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    Using notebook screen as monitor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Fondant, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. Fondant

    Fondant Notebook Enthusiast

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    I currently own the HP8510p and was wondering if it's possible to have some sort of VGA-in or HDMI-in on my notebook? I would like to have a barebone next to me to boot and play games on. Now I was wondering if I could use my notebook's screen as a monitor or not. This could save me space and money!

    grtz
     
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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  3. M1chel

    M1chel Notebook Geek

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    You could perhaps try persuading the notebook's screen to display the remote desktop of the other computer (kind of like pcANYWHERE would do, but there are many such utilities). I think even XP is capable of viewing remote desktops, but I never tried this. Performance would probably suck. I doubt you can send real "video in" to the notebook though.
     
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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  5. sethk

    sethk Notebook Guru

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    Use remote desktop if you can, its cheap, fast, free works really well - although this is not included in the home versions of Windows operating systems, only in the business / pro / ultimate versions.
     
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I don't believe remote desktop will offer sufficient performance to play games. I've been using RD to run a server setup and even within an internal network I can barely stream audio from it, not to mention video. That may just be because my networking infrastructure is pretty old, but a word of warning nonetheless.

    If you're thinking about using a video capture card or a TV tuner you should also consider lag on those devices. My friend has gone through two USB TV Tuners (one from Dell, one from Hauppauge) to find out that both lagged to the extent that gaming (by hooking up a console or whatever) was unreasonable.

    Another friend is using something called the "Gamebridge" which he claims is working pretty well, but I have yet to try it for myself
     
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  7. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    There's actually a review for the Adaptec Gamebridge <noparse>1400</noparse>, here at NBR.

    RAWR!

    And a 2 page thread for the Gamebridge 1410. Doesn't have much info there though; and it's over 10 months old.

    BAM!
     
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    Fondant Notebook Enthusiast

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    STEvil Notebook Consultant

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    I use TightVNC for most stuff.. but for anything requiring full screen updates faster than about 10-15fps it wont be quick enough.
     
    STEvil, Jan 14, 2008
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