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Dual monitors

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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    jenny smith wrote: »
    In a computer with a HDMI, VGA and a Dual DVI how would you connect two monitors for digital transmission.? Can you get a HDMI adapter and plug two HDMI in to one. The Dual DVI is like the second one under heading Connector here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface#Cable_length

    Are you outputting the same signal to both monitors or splitting across them?


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    jenny smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭jenny smith


    splitting


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    leex
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    Should be an option under Control Panel -> Display -> Change Display settings.

    Look at Multiple Displays dropdown. You can Duplicate or extend the display in here.

    If you have 2 monitors with VGA and HDMI for example. The pc should allow both to be connected and Windows should detect this.


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    jenny smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭jenny smith


    leex wrote: »
    Should be an option under Control Panel -> Display -> Change Display settings.

    Look at Multiple Displays dropdown. You can Duplicate or extend the display in here.

    If you have 2 monitors with VGA and HDMI for example. The pc should allow both to be connected and Windows should detect this.
    VGA is not HD digital transmission though is it? The pc has one HD . Can it be split to two monitors with something like http://www.maplin.ie/p/nikkai-pure-connectivity-hdmi-270-degree-adapter-n80nl


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    jenny smith wrote: »
    VGA is not HD digital transmission though is it? The pc has one HD . Can it be split to two monitors with something like http://www.maplin.ie/p/nikkai-pure-connectivity-hdmi-270-degree-adapter-n80nl

    You linked to a right angle hdmi adapter, so no.


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    jenny smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭jenny smith


    degsie wrote: »
    You linked to a right angle hdmi adapter, so no.
    but i can get one to make two monitors work from one hdmi out on pc?


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    jenny smith wrote: »
    but i can get one to make two monitors work from one hdmi out on pc?

    Not if you want split display, no. Connect one monitor to hdmi and another to dvi using appropriate cable, you can then split the screens.


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    leex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭leex


    My pc is set up to 1920X1080 resolution. One screen driven off VGA and the other from DVI.


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    degsie
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    leex wrote: »
    My pc is set up to 1920X1080 resolution. One screen driven off VGA and the other from DVI.

    OP is looking for 'digital' solution. VGA is not digital.


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    leex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭leex


    degsie wrote: »
    OP is looking for 'digital' solution. VGA is not digital.

    Sorry - was replying to this post - I forgot to quote it. ;)
    VGA is not HD digital transmission though is it? The pc has one HD . Can it be split to two monitors with something like http://www.maplin.ie/p/nikkai-pure-c...-adapter-n80nl


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    leex wrote: »
    Sorry - was replying to this post - I forgot to quote it. ;)

    No problem :p

    If the OP stipulated what the max resolutions the monitors are, it would remove some of the guesswork.

    The term HD is subjective...


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    VGA is not digital (you can see interference on it sometimes) - but it can actually handle HD resolution. 1920x1080 is no problem. Once you go above that tho VGA starts to have problems.

    So OP stop worrying and just plug cables in.


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