Can the 2nd HDMI slot be used as an HDMI out to a different monitor? Which would create 3 screens, 1 Laptop, 2 this monitor, and 3 different Monitor?
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I haven't tried, but to the best of my knowledge that isn't possible with any technology. Even the ultra-high bandwidth ThunderBolt connections used by Apple only allow you drive one screen per port. If you want to run dual screens you need dual ports on your computer.
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Depends what ports are on your laptop. This monitor has a VGA output only. so if you dont have a vga port, then you cant use this monitor. (technically you could.. but it would cost alot for converters and it would be better just to get another monitor). So google what a vga looks like.
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The monitor has three different input ports (HDMI, DVI, VGA). You can use any of them. I have one laptop with HDMI, and another with just a VGA ports. I have used both of them without any issue.
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Your laptop should have an analog vga 9 pin plug or an hdmi port for one monitor. You would only need one of these adapters for the second screen.
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i currently have 3 monitors setup on this :D 1 will go by hdmi and the 2 other by dvi, all ports are on the lower back, should be really easy to find! Enjoy!
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Already has a HDMI, and sacrificed the ESATA and VGA port from the old design for the 2 Mini-display port. Wonder how many people hook up 3 monitors to a lappy?
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Hello Matthew, I will say every connector is on this device because built in you have VGA, HDMI and a Display Port. You may say, what about DVI and while that is not built in, you can buy an additional cable to convert either the HDMI or the Display Port to DVI and for that matter you can get both and run 2 DVI monitors! These are great computers.
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From Lenovo website: Monitor: Yes, through a mini-hdmi port. It comes with an adapter that will convert mini-hdmi into a regular VGA cable, so if still have that around you can use it. Of course, you can also use a DMI to VGA adapter to go that route as well. 2 monitors: can I connect 2 external monitors? steve s on Mar 25, 2014 Yes. There is a micro HDMI port that you can use to connect to an external VGA or HDMI monitor. The adapter can be purchased from Lenovo or any other cable vendor.
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Can I hook up 2 additional monitors to this machine. I have 2 hooked to my Dell laptop and I love it!!! Any info would help....Thanks....Steve
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I really don't know but that is an interesting question. Most laptops seem to have an easy way to use two screens and Windows will allow you to use more. You might try attaching a VGA monitor and trying for three that way, before springing for another USB monitor. If you try it and it works out, let us all know.
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Yeah, you don't have to use 2 monitors. You can use this instead of the mini display port.
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I have never seen computer monitors enter into a duel...they have a hard time walking 20 paces :) However, the built in "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645" can output to up to 4 displays (spanning 3 together plus a separate accessory display): 1 HDMI port, 1 Displayport, 1 DVI-I and one DVI-D, so you will need to combine these available outputs.
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There should be 2 VGA ports IIRC and an HDMI. Try it with a different monitor too!!
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There are 2 DisplayPort plugs, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA and 1 DVI. I've had no problems running a dual-monitor setup, but I doubt that whatever humble business laptop you're docking this into has the GPU capability to simultaneously display on 4 monitors. A better question you should be asking yourself is why on earth would you want a quad-monitor setup for docking your laptop. Swordfish was just a movie dude.
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Yep, it's possible with docks like this Dynadock, or the Plugable Dock Plugable USB 2.0 Universal Docking Station with DisplayLink DVI/VGA up to 1920x1080, Audio, Ethernet, and 4 Available High-Speed USB 2.0 Ports. You just connect the extra monitor to the dock with its own cable, then the dock to the laptop with USB. So assuming that your laptop already has an external VGA port that you can get one external monitor connected to (try that first), then the dock then allows you to add a second external monitor. Your desktop can then be set to span all three screens (your laptop screen, and the two external monitors), which is a cool setup.
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Yes, you could easily do that. You would tell monitor 1 and 2 to use "extended desktop" then tell 3 to duplicate 1 and tell 4 to duplicate 2. I just checked the settings on the one I'm using right now and it works just like you say. You would just need longer cables to reach the other location.
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Up to three actually, but the third must be vga...the two can be both display port, one can be dvi and one can be hdmi