I need to set up a PC with dual monitors. When selecting the PC, what do I need to

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03-13-2020, 09:30 AM
Rich

I need to set up a PC with dual monitors. When selecting the PC, what do I need to

ensure it has to support this? Just two HDMI output ports? Will that allow the PC to send seperate signals to each monitor?
03-13-2020, 09:34 AM
Just Trent

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ensure it has to support this? Just two HDMI output ports? Will that allow the PC to send seperate signals to each monitor?

:wipecock: x 2
03-13-2020, 09:35 AM
Rich

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:wipecock: x 2

Thanks - I knew I could rely on you for helpful consumer advice.
03-13-2020, 10:00 AM
Pat Vegas

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Thanks - I knew I could rely on you for helpful consumer advice.

Pop down to Tandy's they'll give you expert advice.
03-13-2020, 10:01 AM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

Pop down to Tandy's they'll give you expert advice.

Maplin's is good :nod:
03-13-2020, 10:01 AM
Pat Vegas

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Maplin's is good :nod:

Strangely I always called Maplin, Tandys.
03-13-2020, 10:03 AM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

Strangely I always called Maplin, Tandys.

Tandy used to be great in the 70s, f. You could go in and buy a kit to build a transistor radio :cloud:
03-13-2020, 10:06 AM
Pat Vegas

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Tandy used to be great in the 70s, f. You could go in and buy a kit to build a transistor radio :cloud:

I always sort of remember it would be the sort of place I'd have to go after xmas to get a rechargable battery thing for my remote control car, or a rampack for the computer or some sort of cable
03-13-2020, 10:09 AM
Just Trent

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You could go in and buy a kit to build a transistor radio :cloud:

‘Broadsword calling Danny Boy’
03-13-2020, 10:12 AM
Herbert Augustus Chapman

Just trot down to PC World. Explain to one of their 'experts' that you're

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Originally Posted by Rich

ensure it has to support this? Just two HDMI output ports? Will that allow the PC to send seperate signals to each monitor?

a bit of a knob (they'll probably discern this immediately) and and state your requirements. They will use the opportunity to persuade you to spend far more than you need to which you won't mind of course, as it will compound your already unbearable smugness.

You'd be hard pushed to find a PC that didn't support multiple monitors btw.
03-13-2020, 10:27 AM
Luis Anaconda

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

Strangely I always called Maplin, Tandys.

I always call it Butlins :hi-de-hi:
03-13-2020, 10:46 AM
IUFG

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ensure it has to support this? Just two HDMI output ports? Will that allow the PC to send seperate signals to each monitor?

fúcking hell, are you a complete IT cretin?
03-13-2020, 12:09 PM
Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult

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Originally Posted by Rich

ensure it has to support this? Just two HDMI output ports? Will that allow the PC to send seperate signals to each monitor?

Assuming you have enough usb-c ports, they can do it all, I'd have thought. {Though I have the misfortune to be a mac user.}