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frontpageItsSoCheap | Staff posted Sep 17, 2025 08:05 AM

4-Pack Malarpon DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulators

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Woot! has 4-Pack Malarpon DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulators (4K DP Dummy Plugs) for $5.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Features:
  • DP dummy used for creating a second virtual desktop in VR. Works well at 1440p Resolution. The screen 'resolution' can be set at many arbitrary configurations up to 7K.
  • Get hardware accelerated Remote Desktop thru Moonlight game streaming without needing a monitor plugged into the machine. Work to see 2 monitors through TeamViewer on a headless PC.
  • Can remote into a desktop without a monitor for work.
  • No configuration, no power cable - just set-and-forget design allows for high compatibility. Works with OSX, Windows, Linux and just about anything else.
  • No drivers or configuration needed - download any software or configure the unraid server. Just plug in, adjust resolution, and connect.

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $8.39 lower (59% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $14.38
  • About this product:
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Woot! has 4-Pack Malarpon DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulators (4K DP Dummy Plugs) for $5.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to Deal Hunter ItsSoCheap for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • DP dummy used for creating a second virtual desktop in VR. Works well at 1440p Resolution. The screen 'resolution' can be set at many arbitrary configurations up to 7K.
  • Get hardware accelerated Remote Desktop thru Moonlight game streaming without needing a monitor plugged into the machine. Work to see 2 monitors through TeamViewer on a headless PC.
  • Can remote into a desktop without a monitor for work.
  • No configuration, no power cable - just set-and-forget design allows for high compatibility. Works with OSX, Windows, Linux and just about anything else.
  • No drivers or configuration needed - download any software or configure the unraid server. Just plug in, adjust resolution, and connect.

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $8.39 lower (59% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $14.38
  • About this product:
    • 90-Day Woot Warranty
  • About this store:

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JohnnySlick777
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A DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulator, or "dummy plug,"
Plugs into a computer's DisplayPort to trick the operating system into detecting a connected display, even when no physical monitor is present.
This allows the computer's GPU to be fully enabled for tasks like high-resolution remote desktop access, video rendering, and cryptocurrency mining,
which would otherwise be disabled or limited.
madduffy
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To 'trick' a computer into thinking it has a monitor connected. Necessary for some applications
mihanich
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Some of us repurpose our old desktop computers as servers, for example to run Plex, or backup the data locally. Some desktop computer models do not boot unless they detect an attached monitor (and oftentimes attached keyboard as well). While many computers have an option in BIOS settings to disable this requirement, some do not. This can be a problem if you just want to put a computer on the shelf to store backups. Every time your newly configured server reboots, e. g. after installing updates, it will hang and require manual intervention. These Display port devices, when plugged in, trick the computer into thinking that there is a monitor attached, satisfying this requirement.

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I gotta ask, what does one use these for?
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Quote from timbo80 :
I gotta ask, what does one use these for?
To 'trick' a computer into thinking it has a monitor connected. Necessary for some applications
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Quote from timbo80 :
I gotta ask, what does one use these for?
A DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulator, or "dummy plug,"
Plugs into a computer's DisplayPort to trick the operating system into detecting a connected display, even when no physical monitor is present.
This allows the computer's GPU to be fully enabled for tasks like high-resolution remote desktop access, video rendering, and cryptocurrency mining,
which would otherwise be disabled or limited.
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Sep 18, 2025 01:00 PM
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Some of us repurpose our old desktop computers as servers, for example to run Plex, or backup the data locally. Some desktop computer models do not boot unless they detect an attached monitor (and oftentimes attached keyboard as well). While many computers have an option in BIOS settings to disable this requirement, some do not. This can be a problem if you just want to put a computer on the shelf to store backups. Every time your newly configured server reboots, e. g. after installing updates, it will hang and require manual intervention. These Display port devices, when plugged in, trick the computer into thinking that there is a monitor attached, satisfying this requirement.
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Sep 18, 2025 02:31 PM
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elnino2783Sep 18, 2025 02:31 PM
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Not the greatest reviews. Good for 1080p

It seems the bad reviews are for people that had incompatibilities, and when it doesn't work, it's pretty bad.
Sep 19, 2025 12:16 AM
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qUAan69Sep 19, 2025 12:16 AM
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Dynamite product
Thanks
Sep 19, 2025 12:18 AM
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myager2Sep 19, 2025 12:18 AM
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Would this allow an Xserver to be created on a headless Ubuntu server so that I can actually control the fans on my GPUs

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Sep 19, 2025 12:23 AM
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techie333Sep 19, 2025 12:23 AM
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I wish they had these but to make the cord wireless so I could buy a set and plug one into the display input and one into the laptop output. Why doesn't this exist?
Sep 19, 2025 01:54 PM
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NotyoumeSep 19, 2025 01:54 PM
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Quote from techie333 :
I wish they had these but to make the cord wireless so I could buy a set and plug one into the display input and one into the laptop output. Why doesn't this exist?
it does, and they're not nearly as expensive as they used to be - just search "wireless hdmi transmitter and receiver" in Amazon for a solid handful that range from $40-120 per pair.
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MusicSharkToday 05:57 PM
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Quote from JohnnySlick777 :
Quote from timbo80 [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
I gotta ask, what does one use these for?
A DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulator, or "dummy plug,"
Plugs into a computer's DisplayPort to trick the operating system into detecting a connected display, even when no physical monitor is present.
This allows the computer's GPU to be fully enabled for tasks like high-resolution remote desktop access, video rendering, and cryptocurrency mining,
which would otherwise be disabled or limited.
Could a 1k gpu be replaced with this?
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jawshoeawToday 05:59 PM
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Quote from JohnnySlick777 :
A DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulator, or "dummy plug,"
Plugs into a computer's DisplayPort to trick the operating system into detecting a connected display, even when no physical monitor is present.
This allows the computer's GPU to be fully enabled for tasks like high-resolution remote desktop access, video rendering, and cryptocurrency mining,
which would otherwise be disabled or limited.
Wow this solves an annoying problem I've had with remoting into headless server I made , never heard of these!
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hpdadToday 06:03 PM
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Quote from madduffy :
To 'trick' a computer into thinking it has a monitor connected. Necessary for some applications
Thank you for answering the queastion instead of: "if you don't know then it's not for you".
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You can do this thru software:

https://github.com/VirtualDrivers...lay-Driver
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AlchemicToday 06:19 PM
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i could see the benefit of this, but who needs 4?

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slugbugToday 06:20 PM
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Would something like this allow me to have a micro pc up on the shelf by my router, but not need a monitor up there to operate it?

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