Laptops Adding Multiple Monitors

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aasimenator

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Hey Guys,

So i recently bought a laptop, Asus S550CM and I wanted to use my existing 2 monitors which are Samsung B2030 which has Dual DVI & VGA ports.

Now the laptop has VGA and HDMI port and I was thinking of using HDMI to DVI cable so i could connect it to the second monitor the only issue and a big one at that is when I connect a VGA cable to the Laptop the HDMI port is blocked.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jali6seu42zieiv/2013-05-07 19.00.03.jpg

So i was wondering how well do these work? they are HDMI Splitters from HDMI male to 2 HDMI Female.
http://www.ebay.in/itm/HDMI-Male-Du...203&hash=item27d203b707&_uhb=1#ht_4052wt_1139

I was thinking i'd get these and then buy 2 HDMI to DVI cables like
http://www.ebay.in/itm/HDMI-male-to...ents&hash=item3ccaa4a56d&_uhb=1#ht_3404wt_934

anyone has done something similar?
 
hdmi splitters like above usually don't work fine.there are issues like insufficient power resulting in reduced/cropped resolution etc not to mention you are trying to introduce an extra conversion/passthrough stage(DVI) resulting in more power/signal loss.
 
according to this link here it seems you can't use vga & hdmi both on digital output devices like lcd,vga has to be connected to analogue monitor & hdmi to digital for both to work simultaneously not to mention laptop screen will turn off since you can't use more than 2 outputs simultaneously with windows.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...839-can-i-use-vga-out-hdmi-out-same-time.html
see this also for an example where someone successfully connected 3 monitors using a usb adapter:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/339016-33-acer-6920g-monitors-laptop-hdmi
 
I just realized that the hdmi splitter will only duplicate the desktops instead of extending :( defeats the purpose of using it.

and those USB to hdmi / dual dvi are damn costly.
 
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