What if my laptop is on a desk? Does it still reduce the EMFs coming from the monitor?
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As I understand it, the Defenderpad blocks the radiation from the bottom of your laptop, whether it is on your lap or on top of your desk. My laptop is often sitting on my desk, and I keep the DefenderPad underneath it, since the EMFs can pass through your desk and I figured it wouldn't hurt to keep it there. Of course, when you use the laptop on your desk, the EMFs are less harmful because they are not directly on your lap and touching the body. I don't think the Defenderpad is made to block radiation from a monitor, but if you are a foot or more away, there is not much danger to your body anyway. Hope that helped!
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there's not a place to plug in a usb cable on the lap desk. there's just a usb cord that's connected to the desk from inside the unit that controls the fan..you can't take it off. the usb cord is strictly for the fan. you plug the cord into your laptop.
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It plugs in where the usb drive is. Some computers the USB port is on the tower and other are on the monitor!
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I usually use my laptop on my lap and in my bed. Would this work for me or is there something else that anyone can suggest me try out.
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In short no. If your laptop supports thunderbolt you can get external enclosures which will let it work but it will perform worse than it would on a desktop and essentially makes it unportable. Your best bet would be to buy a better laptop or get a desktop.
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I am currently using 2 of these along with my Lenovo laptop (total 3 screens) in my home office. The USB ports on the laptop did not have enough power to run both of them at the same time, so I used a powered USB hub that I already had. Works great as a 3 monitor setup.
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I don't know. I have the laptop plugged in most of the time and only unplug it for travel or meetings. Never really kept track. Sorry I couldn't be of much help.
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To the best of my knowledge, it does eliminate static. I had not noticed it at first, but after the question, I paid more attention, and it does reduce static. Hope this helps
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The size of your laptop does make a difference, but I've found that offsetting your computer by aligning it to the right of the fan really helps with noise reduction. Try placing your laptop directly against the gray buffer on the right, and on top of the bottom buffer. You'll have to shift it a little at a time to get the perfect sweet spot. Another suggestion I have is placing a pen/pencil/straw on the bottom gray buffer and placing your laptop so that it rests about 1/2 inch over it, this really reduces a lot of the noise. There are sweet spots that make the fan nearly silent, so just keep moving it around towards the right to find it. Hope this helps!
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All I can tell you is that I run a laptop on it just fine. I assume lights draw less current than the laptop?
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No. The signal is going the other way.. It converts mini display port to sVideo monitor. And it doesn't always work with my computers.
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It should still provide power to the mouse while in sleep mode. As long as your computer itself is turned off, it is powering the USB ports, even though your monitor may be dark. The computer itself is still "on."
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Line of sight has not been an issue in my office. I have it plugged into my computer under my desk and it seems work well up to 20' or so from my desk
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There would be nothing to secure the laptop on either the shelf or the keyboard shelf. Depending on the size of your monitors and your laptop, if you put it on the shelf shown in the picture your laptop monitor will overlap the others. You could put the laptop on the keyboard shelf if you didn't mind typing on your laptop's keyboard.
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The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it doesn't produce much heat at all. The most heat it uses is if you are playing a big game The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it... » Read More The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it doesn't produce much heat at all. The most heat it uses is if you are playing a big game « Show Less
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Absolutely not. Both the device and the laptop receive their power through cords connected to a power strip.
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My monitor does get noticeably warm to the touch if left on for extended periods (We're talking 8+ hours), but I haven't found it to cause any problems. And it seems to cool down very quickly from being warm. None of the heat emanates from the screen itself, but from the back. I'm only an average to slightly advanced tech user, but I don't think this monitor is overly warm as compared to anything else that is left running for long periods of time.