How to make two standalone monitors a dual-screen?

Hello. Thanks for responding again. I don't understand. Are you saying to get one USB monitor that you can split into digitally.

Yes, I would love the ease of a USB monitor. However, I need split screens. Are you saying to get this one monitor and digitially split or to get two of these and plug them into separate USB ports? Thanks.

Also, you said a cable would just duplicate the display. But my understanding is that you can go to control panel >> appearance and personalization >> display >> screen resolution in Windows 7 and take them dual monitors.

But, yes, I am interested in your USB idea if I could understand it. Thanks.

that the same cable feed to each monitor would simply send the same display data to each monitor. To see dual screens you need separate feeds to each monitor.

I have never seen a USB Display myself, but trust me, if Bob says it works as a dual monitor, then it does.

In fact, looking at the Amazon link Bob provided, if you roll over the 6 images of the display on offer, you will see one where it shows different displays on the two screens. It will work with either a laptop or desktop PC

As you say, you set dual monitors up through control panel >> appearance and personalization >> display >> screen resolution in Windows 7

Mark

Hello. I read the information for the USB monitor. It says that you have to plug in two monitors. See here:

Built-in DisplayLink Technology for Multiple USB Monitor Connections

If necessary, multiple USB monitors can be simultaneously connected to a laptop to function as a multi-monitor PC, thanks to the built-in DisplayLink USB graphics. Simply installing DisplayLink software on the PC allows you to easily add multiple USB monitors for external displays without unnecessary extra hardware. The e1649Fwu USB Monitor gives you multiple external displays for your laptop without any complications.


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That seems easier than getting some kind of adapter, and I may do it for convenience. However, I could probably get no-USB monitors cheaper. That's why I want to know how to make them dual monitors. Please help. Thanks.

Get two monitors and since your video card is a single, then you get some USB Video card.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=usb+vga+video+card&tag=CNET

The reason I thought of the USB Display is that you seem to want to fix this cheap.
Bob

Are you saying to get two of these, one for each monitor?

The USB monitor idea was great but (1) the monitors had no stand and (2) you can't control the brightness or anything. I like to control the brightness/contrast/etc.

Thanks.

It appears that you need some one on one support. That is, it's well known that you can't use only USB displays on Windows. OK, you could get 2 displays and some USB video card. But as I look up that was tossed up as an option.

Something's not right here. What's going on?
Bob

Are you saying?:

1. Hook up one monitor normally.

2. Hook up another monitor w/ a USB extension.

Thanks.

Thanks. Took us a while to get there, but we did. "It doesn't matter what road you take as long as you get there in the end . . . ."