Drive two external monitors?

[Dmac77]

Hi,

Is it possible to drive two external monitors from my 20" imac? Both are VGA, although one has both VGA and DVI. Any help would be appreciated. Is there something like a VGA splitter on the market?

Thanks!

Don

 

[robbieduncan]

Not as two separate screens, but you can use something like this to make them appear as one screen...

 

[Dmac77]

Not as two separate screens, but you can use something like this to make them appear as one screen...

Thanks, so that will allow me to extend my desktop on to two external monitors right?

Don

 

[robbieduncan]

Thanks, so that will allow me to extend my desktop on to two external monitors right?

Don

Sort of. Your Mac will think that there is one huge screen with the combined resolution of the two screens. So you can't place one screen on each side of your iMac...

 

[Dmac77]

Sort of. Your Mac will think that there is one huge screen with the combined resolution of the two screens. So you can't place one screen on each side of your iMac...

Okay, thanks! I'll have to look into that more. One other question, would this work, if one of my monitors is widescreen (19"), and the other is 4:3(17")?

Don

 

[robbieduncan]

Okay, thanks! I'll have to look into that more. One other question, would this work, if one of my monitors is widescreen (19"), and the other is 4:3(17")?

Don

No idea: read the documentation on the Matrox site. My gut feeling is no.

 

[Dmac77]

Thanks for your help! I might just have to get some new monitors, one of them is pushing 9 years old anyways.

Don

 

[Consultant]

Not as two separate screens, but you can use something like this to make them appear as one screen...

Actually, there is something called DisplayLink.

Computer -> USB box with DisplayLink -> Monitor

 

[Dmac77]

Actually, there is something called DisplayLink.

Computer -> USB box with DisplayLink -> Monitor

thanks i'll try to find one.

Don