2 external monitors + 1 laptop?

[kmar1085]

My current setup is a HP Pavillion laptop hooked up to a Samsung 20" monitor (running XP fwiw). I would like to add another identical 20" monitor to this, but my laptop doesnt have another port to hook it up. I have seen a couple products such as the "dualhead2go" that would do this, but is there a easier and/or cheaper alternative? What's the best way to go about adding the 2nd monitor?

[SamIAm]

You'll need some other video card. There are probably USB or PCMCIA cards out there.

[Vacant]

I noticed this in the Matrox DH2G card you specified.

"Run your Windows desktop at up to 2560 x 1024 resolution in 16.7M colors at 60Hz stretched across two displays (1280 x 1024 per display)1."

No 1600x1200 per monitor which makes it pretty useless if you want the extra monitor to play more tables.

Im assuming i read that right anyway.

[dogsballs]

I use a VTbook from Villagetronic at 1600x1200 and it works fine.

[Vacant]

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I use a VTbook from Villagetronic at 1600x1200 and it works fine.

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Am i missing something then?

"Since the maximum resolution for each display is set at 1280x1024x16bpp@60Hz, this limitation applies also when only one display is connected." page

[funkyworms]

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I use a VTbook from Villagetronic at 1600x1200 and it works fine.

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Am i missing something then?

"Since the maximum resolution for each display is set at 1280x1024x16bpp@60Hz, this limitation applies also when only one display is connected." page

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That is for the DualDisplay mode. The standard VTBook will support up to 1920x1200 for DVI. You can run one external monitor off of your laptop DVI/VGA port and the other one off of the VTbook port.

[Vacant]

Ah i see, thanks.


Expensive though, [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[kmar1085]

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I use a VTbook from Villagetronic at 1600x1200 and it works fine.

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This looks good, thanks