Getting video out of laptop

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by billyo

i didnt have any problem using the external vga out, as long as your pc/laptop is capable of dual display you shouldn't have any problems, even though i bought new laptops, the adaptor is still hooked up to my old laptop and still working..i think most of the pc's/ laptops now are capable of dual display..[/quote]

That's what I was saying. Don't buy a piece of hardware until you check the compatibility first. I checked, and the VIA S3 integrated chipset was the one I was thinking about. It was used in a significant number of mid-low end laptops and will NOT support extended desktop, only mirror desktop which does a host no good at all.