Anyone ever game on a USB monitor?

[desura]

I'd like to get one so I can...game while in bed

Anyone do it?

 

[shortylickens]

Just use a long VGA cable.

 

[desura]

I wonder if it is possible to find a way to mirror the gameplay on a desktop machine on a laptop...

 

[shortylickens]

I wonder if it is possible to find a way to mirror the gameplay on a desktop machine on a laptop...

yeah they have little boxes and software for that. But you almost never get the same resolution at the same frame rate.

 

[mmntech]

USB monitors are not very good. Not enough bandwidth. Just get a Vita or 3DS is you really want to game away for bed. Or buy a Shield or gaming laptop.

 

[Stringjam]

I wonder if it is possible to find a way to mirror the gameplay on a desktop machine on a laptop...

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you're trying to do.....but why not just duplicate the display and run another HDMI cable to your "bed" monitor?

 

[desura]

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you're trying to do.....but why not just duplicate the display and run another HDMI cable to your "bed" monitor?

I already have a laptop. Don't already have an extra monitor. I was looking into Nvidia Shield. Looks interesting, but then I realized that there's no reason why you can't do this with a laptop.

 

[Canbacon]

Maybe try wireless HDMI paired with wireless gamepad/KB+M

An old video but describes what you might want to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROX-r_kHPks

 

[SPBHM]

I wonder if it is possible to find a way to mirror the gameplay on a desktop machine on a laptop...

Splashtop works OK for that, and it's free for PC-PC I think...

or you can get a Nvidia Shield.

 

[jaedaliu]

big screen TV and wireless keyboard/mouse.