Thanks for all the suggestions, looks like I'll be getting a not-cheap USB-DVI/HDMI as that seems to give the most flexible option. I looked at the Matrox and as it merges all three monitors into one I don't think it would work well for me just because all three monitors are different sizes.
The laptop I'm looking at is a Lenovo and their docking station says it will drive two monitors so I'd only need one extra adapter, I can put that on the lower res monitor so there is less chance of problems. And welcome to the list Robert, keep on contributing. Robin On 5 June 2012 21:35, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robin, > > I second Dans comments about USB HDMI adapters. I have had bad experiences > with them in the past. Poor resolution support, buggy drivers amongst other > things. > > Matt > > On 4 Jun 2012, at 09:20, dandantheitman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Morning Robin. You have a couple of options here: >> >> If you get a laptop with a highend GPU (for example a DELL Lattitude >> 6520 /w NVidia option) then all you will need is a docking station >> that has three display outputs. >> >> If you find out that the GPU will not support natively support three >> display outputs you still have options: >> >> (01) There are USB to HDMI display adapters that you can buy, be wary >> the cheaper adapters do not support higher resolution monitors so be >> careful there. >> >> (02) Matrox make a triple head to go, that will take a single display >> input and output to up to 3 displays. Now be careful with this >> option, browse the site first and ensure that the device will support >> the resolutions of the three monitors that you want. Your laptop >> will interpret the triple head to go as as a single monitor, so >> expanding windows and the like is going to cover the whole screen and >> it might get a little frustrating. Also if you perform any screen >> shares whilst using the Matrox triple head to go then the people who >> are going to be viewing your screen are going to need a microscope. >> >> Dan >> >> On 3 June 2012 18:37, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm getting a new laptop soon and was thinking of getting something >>> powerful enough and with a docking station so I could replace my >>> desktop. I've currently got three monitors on my desktop and would >>> like to keep all three so was wondering if anyone could recommend any >>> laptops which had docking stations which had the potential to run all >>> three. Or are there any good external graphics cards which would let >>> me do this? I've seen an Asus box that takes a normal graphics card >>> and runs it through expresscard but that is a few years old and I've >>> not seen any recent mentions of it. >>> >>> Most of the work I do is in vim and bash in fluxbox so I don't really >>> need anything powerful. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Robin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________ >> "More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows >> you how good we are at evaluating risk." >> >> -Bruce Schneier >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
