Hardhack dual monitors into 1

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Just to explain the goal a bit better.

I want to stick the side's of the two monitor's together with super glue after cutting away the frame. Super glue would be a bit daft, so
I'm collecting information on how all this is going to be done the right way.

Here's an example of the result I would want ion the perfect world
Witid-seamless-monitors.jpg


Here's an example of what I have http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/willa/Blog/Lists/Photos/062707_2040_DualMonitor1.jpg

I have not opened my monitor's up yet. And will most probably tomorrow.
Then I will be able to see if there is any hardware preventing me from doing it like PsyWulf has mentioned.
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Hi,

I have 2 samsung synchmaster LCD's (T220).
Buying the 3rd one is going to require another graphics card too, which get's a little pricey, so I'm looking at whether I could hook the two monitors together.

The thing is, I just don't find much result's googling for examples of a project like this. Same with disassembling, or spec's of the inside of these monitors.

So...
My thoughts (and these are purely thoughts) have been that I want to cut the side's away (carefully of course) on both monitor's where they come together. But I don't know what's on the inside, how far the panel leads, and if it is at all worth it.

Can anyone give me some pointer's on the right direction for this? I'm trying to avoid as much work as possible, don't want to build new frames, I would rather hack them together. I just want them to come together as close as possible... but need to figure out how close this is going to be. Currently I think the side's are about 1 centimeter (frame).

Any tips, suggestions, recommended google keywords?

Also, anyone know where to get hold of broken one's of these, pictures of the insides or anything else?

Thanx
 
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You can get another GFX card for less than R400. It's not worth the hassle.
 
Qwikslver said:
You can get another GFX card for less than R400. It's not worth the hassle.
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I think I mentioned in my post it will be expensive.
Reason being that I have to get the exact same graphics card and then another monitor.

Even if the graphics card costed R200 add nother R2400 for another monitor
You end up with allot more than R400 dont you :)

The hassle and dangers and faeries that will die in this covert operation is what I will decide :) So I dont need a convincing to go the other direction,
else my question would've asked exactly that.

stay on topic geez
 
I think what you are wanting is do is nothing short of crazy,i can only see it costing you a monitor plus another monitor plus another card.

If it was possible you would monitors like this on the market already.
 
You have got to be kidding!!! :eek:

Let me get this straight... you want to cut open the sides of your monitor and somehow join/glue/hack/solder them together into one?

Are you freaking nuts?
 
Well, since you all lost the plot... seems you worse off than me imo.

I think what you are wanting is do is nothing short of crazy,i can only see it costing you a monitor plus another monitor plus another card.

If it was possible you would monitors like this on the market already.
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You do get monitors on the market like this. Also, It is possible and has been done before, except I can't get hold of the people that has done this before.
If it costs me a monitor and another card, so what, that's my problem.

You have managed to not help me at all.

You have got to be kidding!!!

Let me get this straight... you want to cut open the sides of your monitor and somehow join/glue/hack/solder them together into one?

Are you freaking nuts?
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1) No I'm not kidding. What gives you that idea?
2) Didn't you read the original post? I pretty clearly states that's the case. Please read before posting.
3) Why would I be nuts? It's a great idea if there's a solution to it. What I am doing is 'researching' into whether it would be nuts, or if I can find a good solution for my specific monitor, and maybe some tips from someone that has disassembled an lcd before.

So now I have answered all your questions...
Obviously you have something useful to give me, else you would not have wasted your time posting a response... or mine for that matter.

So let me have it please....
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No?
Well then wtf are you posting for in a thread when you don't have anything to add to?
 
firstly your aspect ratio will be out... because it will be bigger that 16:9...

How are you going to get the pc to give power to every pixel from left to right?

As far as i understand the "hardware" inside the monitor only handles soo many pixels and to put the two together on one cable will be quite tricky to say the least...

Also when you play games/movies everything might look squashed because its not 16 wide...
 
I don't agree with what you trying to do but...
What you can do is take the frame off both the monitors and that will reduce the distance inbetween them becasue the pannel only goes a couple of mm behind the frame; well on my LCDs that is :D
And if it doesn't work for you, you could always put it back togeather.

I dont see what the big problem is with the 2 inch gap :confused:
I use 3 19" LCDs at work all the time and it never bothers me, Unless of course you useing expaned view or something like that.
BTW I would recommend downloading Ultramon, its very helpfull with multiple monitors. :)
 
Just enable your onboard GFX in the bios - you shound be able to run up to 4 monitors when you combine your onboard with an video card.

Safe even more by pressing the buttons labeled ALT and TAB together....
 
_TrXtR_ said:
Well then wtf are you posting for in a thread when you don't have anything to add to?
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Dude, chill. You came to us for help.

First of, why do you want to do this. Do you need to run a bigger resolution? Why not sell your 2 screens and then get a 30" screen or something.

The fact that you didn't find anything useful on google, must meant that 1) maybe it isn't possible or 2) not advisable.
 
