How to get image from laptop to external monitor?

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Will I get a bad image quality if I use an external 23 inch monitor on my laptop?

I have an ati radeon 3650 graphics card and also a vga output I'm considering a monitor that has an ips panel, I would like to use it as a secondary monitor at first, since I'm a student and I'm mostly using my laptop and then maybe build a computer...

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You will get a nice 1080p image, better than your laptop screen. The only time that it might be a problem...

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I have hooked up a monitor to my laptop. how do i get each screen to show a different image?

I have hooked up a monitor to my laptop. how do i get each screen to show a different image? I was hoping to use my laptop screen to look at a excel spreadsheet and use the larger monitor screen to look another programme. I know this can be done but...

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Go to display settings and then look for a check box that says 'extend desktop on to this screen' or...

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I have hooked up a monitor to my laptop. how do i get each screen to show a different image?

I have hooked up a monitor to my laptop. how do i get each screen to show a different image? I was hoping to use my laptop screen to look at a excel spreadsheet and use the larger monitor screen to look another programme. I know this can be done but...

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Press and hold the fn key (bottom left of the keyboard) and then there should be a picture on one of...

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I have hooked up a monitor to my laptop. how do i get each screen to show a different image?

I was hoping to use my laptop screen to look at a excel spreadsheet and use the larger monitor screen to look another programme. I know this can be done but have no idea how.

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Well, regardless of the type of connection (HDMI, VGA, etc.), you should find a port on both the laptop...

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I tried to hook up an additional monitor to my Dell laptop, but all I could get was the background image from?

....the desktop. I tried the troubleshooter and followed the instructions, but nothing helped. We tried two other monitors just to make sure, same result. What am I missing here?

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Try different display modes like Clone/vertical Stretched etc and see if it helps If your using a Nvidia...

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How to change laptop image to show on desktop monitor?

my laptop screen is currently blacked out on the bottom three inches. i cant get this fixed till another week or two. But when i was on the phone with Dell they showed me how to hook up my laptop screen image to show on my desktop's monitor. i know how...

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Dell is Fn + F8

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I have ubuntu set up with an external monitor but the image is only mirrored how can i change that?

i have an hp pavillion dv5 with ubuntu 11.04 and i have set up a hp pavillion old style monitor (the ones that are big in the back) and i can get picture on it but it is only a mirror image of my laptop. i have went into "monitors" and turned...

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What drivers are you using? toggling mirror image should solve that problem.

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My external monitor for my laptop..?

I recently bought an external monitor with 60hz of refresh rate for my laptop. I connected it to my laptop by using a d-sub cable. The image quality is okay but I notice that the screen flickers. Is it normal or is it because I use the d-sub instead...

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Use HDMI if you can or use DVI (Video quality of HDMI = video quality of DVI, same bit length). VGA...

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Can I get HD-quality video to my HDTV using the monitor port on my laptop?

My TV does support TV coming in from a Monitor-Out on a laptop. I'm just wondering what kind of quality I could get. And if not, what would I need to get an HD quality image?

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HD-TV adaptors are available I got one with my Radeo x1900XT card that plugs straight into the HDtv...

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How do I get my complete desktop to appear on my alternate monitor?

Hi, asked this last night, hoping to get more response during the day. I've got an LCD TV that I've hooked up to my computer so I can use it as a larger/secondary monitor. Unfortunately all I have is my wallpaper showing up and if I want anything else...

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When you have a dual output video card you generally have options to run in "clone" (duplicate...

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