Using a mouse takes you further away from the screen and it makes my eyes hurt (looking at little icons, think Photoshop etc)
I just wondered If I could..
A. Buy a cheap projector that suits a lap top, or..
B. Use my TV, (wouldn't be ideal)
In a nut-shell, I want to sit on the sofa whilst being able to use a computer without squinting at a small screen. (I've got good eyesight and I'd like to keep it that way)
Cheers for the help
(I should mention I don't know what these ports are) I know nothing. Scart socket yep, usb yep, after that.. no
A number of thoughts/options:
1. You say your eyesight is good but the first sign of a problem is usually a headache, eye strain, etc. Unless you already have, you may want to get your eyes checked. A pair of glasses might be the solution you need (and perhaps not the solution you're hoping for).
2. Adjust the font size on your laptop to make things a bit more legible. Failing that, you could reduce the resolution to make things bigger (not a particularly good solution, but might work for you).
3. Use a larger screen as you suggest, either through
3.1 a projector (in which case pay attention to their resolution, you want the highest there is if you can afford it),
3.2 a television (I wouldn't really recommend the VGA port aka D-Sub port, since the picture quality won't usually be as good as the one you get from a HDMI port -- the "high-def" connector), or
3.3 an actual computer screen of a decent size (which would be my actual choice!).
4. you basically have two different kinds of video output from a computer: analogue and digital. The VGA port (as shown in Two Socks' picture) is analogue; this is usually suitable to project a presentation (where you don't typically need a high resolution picture), it's not really great to project a high resolution picture like that of an 1080p HD TV (or higher). The digital options come in many different connector flavours: DVI (and variants of that port: mini-DVI, micro-DVI), DisplayPort (usually on more modern Macs), and HDMI (which is the connector commonly used on HDTVs to transmit HighDef content). Modern TVs will have HDMI inputs, and many also have a VGA input too. Projectors can also have VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs, but it really depends on the model. You can usually find an adaptor that will allow you to convert a digital connector to the appropriate one (i.e. DVI to HDMI, or vice versa). If you need to do this, make sure you get the correct gender converter!
Another question now, can you find out what video connections your laptop supports? That would give you an indication about whether you have to use the VGA port, or whether you can use a digital one.
