Can I use this adapter on my laptop to connect 2 additional monitors and to use my laptop display so I can have 3 screens at the same time?
590814
I did that samething with my desktop and I had very good work monitors including one for AutoCAD. Video play back was not good on the 2 addition monitors.
590815
Yes, I just tried as you described using my Dell Latitude E5530 and was able to extend desktop onto two monitors (one via adapter, other connected to VGA port) while utilizing the laptop display.
590816
I tried using this adapter on my MacBook Air (1.7 GHz i%) and it worked but it used so much CPU time that the system became very slow. Your laptop may be faster.
590817
Yes I have done just that...but you will eventually fine the set up unsatisfactory. better to buy a laptop docking station that has several ways to hook monitors up. my best results with this is to have 2 monitors one driven by the laptop one driven by the USB adapter ...not you main as it doer not refresh as fast as you will need.hope this helps
1361718
Yes this device allows me to run one app in one screen and another app in the other screen. So basically with my laptop as one screen, and the monitor connected to laptop's dvi output and then the usb connection with this device gives me my third monitor and I can extend my desktop to all 3 monitors using different applications displayed. Please don't forget to restart your system after you install the accompanying CD with this product.
846030
Hello Yakov. The unit comes with an installation CD which has the drivers. It's quite an easy install process. In my "original" setup, my laptop was display 1 and my other monitor attached to my VGA output was display 2. With this new unit attached to a USB port, I now have display 3. Yes, it will work. :)
36074
Yes as previously said you would need active adapters. Not sure if you already know this but a splitter just recreates the same image on 2 screens. If you want 4 monitors displaying 2 monitors worth of images then yes that would work. If you want 4 separate images on each monitor then you need active adapters for each port.
1546170
Mine is connected to a Dell Precision M6700 with a display port. I'm running two monitiors in addition to the laptop scrxeen for a total of three monitors. One monitor is connected to the VGA connector, and the other to the display port using the adapter and works fine
1280164
I do not believe so. at least not without an adapter. i used it to plug into a display port so my system would detect multiple monitors.
1265964
Yes, that is what I am doing. I have a graphics card with 3 display ports and one HDMI. I have 3 monitors (actually samsung 22 inch LED tvs) and works without an hitch.
1514865
Thanks Mary. It turns out the caveat to that 4xsupport is that if your monitor/tv doesn't have a display port so that you are using an adapter to DVI/HDMI/VGA it must be an ACTIVE adapter to support 4 monitors...not a passive one which is cheaper.
362999
You have to have two active adapters and one VGA to get three monitors (in my experience). One active adapter and one passive adapter does not work.
334886
the device has two display ports , one hdmi, one dvi and one vga port, if your monitors has support display port display is ultimate otherwise you will have 2 different quality display, my monitor support display ports so no problem for me
957372
sorry, I used it to hook up a second monitor I don't know if it would work for you
1418006
This adapter is specifically for output to another monitor from a Computer or Laptop... so it is an output device only. I would not expect it to be able to work as an input device at all.
365749
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.
1944406
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.
169901
Naturally no, but its potentially possible to use 2 of these at the same time if you buy an adapter that allows for dual monitors.
2157833
I used this splitter to attach a second monitor, it works well for this, I would suppose that if you were trying to link two computers the same way it could work?
1056309
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it can. I plan to get a third monitor. If you connect two together, I believe only one can output though...