computer help

1. Thksdad
   Member

   
   hey guys, i've got a sony Vaio laptop, and i'm wanting to get an additional flat screen monitor for easier editing, and viewing. so, i was wanting to know, is it possible to get a flat screen monitor, hook it up to my laptop, and be able to see what i'm editing, and all that stuff on my laptop, and my new monitor?

   Posted 6 years ago #

2. compusolver
   Member

   
   That's probably going to be up to your laptop. In the past, external monitors (for laptops) have been "either / or" deals. By the way, I bought an Acer AL1916W widescreen monitor, on the cheap - and it's been great! I got it from tigerdirect.com. I ended up putting my workspace windows and timeline on it and putting the view monitor on the other one. Even though I've got some widescreen wedding shoots coming up, I'll probably continue to do it that way because PP2.0 needs a lot of monitor space.

   Posted 6 years ago #

3. Thksdad
   Member

   
   well, what do i need to make this work????

   Posted 6 years ago #

4. KBVP
   Member

   
   I have a 17" HP laptop with S-Video out. This works like doing Power Point with the laptop screen enabled. If you get a monitor that takes S-Video, simply plug it in and select external screen. You can also plug powered external speakers into the headset plug of the laptop.

   Posted 6 years ago #

5. Furball
   Member

   
   I have a PIII Sony Viao, and it does "mirror" screen. Too bad I can't edit on that older unit, but it's great for a surf box, photoshop, webpages, etc.
   
   MF

   Posted 5 years ago #

6. videolab
   Member

   
   WIth most laptops you will have either a VGA out or a DVI out on either the side or back of the laptop. A VGA port is blue in color and looks like this
   http://www.traderock.com/images/Img624.jpg
   
   A DVI is usually but not necisarily white and looks like this
   http://www.ngohq.com/images/articles/7800gtx/Pictures/Dual%20DVI.JPG
   
   You also could have a mini DVI port which looks much like the DVI port but is about half the size.
   
   Once you make sure that your laptop has one of these (which almost any laptop in the past few years has one) Go get yourself a monitor that preferribly has the same port that your laptop has. There are adapters available if your monitor does not match your laptop. Once your monitor is connected right click on the desktop and choose properties. Then choose to use the secondary monitor. (Sorry I cant remember what tab to choose as i am using a mac now and cant look at the moment it is the last tab though i remember that)
   Hope this helps.

   Posted 5 years ago #

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