Hi
I am trying to find the particulars on any laptops that will display the video on both the laptop screen and multiple TV'S. Is there anyone out there that is successfully doing this? Most laptops will on display it on one or the other.
Any help would be appreciated
aussie1_1973 wrote:Hi
I am trying to find the particulars on any laptops that will display the video on both the laptop screen and multiple TV'S. Is there anyone out there that is successfully doing this? Most laptops will on display it on one or the other.
Any help would be appreciated
I believe that ALT & F5 Key switches screens to Single mode You did not say what Make/Model Laptop you have (They are not all the same)
Just got a laptop that at first I though it would be thge same as another I previously purchased as it used the same ATi card but soon found the right driver through www.driversguide.com which saved my life in purchasing more computer stuff.
ok, now I understand a little more. Let me ask this. My laptop does have dual monitor capability. I looked in the control panel and found monitor 1 and also monitor 2 capability is there. It appears all i need to do is activate
#2 and set the resolution for that monitor 2. I also note that my laptop has a VGA (female) socket. If i pick up a Flat Screen monitor with the VGA socket and get a male to male VGA cord and hook them together will I be in business after setting the resolution on #2 ? Also are there differences in the flat screens other than the older CRT monitors and newer LCDs. Also, are there some flat screens that would not be compatible. I am definitely getting the newer LCD screen. Im thinking i won't need an RF converter or modulator for such a setup. Please give me your input and thanks.
bazookajoe wrote:ok, now I understand a little more. Let me ask this. My laptop does have dual monitor capability. I looked in the control panel and found monitor 1 and also monitor 2 capability is there. It appears all i need to do is activate
#2 and set the resolution for that monitor 2. I also note that my laptop has a VGA (female) socket. If i pick up a Flat Screen monitor with the VGA socket and get a male to male VGA cord and hook them together will I be in business after setting the resolution on #2 ? Also are there differences in the flat screens other than the older CRT monitors and newer LCDs. Also, are there some flat screens that would not be compatible. I am definitely getting the newer LCD screen. Im thinking i won't need an RF converter or modulator for such a setup. Please give me your input and thanks.
OK, I have a question about this also. I know that you are limited to approximately a 10' video cable running from the laptop to the 2nd monitor. Any longer than that and video degradation happens. Do KJs set up this close to the singer? I have no KJ experience, but have done tons of sound engineering for bands where I use a snake and mix sound facing the band, and I am in the audience so I am hearing exactly what the audience is hearing. Can a KJ use this arrangement, maybe using video distribution amplifiers? What if the KJ wants to distribute the video signal to multiple monitors, do you guys use additional hardware to handle this?
I use to handle the video out. It connects to the external video display plug (VGA) on the laptop. Then you can use Composite, S-Video, RGB, Computer Monitor (PC or MAC) Pass Through Output.
I take the video using an RCA wire to an RF Modulator. This converts the signal to COAX cable. This then feeds into an RF amplifer to boost the signal. I then feed my TVs.
Find the cheapest one you can. Look at MCM ELECTRONICS. Search RF Modulators. They have RCA to COAX and I have seen new ones that also do S-Video to coax.
To make longers runs to multple TVs you also need an RF AMPLIFIER. (MCM) I use a 1 in and 4 out.
alfalfa4381 wrote:OK, I have a question about this also. I know that you are limited to approximately a 10' video cable running from the laptop to the 2nd monitor. Any longer than that and video degradation happens. Do KJs set up this close to the singer? I have no KJ experience, but have done tons of sound engineering for bands where I use a snake and mix sound facing the band, and I am in the audience so I am hearing exactly what the audience is hearing. Can a KJ use this arrangement, maybe using video distribution amplifiers? What if the KJ wants to distribute the video signal to multiple monitors, do you guys use additional hardware to handle this?
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