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laptop and pc

  • 26-11-2004 8:42pm
    #1
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭


    is it possible to use the laptop screen as a pc monitor?


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  • #2
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    AFAIK No.
    The vga output on laptops is for output not input.
    So if you wanna connect a monitor to display laptop output thats fine.
    If anyone knows better........


  • #3
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    If you were really determined its possible, but the laptop has to be functional and in all honesty- that would mean you'd be using two computers at the same time?

    Use a VGA breakout box, or a USB TV tuner (some of which will take a VGA input- e.g. Buz) and feed it through USB to the laptop and you could thus display the image.

    Its a very roundabout way of doing it........

    If you are handy with electronics, have a soldering iron handy, and willing to experiment- you could try to gerrymander a video feed straight to the screen from the graphics card on the PC (or even better- a lot of graphics cards have a mad amount of possible outputs for you to play with). It would make an interesting experiment for a rainy afternoon- but only if you were prepared for any possible adverse consequences.

    In short- if you're really determined- yes, its possible, but not easy to do (and it would be far easier to get a replacement external monitor).

    S.


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Howsabout using VNC which will give the PC output on the laptop screen - not perfect but usable over a 100Mb network connection.

    /I'll get me coat . . .

    ZEN


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