New Sony z- need to connect 2 monitors

Hello,

I can extend my display or duplicate my display with either of 2 monitors in Windows 7 x 64. One is connected to the VGA and the other to the HDMI. When I try to use all 3 it says unable to save setttings. I am able to disable the monitor on the laptop however I still can't use both of the external screens simultaneously. The monitor on the laptop is too small for most of what I do so I really need to connect 2 full sized external screens. Has anyone been able to do it with the integrated hardware?

Thanks

 

There are a few threads about this. The answer is no, not even with the docking station. The only way to drive two external monitors is with a USB-DVI DisplayLink device (cheap ~$100) or an external video card like the ViDock (expensive ~$200 or more + price of video card).

The cheap method works, but you won't be able to use that monitor to play games on. Too slow. For non-graphics intensive apps, it is fine.

-Peter

 

thanks for the info - those are the 2 I found as well as maxivista. I was just hoping I could do it natively.