Hey this will be my first post so don’t expect much in the knowledge department.
I have a laptop with a 15.6 inch 1080p 60hertz generic screen and would like to connect a android slate to it to use as a monitor. It is a beautiful 1080p ips screen 21.5inch and would like to use that. The laptop is capable of the games that i play so a second monitor should be easy to run. the slate however has no hdmi port. It only has a 3.5 audio,usb, proprietary psu port , ethernet port and sd card reader. The laptop does have a hdmi port usb 3.0, ethernet , sd card reader audio jack. So its capable of outputting data. They both support wireless display as well so i thought i could do that but it seems that the slate only outputs. I tried a usb to usb cable and a ethernet cable and failed.
Is this possible and has anybody done it before? The slate is also touch screen but i don’t mind if its not i just want to use its wondrous screen.
I think they only way you could do this would be to open up the Android Slate and mod it so that the built in monitor has a second display input (HDMI Port) rather than just having the Slate's Graphics core as the input. I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that though, it will probably be a pretty big job, soldering and the works. There might be people who can help you on the forum if you really want to try and do that, so ask around a little bit.
Oh thanks, so its practically impossible for a guy with little tools. I suppose i could open it up and check the mobo and other stuff to see if there are hidden ports and other such stuff.
I'm not sure you could get Windows to treat a video stream as a second monitor, but you could use some kind of streaming program (ahem, OBS, VLC, mjpg-streamer, ahem hem) to stream to either VLC for Android or a webpage, which you could then open on the tablet. Would not be good latency for things like gaming but for basic office stuff and typical "extra monitor" stuff, it would probably be tolerable.
I have seen devices for sale on ebay that are basically a controller board for an lcd screen with a vga output. So you rip the screen out of the laptop/whatever and hook the controller up to the screen, then plug the vga into the controller. Then you effectively have a monitor with no stand and all the guts hanging out. I don't know exactly how it works, because I haven't tried it. It was hard to tell for sure the controller was going to work with the screen I had. My understanding is that you have to have a controller specifically made to support the exact model of the screen. To find the model number of the screen you probably have to take it apart and look at the back of the LCD panel for info. Then cross your fingers and hope you can find the right controller board. The controllers I looked at were $30-$75.
I think OP has an Android tablet that they want to keep using as an Android tab, but also be able to use as an external monitor. If it was a dead tablet with a functional display, that solution would work, but I don't think OP wants to do any mods that render the Android part of the tablet useless.
oh i was reading it the other way around. I guess my first impulse on seeing any all-in-one is to kill it.
No i dont mind if its gone, i'd much rather use it a secondary monitor or even a monitor for a pc build im looking to do it in the future. I can provide more specs and information if you think this is possible however. Im scared to take it apart though.
I do have a broken old laptop with a 720p screen the monitor is fine but the laptop broke. I took it apart and the mosfets came off and hard drive wont boot but monitor is still fine . Could i apply those principles to use that laptop screen as a secondary monitor?
Thanks for all the help guys i prefer this forum over ltt.
This does seem viable but im not sure it will work with touchscreen monitors? I just checked the touchscreen laptop and it has a separate board connected to it via sticky tape and screws that seems to have a mic and other functions.
LP156WH2 is the model number of a different lcd screen i have and im thinking of using.
That should be the link for the correct controller board right?
I have a generic hdmi cable already so all i need now is a psu for the controller board?
Where would one purchase such a thing and to what specs?
Im in the uk btw .
Yes, the touchscreen would make things more complicated... Laptops all have different guts so it's hard to give advice on what you should do. I'd recommend you try asking the seller if it will work, because they would be the most likely to know. Like I said, I have never actually done it myself, but really wanted to try it. If you do it, I'd be interested to know how it works out.
Im gonna buy it soon when i get some money and if it works i'll be sure to show you. Its looks simple enough. Aslong as there is no soldering and its just connecting things and turning stuff on.
I'll probably mod the lcd screen into some cardboard ... don't have anything nice to mod it .
I did really want to do this for the android slate though, i'll open it up at a later date and try then.
Don't use cardboard. It will flex too easily. I highly recommend using acrylic or even styrene plastic over cardboard.
And also, be careful how much money you pour into this...at some point you'll spend as much hacking something together as you do on a new 1080p monitor (I say that because I've learned the hard way)
Yea your probably right the parts are 1/3 the price of a 1080p screen monitor.
I could speed that towards a better one in the future.