Re: Dual monitor issue.
On 4/3/21 1:24 AM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
I have an old 20" monitor model Flatron L2000CP that I want to
connect to my T580 laptop.
The monitor came with both VGA and DVI cables and the T580 "only" has HDMI. I
therefore
bought an HDMI to VGA adaptor and have established an HDMI to VGA connection to the
monitor.
You really should use an HDMI to DVI converter. It's much cheaper
because there is no format conversion. It's just a remapping of the
pins. When you go to VGA, you're converting from a digital signal to an
analog one.
The connection works and I can switch to all four connection types
but one tiny but
decisive problem makes the dual monitor unuseable: the display on the Flatron screen is
not positioned correctly. It is shifted ½ an inch off the screen on the left side and on
the right side there is likewise ½ an inch of unused area.
Most monitors have an auto-adjust function to resolve that. You also
wouldn't have that problem with DVI.