trying to stream my SteamDeck, and my XR1Lite defaults to 4k capture at 30hz. Until Valve lets us define the resolution manually, this means the Deck also will follow this. If I connect a TV on the pass through, then this will set the capture card to report its resolutions (up to 1080p), and thus the deck will follow along.So you can see why I purchased the plug, and specifically these ones that say "will do 1080p natively." As included in the screenshot, they support up to 4096x2160@24Hz. This means the deck will follow along, making things slow. Thankfully, with a Raspberry Pi, I was able to flash one of the plugs to mimic my TV's EDID signals, resulting in it reporting only up to 1920x1080@60Hz. This does require using edid-rw and tvservice to write and dump the edid data, but if you were needing to know, these plugs will accept the new dumps and have worked great as a result!However, if you are wanting an out of the box experience of 1080p only, as it would appear to be listed as, you will be spending a good while getting everything set up just to fix the issue. At least you get 3 of them for experimenting.

I love these. I have a few headless computers with full OSs installed and was always disappointed when I VNC into the desktops. Now with these I have full 1920x1080 remote desktops.

I have a headless Linux box that sits on a shelf with my router and modem. This nifty little plug allows me to TeamViewer into said computer.While dummy drivers can achieve the same result, this offers a safer more official way to solving the headless problem. The dummy drivers can prevent the OS from booting if the display environment is changed to say lightdm vs gdm3

I was able to stream from my PC without having the monitor on with ease thanks to this. Nice easy solution. Only complaint, it has no ridges, so in tight spaces it's a little hard to pull it out.