Think you may find this of interest http://www.anandtech.com/show/5964/evgas-uv-plus-39-usb-30-display-adapter
Obviously no-one knows how it performs, yet. -- Regards Kim White * ************************************************************ *Blog http://blog.kimwhite.co.za Twitter http://twitter.com/andronin **************************************************************** On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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