Mavericks mac usb external display help

I have read several reviews that say there are some usb external displays that don't work with mavericks. I really wan't to have another monitor besides the one out of my thunder bolt cable. I understand that i need to update my drive and that might be why the reviews are the way they are they did not update there drive. I would just like help finding one that i could use. Thank you

I believe most if not all USB display adapters use the 'DisplayLink' standard. If so I would suggest going to the following page and reading the details about Mavericks support.
http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.php

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