Multiple Monitors via HDMI?

[imnotmikal]

Hey guys, does anyone know how if it is possible to have multiple monitors through HDMI?
Right now, I have my Vaio hooked up to my 22" Vizio via HDMI, and it looks great.
Me and some friend are about to start a little "series" of videos on Youtube, and will be using my laptop for editing and such.
We would like to have a third monitor set up. (The laptop screen, and two tvs)
My 32" hdtv will be used as a "draft" monitor for previewing the video before rendering, while all the work will be done on my 22," with the laptop screen being used simply for web browsing if we need to figure out how to do something.

Does anyone know how to output to 2 seperate HDMI monitors? I can't just use a splitter, because that would duplicate the screens.

Any ideas?

[Donziikid]

As far as I know, you are not able to run two different displays from a single HDMI out and not end up just repeating the signal (showing the same image).

What you might be able to do, however, is run one display off of HDMI and the other display off of DVI and just get a DVI to HDMI adapter. But bear in mind that you will not have sound with whichever display is using DVI, because DVI does not transmit sound.

But, at this point, I think you're going to be rather limited by the GPU and software--if it even allows you to do it at all. This is asking quite a lot of a Sony Vaio laptop.

[TheB1GDude]

Look into an app named ultramon, it is fair superior than what windows offers for multiple monitor management.

I use 3 screens (laptop, 17", 19") for work for various purposes, my laptop has only one output so I use a usb to dvi signal converter to get the third screen and ultramon does the rest.

[imnotmikal]

Originally Posted by Donziikid

This is asking quite a lot of a Sony Vaio laptop.

Well, all the software and stuff we would be using, I've already had running on here, it's just a matter of one more screen.

This Vaio is a monster. i7 Processor, 6GB RAM, NVIDIA 425M with 1GB dedicated VRAM. Turbo Boost to 2.93GHz.
So far it's handled everything I've thrown at it.
I even played The Sims 3 on the highest quality setting, while watching Toy Story in 720p, and there was no struggle at all.

Anyway, thanks for that suggestion, I may try it.