Three monitors

Question

Iron

In general, two monitors were not enough. I want three.
I understand that Google can tell everything, but here, most likely, there are people with practical experience.
Ideally, I want a laptop with support for two external monitors. But if it costs crazy money or works every other time (normal work means: plugged in the wires - it worked; if it takes half an hour of clicking each time it is connected, this is not work), you can also consider a PC.
Operating system Windows 8 (so far seven, but soon there will be nowhere to go).
I know about Matrox, I want to know if there are alternatives.

Answer 1

I have a lot of experience with three monitors and a laptop. USB2DVI is not the best solution, problems often arise, then the drivers start to conflict with updating the Intel video driver, or something else.
The solution to all problems was the purchase of a laptop with an Intel HD4000 graphics card. This graphics card allows you to connect up to 6 monitors. In principle, if the laptop has HDMI and VGA, then everything is fine. But I have an ultrabook and there is only one HDMI, so I had to buy a docking station that has additional ports, now I have one monitor connected via DVI, one via HDMI and the monitor of the laptop itself. Everything works , there are no problems.

Answer 2

I use Packard Bell EasyNote-LS11HR (I5 SB 2430M, 6GB RAM, AMD 6650M 2GB GDDR5)
There is a D-SUB and HDMI
laptop 17 'although for an amateur
2 external monitors work fine (D-SUB and HDMI)
UEFI though after the "patch" - but it works flawlessly
, it costs Win8 x64 Enterprise MSDN
There is also a bun in the form of a second place for HDD, there is an SSD (I took a regular one, opened the case and installed only the board)
If you throw out the DVD, you get a total of 3 seats for the HDD. Convenient :-)
The battery (not enlarged) holds 2.5 hours though. But it's not critical for me.

Answer 3

take usb-to-dvi (hdmi) and that's it

Answer 4

Of course, I could be wrong, but I think on laptops (as well as on PCs), if there are several video ports (for example, D-Sub (VGA) and HDMI), then it will be possible to hook several monitors.

Answer 5

Or, as advised by a USB video card, or a special monitor with a USB connection, everything is already built-in, Asus has those. This is if the laptop.
And if it's a Mini PC, then almost any modern video card allows you to connect 3 or more monitors.

Answer 6

Corporate Dell/Lenovo/HP/Fujitsu with docking stations.

Answer 7

As far as I understand, laptops based on sandy bridge processors (previous generation) have an integrated video card (HD Graphics 3000) that does not support more than two monitors. But the new generation of Ivy bridge processors has a video card (HD Graphics 4000) that supports more than 2 monitors.
Or a laptop with an additional rather advanced video card (usually there are such in “gaming” laptops).
Based on this information, I think you can easily choose the right laptop for yourself based on its characteristics or by talking to consultants in stores.
You also need to have 2 monitor connectors on the laptop, usually hdmi / display port and dsub. In theory, it should be possible to connect 2 monitors to them so that the laptop monitor also works. But it's better to call laptop support and ask first. The option of connecting a second monitor via usb 3.0 may not be so simple. Perhaps buying a docking station would be a good idea for you.

Answer 8

USB video card and that's it. They cost up to $50.

Answer 9

habrahabr.ru/post/105406/ and all alternatives are described there.
For a laptop without speakers on the 3rd monitor - a USB adapter. Or there are laptops with 2 video cards or Eyefinity that will support 3 screens (but it’s not a fact that there will be a laptop among 3 screens - you need to check).

Answer 10

But tell me, do all these usb to hdmi devices allow you to adjust the resolution and frequency? Otherwise, for example, I need 1080p 50i or 720p 25. So that I can put this hdmi into a digital mixer.