H2O Member | Fri Jun 12, 2020 | 11:30 PM | Likes: 3 

Connection of three "no-mirror display" monitors to one computer

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Experienced writers need big monitors. Although you can purchase one super big monitor with a size of 38" or above, the price is too high and it is not adaptable to different writing scenarios. For example, landscape is the default orientation of a monitor. When you are writing, there is a lot of unused space to the left and right of the word processing window. If you enlarge the text size to fill the entire window, the vertical view would be restricted. In this case, you may want to rotate the monitor and use in a portrait mode. If you only have one monitor, no matter the monitor is big or small, it is not practical to change back and forth between the landscape and portrait modes frequently. Thus, a secondary monitor that is oriented in a fixed portrait mode in addition to a primary landscape mode monitor would be very handy. Mac is relatively weak compared to Windows in this case, as its ability to extend screens to multiple monitors in an extended screen mode is restricted. If you don't have the latest mac products, it is likely that your mac system would support mirror display only. But mirror display is useless, since our purpose is to write, not to give presentations to people. With a Windows system, even for my $300 bucks old desktop computer, extended display mode can be easily set. I have one 27" monitor in landscape mode connected to a HDMI port, one 24" monitor in portrait mode connected to a VGA port, and the third 24" one in portrait mode connected to a USB 3.0 port. You will need to buy a USB 3.0 to HDMI port converter to add the third monitor. I've put the link below. I'm not in short of screen any more!