Multiple External monitors

[jrw12]

I recently purchased (still in the box) a 17-cn3033cl laptop. I would like to add at least one external monitor (possibly two). Other than the monitor(s), what do I need?

[banhien]

@jrw12 

I can NOT find its official specs. It should have same ports as the following machine

                     hp-laptop-17-cn3097nr

It ONLY has 1 hopeless USB Type-C® 5Gbps signaling rate (supports data transfer only and does not support charging or external monitors) port which does NOT support Alt mode nor Power Delivery. You can NOT use it to

• Charge your machine,
• Connect to an external monitor with/without hub/dock/adapter (some hubs may have builtin chip to support this)

If you wish to connect 2 external monitors (only-total 3), you can use

• Monitor 1: HDMI direct cable,
• Monitor 2: Using a Displaylink Certified USB-A to HDMI adapter such as

                                     USB to HDMI Adapter

Regards

[jrw1999A]

The USB C cannot be used to connect external monitors, but the laptop has 2 USB Type-A 5Gbps ports and a HDMI 1.4b port. Can the Type-A or HDMI ports be used to connect external monitors? I also wanted to connect the laptop with an Ethernet cable to avoid using WiFi. What is the best way to accomplish this?