<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div dir="auto"><div>I didn't do this project myself (yet?), <span style="color:var(--ui-page-color-fg);">but you can apparently liberate the display out of a laptop. You need a piece called a controller for the particular display (aliexpress, ebay etc) and it can be rigged </span><span style="color:var(--ui-page-color-fg);">to an HDMI in. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Also some models of mobile device can be used as an external monitor. So your phone gives you a bit extra. An excuse to buy a tablet. Depending on use case, could consider vnc, x2go or other remote access from mobile. <br></div><div><br></div><div>There was a subreddit devoted to peoples insane portable computing setups. Like multiple external monitors attached to side of laptop.. In a coffee shop or at the park. Idr the name of it off the top of my head. <br></div><div><br></div><div>And since VR got brought up I'll also ask if you have considered a projector. For the sake of completeness. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On July 26, 2024 9:23:20 PM EDT, Nick Accad via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div>Anyone got recommendations?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’m not looking for anything fancy, just something that I can use occasionally that won’t die after a dozen or so uses.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I travel once a month and I’m getting too old to rely on just the laptop screen.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-nick <br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>