Can my PC display on a laptop screen?

Jack Dvorak · July 10, 2016

I don't have a monitor and I only have a laptop and a TV. I cannot hook it up to the TV because my parents have to go to sleep for work and I will be to loud. Can I hook my PC up to my laptop using a VGA cord? My GPU has a VGA socket.

Mr.McMister · July 10, 2016

Short answer, no. Long answer, laptops generally do not have external inputs for video to their displays and internally they run embedded displayport, LVDS or parraller electrically with proprietary connectors that vary between manufacturer. There are ways you could stream video to the laptops display over a network, but that would require a display on the desktop as well to start the server for streaming display output.

vorticalbox · July 10, 2016

chrome remote desktop?

DarthJake · July 10, 2016

I have never done this personally but you could set up a team viewer between your computer and your laptop. Unfortunately you would need a screen to set it up (unless you are really good - I am not) so you could use the TV only to set up team viewer and just be really really quiet. www.teamviewer.com Personal use is free so that's good.

vorticalbox · July 11, 2016

6 hours ago, DarthJake said:

I have never done this personally but you could set up a team viewer between your computer and your laptop. Unfortunately you would need a screen to set it up (unless you are really good - I am not) so you could use the TV only to set up team viewer and just be really really quiet. www.teamviewer.com Personal use is free so that's good.

chrome remote desktop is so much easier then team viewer and can be done right in the browser.