On 11 June 2012 12:07, Kim White <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Might be worth looking at once it has been released and bedded in. Thanks Robin > -- > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
