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    Multi-monitor solution via USB (DisplayLink) - works great!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by blueorbit, Dec 23, 2010.

  1. blueorbit

    blueorbit Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure if this was discussed anywhere before, but for some of us who are looking to hook up several monitors to our laptops there is a great way to do this as I recently found out (does not require the new Envy 17). I am currently running 3 monitors in addition to the laptop display on my 2nd generation Envy 15 under Windows 7.

    This will probably not be a great solution for gamers who require high framerate continues video on all monitors, but for others who run business apps or stock trading apps, this is a very effective and inexpensive solution which can support upto 6 external monitors.

    This is the adopter I am using:

    Amazon.com: Plugable UGA-2K-A USB 2.0 to VGA/DVI/HDMI Adapter for Multiple Displays up to 2048x1152 / 1920x1200 Each - DisplayLink DL-195 Chip: Electronics

    And here is a video on how it works:

    YouTube - DisplayLink: Connecting 3 Monitors Over USB
     
    blueorbit, Dec 23, 2010
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