Ok so ive seen a few laptops that offer dual screen but theyre usually bulky and overpriced with poor battery. So this got me thinking can i turn my current laptop into a dual screen laptop. Crazy i know?
So first i looked into using a usb monitor but i read alot are small and really slow response times. Ive used my tablet with my computer as a monitor before but my tablet is far too small and the resolution is poor. So i was thinking what if i could connect an old laptop screen via vga or hdmi? after searching around i found that i could do exactly this!
The links i found where to ebay items but these are powered by a separate power supply, then i thought, whenever im going to be using the 2nd monitor ill be by a plug anyway, ie at university or at home. So this idea was looking to be pretty good, the plan was just to use a normal hinge to attach the old monitor to the laptop screen. The problem with this was that the backs of the laptop screens would be touching, meaning the screen i attach would be at risk when i am transporting it. So my thoughts where to get some sort of swivel hinge but i had no luck at finding anything that would give the look i want so back to the drawing board.
whilst looking through ebay i thought 2 suction mounts(used for attaching sat navs to windows) screwed together would allow me to attach the monitors together. So i hit ebay and i found this
so now we finally arise at my question
What are you general thoughts on this idea, the old laptop screen has a shiney black back which is very similar to glass whereas the new one isn't so the new laptop would have to have bolts coming out of it :/ unless anyone knows of a better mounting option?
So first i looked into using a usb monitor but i read alot are small and really slow response times. Ive used my tablet with my computer as a monitor before but my tablet is far too small and the resolution is poor. So i was thinking what if i could connect an old laptop screen via vga or hdmi? after searching around i found that i could do exactly this!
The links i found where to ebay items but these are powered by a separate power supply, then i thought, whenever im going to be using the 2nd monitor ill be by a plug anyway, ie at university or at home. So this idea was looking to be pretty good, the plan was just to use a normal hinge to attach the old monitor to the laptop screen. The problem with this was that the backs of the laptop screens would be touching, meaning the screen i attach would be at risk when i am transporting it. So my thoughts where to get some sort of swivel hinge but i had no luck at finding anything that would give the look i want so back to the drawing board.
whilst looking through ebay i thought 2 suction mounts(used for attaching sat navs to windows) screwed together would allow me to attach the monitors together. So i hit ebay and i found this
so now we finally arise at my question
What are you general thoughts on this idea, the old laptop screen has a shiney black back which is very similar to glass whereas the new one isn't so the new laptop would have to have bolts coming out of it :/ unless anyone knows of a better mounting option?