Can I have more than 1 extra monitor screen on my Laptop

[Davidpne]

I have a HP ENVY 17-j180ea with leap motion, I currently have a monitor connected to it, but I want to know can I add a third. And whats the best option to do it. It only has 1 hdmi socket and no other graphic outputs.

Windows 8.1

Product Number

F7T69EA

Microprocessor

Intel Core i7-4702MQ with Intel HD Graphics 4600 (2.2 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)

Chipset

Intel HM87 Express

Memory

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 4 GB, 1 x 8 GB)

Video Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (4 GB DDR3 dedicated)

Hard Drive

1 TB SSD HD

Multimedia Drive

SuperMulti DVD burner

Display

43.9 cm (17.3") diagonal FHD LED-backlit touch screen (1920 x 1080)

Network Card

Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Wireless Connectivity

802.11b/g/n (1x1); Bluetooth 4.0 combo

Sound

Beats Audio with 4 speakers and two Subwoofers

Keyboard

Full-size island-style backlit with numeric keypad

Pointing Device

HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support

External Ports

1 multi-format digital media card reader for SD cards
1 HDMI
1 headphone/microphone combo
4 USB 3.0 (1 Boost)
1 RJ45

Dimensions

41.6 x 27.52 x 3.34 cm

Weight

3.4 kg

Power

120 W AC power adapter
6-cell (62 WHr) Li-ion

Camera

Front-facing HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated dual array digital microphone

 What setup I want.

    [Monitor 1] ------ (Laptop)------[Monitor 2] (maybe Monitor 3)

I seen people do it with older laptops but never known how they do it.

Any help appreciated, even if its a No I can;t do it.

TIA

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

Davidpne

If your laptop only has one video output jack, you can only connect one monitor to that jack.

However, there are USB-to-Video adapters available that can connect monitors via VGA or DVI -- depending on the adapter.

Understand, though, that you are limited in the bandwidth of the connector and the USB port.  You're not going to see the same resolution and performance with a monitor connected to a USB adapter as you do with a monitor connected via a VGA, DVI, or DP port.

Good Luck

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[Davidpne]

Just an update on this, thank you very much, I had a few dodgy ones off ebay, but then got a Maplin one ok more expensive but it actually works. If you going to try these, pay the extra money, I lost everything on my Laptop and had to re-install as the driver crashed it. The Maplin one worked perfect and used online software. Thanks for the help.