I still think you're nuts. :D Just buy a bigger screen... before you end up with something that a) doesn't work or b) Looks as ugly as sin. ;)
 
Well, I allready run the dual monitor setup of a dual head card.
So the only cable work I'm gonna do is plugging them in. So it's not as extreme in the sense of completely creating a new monitor. It's just finding out of a way to get the seams closer together. Aspect ratio's and that stuff is not a problem. Most/some games take care of that so I'm set when it comes to the software part.

Ry4n: Well the thing is, what do I break when I open these things up?
I definitely need to take a look inside, and I think that's my main goal right now. And breaking it by just taking a look would be stupid.

The screen is one of those glossy things, is that some plastic they stick over it or something? If I can open it knowing how not to break it, I can see whether I can gain some distance on the seam.

The reason for my multi-monitor setup is gaming related mostly. (work too, but not as much). So yes, I'm playing rather than 'working' at the solution.
The risk of breaking the monitor's will be relative to the information I have. Things go wrong, that happens, but If I do it with confidence that I have enough info, then I'm willing to take the risk. I'm not planning to mess up by blindly poking into the nether world.

People mod their pc's... so now I wanna mod my screen, not too abnormal.
 
Rouxenator said:
Just enable your onboard GFX in the bios - you shound be able to run up to 4 monitors when you combine your onboard with an video card.

Safe even more by pressing the buttons labeled ALT and TAB together....
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Ey, Ive never tried running the onboard with the graphics card at the same time... except when I had AGP.

Earlier days that failed for me because the AGP slot shared the same resources as the onboard graphics card. I'll definately try this out to see if it works.

Problem with this though is that you cannot span a single resolution over 3 monitors with different graphics chips. But... my board is nvidia chipset, so maybe... just maybe :D Thanx
 
SharkBait said:
Dude, chill. You came to us for help.

First of, why do you want to do this. Do you need to run a bigger resolution? Why not sell your 2 screens and then get a 30" screen or something.

The fact that you didn't find anything useful on google, must meant that 1) maybe it isn't possible or 2) not advisable.
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Yea I'll chill promise :) I knew people were gonna start with the crazy things...
Most thing's that are done for the first time aren't on the internet till they are done.

I'm spamming my own thread... but I need information! :D

Currently, Dual monitor setup. If I play let's say Quake 3, in windows (or linux for that matter) I can run the 2 monitor's as 1 large monitor (So the resolution is 3300x1050 rather than 1650x1050.

So to applications, or games this seems like one monitor.
So I have a bigger resolution. This is not unheard of and has been done many times.

Now, 2cm gap is a problem with crosshairs :-D Imagine sniper rifle with a little dot your shooting at... and you have this huuuge gap.

Unless there is a software solution to align the screen resolution a little more left, it will always be anoying (And this would most probably have to be a driver hack). This is why most people prefer 3 monitor setup's over dual.

If (big IF), I can find enough information and idea's to do this, and it seems viable. Then I'll do it. I don't mind the cost or loss as long as I didnt do it 100% foolishly. That's why I'm here.
Cause if this works, then I'll add the 3rd monitor to it :-P
 
From what I have read of your previous posts, your main reason behind doing this is to conserve on DVI outputs from your graphics card, i.e. combining two screens to use one DVI output? Is this correct?
 
No :) Seems I explained myself wrong.

2 LCD screens, 2 DVI ports.

The problem behind 2 LCD's is the center is obscured by a huge gap.
I want to take the gap away by cutting the frame away on the side's and glue them together (not the exact solution but I'm sure it gives the right idea).

So I'm trying to find the right/best way of doing this. Also trying to figure out if it could work.

If I break a monitor, that's fine, it happens. People die in brain surgeries.
But if I do break it, I want to feel somewhat professional in the way I break it :)
 
This is a fun thread... :)

Is the ports in the back of your GFX Card DVI or VGA? Apparently, you can get an adapter to run 2 monitors off one DVI port. (DVI ports apparently can support 2 monitors each)
I don't know how practical this would be, but it seemed to work fine for the guy, and he had 4 monitors.
(Someone, please confirm this... as it's only word of mouth)

EDIT: Just saw your post that you have DVI's. :)
 
_TrXtR_ said:
Ey, Ive never tried running the onboard with the graphics card at the same time... except when I had AGP.

Earlier days that failed for me because the AGP slot shared the same resources as the onboard graphics card. I'll definately try this out to see if it works.

Problem with this though is that you cannot span a single resolution over 3 monitors with different graphics chips. But... my board is nvidia chipset, so maybe... just maybe :D Thanx
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In the AGP era you could use your onboard with a PCI add-on card. Now with PCI-Express you can have multiple display adaptors on PCI-Express, your onboard typically workd on the PCI-Express bus so just enable the option to have it always on in the bios. We have a few folks here at work with 3 monitors.

But seriously : ALT-TAB try it, you will never need more than one monitor then.
 
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