Is it possible to connect a PC to the monitor on a laptop?

[ArcticChill]

Is it possible to connect a PC to the monitor on a laptop?

 

[GuileVsGuile]

probably

 

[Cares]

You would need some sort of video input on your laptop though, and I don't know of many laptops that do have one if it exists.

 

[ArcticChill]

?

 

[corkyg]

I have never seen a laptop with a video in port or S-video in. They have video out and S-video out. It doesn't make any sense for laptop makers to spend money on something like that.

What it sounds like is that you perhaps want to dismember (cannibalize) a laptop and remove the LCD screen and use it on another computer. That could possibly done if you knew all the circuitry involved.

 

[vegetation]

No, it's not possible, at least not the way you want it. You could have a USB capture card and use the input from there but obviously not going to be anywhere near the level of sharpness of a true connection.

 

[alcoholbob]

For the purpose of saving money...no...the cure is worse than the disease.

Cheap monitors can be had today, thesedays you can get big corporate CRTs for like $20...ask your dad if they want to get rid of any at work

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

There was a thread around here somewhere that a guy wanted to watch a DVD on two different laptops at the same time.... There were some suggestions in it. Try searching for it.
I didn't read much of it to see if there were any working solutions given.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
There was a thread around here somewhere that a guy wanted to watch a DVD on two different laptops at the same time.... There were some suggestions in it. Try searching for it.
I didn't read much of it to see if there were any working solutions given.

Yeah. I ended up just streaming the video from one to the other over a network.

You could use VNC or something like that, but it wouldn't be all that great of quality.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1632565&enterthread=y

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
There was a thread around here somewhere that a guy wanted to watch a DVD on two different laptops at the same time.... There were some suggestions in it. Try searching for it.
I didn't read much of it to see if there were any working solutions given.

Yeah. I ended up just streaming the video from one to the other over a network.

You could use VNC or something like that, but it wouldn't be all that great of quality.

Oh, you're quick :thumbsup: