I want to configure my set and I don't have a monitor. Can I use a laptop as a monitor with a VGA cable? Or does it have to a an ordinary monitor?
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I am a mac user. Can this be installed and work on Mac OSX? Also, is this meant to be for both outside and inside of house? Although I am more interested in installing it outside of my house.
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dont know. I am hooked up to VGA. HP monitors are good, this may be a design anomoly.
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It comes with a VGA cable, and a power cable. The VGA will connect to a PC with a VGA port. There is also a DVI connector, but no cable supplied. They're fairly inexpensive to get, though.
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If you have an extra display port not in use on the laptop and you want to connect it to a VGA monitor you would want to get this, otherwise no it wouldn't. You probably want a USB to (DVI, HD, VGA) adaptor so you can add an extra display adaptor.
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Yes, that is the way I am presently using it. Of course you must have a VGA output on your laptop and a VGA input on your projector. Also, set your video card in your laptop to VGA output.
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No. M. Sacks No. This matter is as good as a dead horse. If you have a "50px60u", you may forget about connecting to a VGA based laptop. Solutions is way too expansive that it is not worth to get into.
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it is FROM HDMI -> TO VGA - not from VGA to HDMI (different cable)You can connect HDMI port on your laptop to VGA monitor but not the other way . Hope this helps
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Hello, I have hp pavilion , you should be able to use your VGA cable as I didn't have to buy another cable. Just use cable that comes with monitor.
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Both the VGA and DVI ports are active at the same time, but the laptop will only support 2 monitors; meaning, you can have the laptop monitor and one other monitor connected at the same time or 2 external monitors connect at the same time. If you have a monitor connected to both the VGA and DVI ports the laptop monitor will not work. You can add other monitors with USB to VGA/DVI adapters if you want more than 2 displays.
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At our school we found this product to be completely ineffectual in all possible configurations. We tried hdmi out -&gt; VGA in = nothing. We reversed that. Nothing. The same results with the yellow video line. Check the small print from the seller and you'll find they warn it only works if the devices being connected have built in conversion. Otherwise, nothing. You may need a converter, not just a cable. Rad up on your laptop's hdmi output... Good luck!
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Presuming you have a VGA port on both the computer and the monitor. Considering it is the most common type of connection for computers and monitors, it's safe to assume you can.
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not without a video card. the guy at geek squad told me not to waste my money (which was too late). Apparently it's a very complicated (and spendy) project to install a video card onto the new laptops. I ended up buying a new monitor that had both VGA and HDMI ports and gave my one-year old VGA port-only monitor to my mom.
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It comes with a 15-pin VGA cable and a DVI cable. Your laptop should have a 15-pin VGA monitor output connector.
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Not beyond setting it up. You have to configure the thing. Once that's done,no you do not. Oncecconnected to the TV and turned on it will show up as an external monitor. TV must be setto pproper HDMI input and visit launched on the computer.
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Yes, the projector comes with a standard monitor port. So, depending of the type of laptop you may need an adapter.
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you need a monitor to complete set up and to set configurations. you can then disconnect the monitor and view on your lap top
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Nope, you can go VGA, or go home with a Toshiba Satellite. This is your run of the mill, bare minimum system.