Using a laptop as an external screen

Hi,
I’m looking for some idea for using my laptop as an external screen. I can not afford to use a screen next to my laptop (space management), so using a video capture card such as a USB capture card would be usefull. But which ones are the best (EZcap?) or are there any other tricks?
Thanks for the responses!
Answer #1
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=use+a+laptop+as+a+monitor
Simples
Answer #2
If you want to display the old TV style analogue composite video then an EZcap should be good!
Answer #3
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=use+a+laptop+as+a+monitor
Simples
I found this one from the link above, but very unclear (usage), see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NJY2261-V1-0-LCD-Controller-DVI-VGA-PC-Audio-LVDS-Jumper-Change-Resolutions-/271159830087?pt=US_Server_Boards&hash=item3f2262a647
Answer #4
If you want to display the old TV style analogue composite video then an EZcap should be good!
Do you know which cables I need if the PC has only a standard VGA output? How can I input the VGA to an AZcap which only uses the rbg cables? I think it also uses another cable called ‘s-video’ (not sure).
Answer #5
The EZcap does not use the laptops output at all…
It plugs into a USB socket on the laptop and then you plug the A/V device into the EZcap..
Then using it’s software, you can display or capture what you are feeding in..
Remember, it is only good for A/V type inputs, not for VGA, DVI or HDMI !
The other thing you were looking at appears to be something that supports a stand alone LCD display.
Not suitable with a laptop…
Answer #6
The EZcap does not use the laptops output at all...
It plugs into a USB socket on the laptop and then you plug the A/V device into the EZcap..
Then using it's software, you can display or capture what you are feeding in..
Remember, it is only good for A/V type inputs, not for VGA, DVI or HDMI !
The other thing you were looking at appears to be something that supports a stand alone LCD display.
Not suitable with a laptop...
Correct, I’m looking to use my laptop as a screen for desktop PC’s. They usually use VGA? So as a work-around I’m looking for VGA to RBG (or VGA to s-video since the EZcap also inputs s-video).
Do you maybe know something about HDMI sockets on laptops? Are they only HDMI out?
Answer #7
Here, just what you want….Except for the price…And this one is the cheap model!!
http://www.amazon.com/VGA2USB-Video-Grabber-Capture-Device/dp/B000UO94DU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0/185-4312054-5232118
Hay, now here is something more reasonable that should work with the EZCap..
http://www.amazon.com/Lenkeng-104724-Monoprice-VGA-RCA/dp/B001CJOLBW/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
(And yeah, laptop hdmi sockets are out only)
Answer #8
lol thanks for the effort
I appreciate
Answer #9
The only real problem is that going to RCA/Svideo format will limit resolution to SD (720×480 or 720×576) as used by old TVs and DVDs..
Answer #10
The only real problem is that going to RCA/Svideo format will limit resolution to SD (720x480 or 720x576) as used by old TVs and DVDs..
Hey, that’s not really a problem, it’s just for system check up, software installation. Thanks again.
Answer #11
Here, just what you want....Except for the price...And this one is the cheap model!!
http://www.amazon.com/VGA2USB-Video-Grabber-Capture-Device/dp/B000UO94DU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0/185-4312054-5232118
Hay, now here is something more reasonable that should work with the EZCap..
http://www.amazon.com/Lenkeng-104724-Monoprice-VGA-RCA/dp/B001CJOLBW/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
(And yeah, laptop hdmi sockets are out only)
Hey man, just wondering, would it work with this one?
http://www.dx.com/p/vga-to-svideo-and-rca-f-cable-9812#.U0by7bR3u70
Or this for example:
http://www.dx.com/p/vga-to-tv-3rca-s-video-cable-10282#.U0bzhrR3u70
The following looks the same as above but there is no warning ‘only TV-out’…
http://www.dx.com/p/vga-15-pin-to-three-components-video-cable-271049#.U0b0m7R3u70
Answer #12
Any thoughts?
Answer #13
All of them will just give a composite OUTPUT from a video card that has that function built in..
(No conversion, just connections)