Dual Monitors The specs on the Samsung site state that Chromebox supports dual monitors. We are able to get two monitors working with mirrored desktops but not extended desktop. Any ideas on this? They can't possibly claim dual monitor support if it only supports mirroing. Or can they? Dual Monitors The specs on the Samsung site state that Chromebox supports dual monitors. We are able to get two monitors working with mirrored desktops but not extended desktop. Any ideas on this?... » Read More Dual Monitors The specs on the Samsung site state that Chromebox supports dual monitors. We are able to get two monitors working with mirrored desktops but not extended desktop. Any ideas on this? They can't possibly claim dual monitor support if it only supports mirroing. Or can they? « Show Less
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Chris Dowley below is correct. Works perfectly....purchased the equipment from Microcenter RETAIL vs Amazon. So nice to have help....so refreshing! AMZN charged me extra to overnight a cable, didn't deliver, waited two days, lost it......found a local MicroCenter.com store, a Napoleon Dynamite character to find a solution, and bought display port to VGA cable for 32.8% less and than Amazon, got it the same day, AND PAID A SALES TAX!!!!!!! Best Buy, Target, Officce Depot/Max nothing....
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According to this review, (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/29/samsung-chromebox-series-3-review/), extended desktop will be a feature added later."The OS also handles display mirroring and swapping, with spanning to be introduced in the future."
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It's quite some time since this question was asked, but this article tells you how to switch an second monitor -- attached to a Chromebook rather than a Chromebox -- between Mirrored and Extended display.http://thechromebook.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/using-external-display-with-your.htmlIt might help with the Chrombox question, but I can't check right now.
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If you are displaying your output on a presetation projector or large TV it is of definite usage but not for an extended desktop which most people think of first.
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Easy. You plug one monitor into a DisplayPort. [I used a DisplayPort to VGA cable] . I plugged my second monitor into the DVI port using a DVI male to VGA female adapter. Chrome OS took about 10 seconds to configure both monitors and everything works as should. I use one screen for my emails and such and the other screen has RDP accessing my office server. Hope this helps.
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Thanks ioioi210. That's pretty lame that they advertise support for dual monitors then. While technically you can have two monitors lit up, I don't think most people are looking for mirrored displays.
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I'm sorry but this is a splitter which will have monitor #1 mirror monitor #2. You want to have 2 VGA connections on your PC to extend desktop. You can also use a HDMI connection along with a VGA connection to extend.
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The device, standing alone, will not allow you to run two monitors. It has one HDMI input and the output is through the thunderbolt cable. However, by doing this, it frees up the video port on your computer. I have two external monitors running from my laptop. You can also get a video usb adapter and hook it up to the matrox and run 3 external monitors. However, as stated before, the Matrox by itself only supports 1 monitor.
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It depends on the desktop settings. In most operating systems you can specify the second monitor (which is how it is identified) is in extend desktop mode or mirror mode.
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It's just an adapter to go from dual link DVI to Mini DisplayPort, so all of the usual functionality that you'd expect from a DisplayPort-equipped display is still there. In other words, so long as your computer supports multiple displays, it can mirror or extend.
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Return it for a new one. The whole point of something like a Chromebox is its simplicity and almost immediate 'on' ability. Unless another computer that you know is OK also does that with that monitor, return the Chromebox.
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I have the google chromebox and it works great. Dont see why it wouldn't work.
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This splitter will allow you to see the same image as your desktop on more than one screen. For example, one infocus could be plugged into your desktop and the splitter would allow you to plug in another infocus to the splitter to show it on a different screen. If you do not have to them on at the same time, then it should be okay if you are running it to the same monitor. I hope this helps.
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This is only meant to mirror the picture between two displays. It will not create a second workspace or extension of your current monitor. This is meant for creating two monitors with the same picture. If you are looking to work with two monitors at the same time with different programs open on each of them. You will need either a video card with two outputs on it or two separate video cards. Does this make sense?
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It will mirror one screen, but will not allow you to have monitors with different images on them
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Not with this device. Also, supposedly this device can also switch back and forth between two monitors from one computer. It doesn't do that either. In fact the one I bought did nothing at all and I threw it away.
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All this does is put 2 monitors where there was one. The PC does not know that 2 monitors are attached. So you can't 'extend' your desktop from one to another, you just show the same thing on both.
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Not 100%, but understand all this thing does is stretch your desktop over two screens. Your display driver won't pick up the other monitors, it will just be like they are all part of one long monitor. It's really annoying and my co-worker that I got this for doesn't even use it because nothings snaps on the other displays. I might be wrong on some things though.
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Once the tablet is connected to your computer, it is treated as a second monitor. Therefore you have different options. You can either extend the screen over, mirror the main screen, or make it the only screen. By mirroring the screen, this makes it so you are seeing the same screen on both, and thus if you are projecting the main screen to a bigger monitor system you should be able to do what you wish.
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Yes, it does extend the display. But from my experience it is transparent to the computer, so the computer has no idea that there are 2 monitors. Therefore if you set any window to "full screen" it will span across both monitors. This is different (and not quite as handy) as other dual monitor solutions where the computer is aware of both monitors.
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I dont see how this is possible. Its used for two monitors on one computer not the other way around
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Yes, this graphics card supports dual-monitors. Two options for the HDMI: Mini-HDMI (port on card) to HDMI patch cable or a DVI-D to HDMI patch cable. I personally would do a DVI-D to HDMI patch cable as they are more readily available but either would work.Nothing else would be needed, i.e. no adapters (not even sure what an adapter would be for)I'm currently running dual 23-inch monitors with DVI-D connections at 1920x1080. Movies, video games, etc look great and are a big improvement from the on-board graphics card that comes on a off-the-shelf desktop PC.