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1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.

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purry

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PostSubject: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 27th 2008, 1:54 am

Well this is my current set up:



I have the laptop with on VGA port, it is hooked up to the Samsung Monitor, but I want to be able to use the Envison monitor on the far right, how do I do this? I searched google and nothing helped, remember i only have one VGA port. no DVI.


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Xiloa

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 27th 2008, 2:04 am

Can you get a splitter hookup? Otherwise with only one port and 2 monitors..impossible
purry

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 27th 2008, 2:12 am

Splitter Hookup? Explain, that may be my way in.
alxmarcond

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 28th 2008, 8:14 am

it acts as a headphone spliter does so that u can hook up two rather than one vga to a port
darkmarauder

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 28th 2008, 8:47 am

So you have 1 port and want 2 monitors?

This is what I'm about to buy: Supports a massive resolution

You just may have to find a US retailer
purry

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 28th 2008, 2:31 pm

@alxmarcond

Thanks for the explanation

@darkmarauder

Thanks very much! I will be looking for it!
chekkz

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 28th 2008, 6:56 pm

I dunno if you saw this? This is a VGA splitter, but I dunno if it does exactly what you want, cause some of them work a little differently. Just read the info on it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00083Y4B0

The manufacturer is Tripp Lite, they make very good equipment and accessories. So you can visit the site as well to find out more info.


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Xiloa

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 28th 2008, 10:01 pm

Yeah those are what I meant by splitter
cirix

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1June 29th 2008, 5:16 pm

I don´t think you can use a simple splitter, you should use a USB VGA card, or get a cheap second computer and run Maxivista or a similar software on it, hook up 2 screens to laptop and the third one to the desktop, then connect both computers on a network.

A splitter will get you both monitors looking the same and they would have to use the same resolution.
IINexusII

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1July 2nd 2008, 7:06 pm

im sure you might have something else than just a VGA port. S-Video or something? you could use that and put some adaptors on it to make it vga or dvi
cirix

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PostSubject: Re: 1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays.   1 Laptop, 1 VGA port, 2 Displays. Icon_minitime1July 2nd 2008, 11:52 pm

S-Video would be a low quality compared to the native resolutions the monitors support, IMO not worth using S-Video for a monitor.
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