I have a question about dual displays. Like I have this internet video stream which my father wants to watch on the TV, so I'm going to hook up my computer to the TV. I'm gonna get a new video card (my comp uses 4x AGP) with VGA out and s-video out. The VGA is going to my monitor, then the s-video will go into this converter thing I have which will send out a coxial cable to the TV. Now my question is that if I do this, will the TV show w/e I'm doing on the monitor or will it be able to have two different things going on. So like on TV I could just have the video stream running at full screen and then I could just do w/e on the monitor. Will I need any special type of video card for this or will any work? It's because he will prob be watching the stream a lot so I don't want to have to not use the computer while he's watching it. I've seen people do it on dual monitors, but I just want to make sure it'll work when one is a monitor and one is a TV. Also both will be coming out of the same video card. One from the VGA, the other from the s-video out.
You can have two different things going on without any problem. I'm not sure about the video card, I'm running dual GeForce 7900s and it works great for me with 3 monitors. I don't have any of mine set up as a TV, but from my experience with the software/settings I would guess it's not a problem.
If you work with graphics or sound, it is nice to have one for the tools and another for the editor screen.
same goes for coding--it's really nice to have one screen with code, another with ftp, and another with the browser. it's really helped me and I hate using my laptop now because it only has one screen
oh alright thanks. will i need any special type of program or video card or it'll just work dual by default? oh and also my laptop has a video out port, but its like the same size as the audio (headphone) port so regular video composite cables dont fit it, is that some other type of video port or do i just need to get like some converter thing.
actually you should probably buy the stuff somewhere you can return it unless you can contact support and verify it will all work correctly. i went through a nightmare trying to hook up three displays with my laptop--i actually bought the D/Dock for the laptop, then a graphics card (which didn't fit) and then a second graphics card that also didn't fit. both were from eBay, so returns were a pain. it was not a pleasant experience (i actually even had the second graphics card recommended to me by a tech support staffer).