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    magicpokey
    last edited by Feb 15, 2017, 9:34 PM

    There’s always an outside solution (though you would need a separate power supply). Basically a box that takes two monitors and plugs into one port on the Pi (and the pi thinks it sees one superwide monitor).

    Here is such a thing from Amazon (for DisplayPort, but I am sure HDMI adapters or a box for hdmi exists):
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matrox-DualHead2Go-Digital-Display-Support/dp/B0080K6WIG

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      lucallmon @wemarch
      last edited by Feb 15, 2017, 9:49 PM

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        wemarch @magicpokey
        last edited by Feb 16, 2017, 9:36 PM

        @magicpokey
        This sounds like a great idea, did you already try it?

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          magicpokey @wemarch
          last edited by Feb 16, 2017, 11:17 PM

          @wemarch Not on a raspberry pi, I used one a few years ago when setting up a cctv security system for a local business. But it SHOULD work (assuming you can find one with hdmi outs) since it doesn’t take any kind of drivers, it just reports a 2560x720 (2 identical 1280x720 monitors in the case of the cctv setup I put together) sized monitor to the video chipset.

          The question is, can the video core of a Raspberry Pi handle an ultrawide display?

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            Fyrefly @lucallmon
            last edited by Apr 30, 2017, 10:44 PM

            @lucallmon
            Were you able to use the USB to VGA adapter for your 2 monitors?

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