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So I was thinking. What if I wanted to host Karaoke with a desktop instead of a laptop?
One thing that makes a laptop easy and convenient is that it has a VGA port and a S-video port on the side. How would I run an external monitor for the singer off a desktop PC?
I'm not taking about building a PC, I'm talking about an HP or Acer or other name brand desktop that usually comes with video built into the motherboard because it's cheaper.
They almost always have a PCIe slot on the motherboard if you want to get a better video card, but do the upgrade video cards have 2 VGA ports or a VGA and an S-video?
My old PC that I built has 1 VGA port and 1 HDMI port. If I want to hook up 2 external LCD monitors I need one VGA cable and one HDMI cable and I don't even know if they can both be running a the same time?
As far as I know the newer video cards aren't using HDMI ports anymore?
So who knows about this stuff?
One thing that makes a laptop easy and convenient is that it has a VGA port and a S-video port on the side. How would I run an external monitor for the singer off a desktop PC?
I'm not taking about building a PC, I'm talking about an HP or Acer or other name brand desktop that usually comes with video built into the motherboard because it's cheaper.
They almost always have a PCIe slot on the motherboard if you want to get a better video card, but do the upgrade video cards have 2 VGA ports or a VGA and an S-video?
My old PC that I built has 1 VGA port and 1 HDMI port. If I want to hook up 2 external LCD monitors I need one VGA cable and one HDMI cable and I don't even know if they can both be running a the same time?
As far as I know the newer video cards aren't using HDMI ports anymore?
So who knows about this stuff?