External Monitor

Mark65 · 10 Nov 2021 at 20:04

Hi all,
I have a problem, I have a lovely legion 5 pro which is great but I am now going to working from home (autocad), my work has supplied me the a 14 hp elite book in 1080, I have an old lg 23 inch 1080 IPS monitor but would like to get some new ones.
I would like one large screen but I only have a small 600mm depth desk at home, so I'm wondering would a qhd1440p monitor work with the 1080 laptop through the week then switch to the legion 5 on the weekends?.
My current LG seems to show the pixels with being a bit closer. I can't find any solid info if the 1080 will display ok in the 1440.
Thanks for any advice.
Mark
I'm stuck here on what to do

mickyflinn · 11 Nov 2021 at 10:40

You can diplay 1080p on a 1440p monitor but the image is not a sharp, Its a bit like running your 1080p monitor at 720p.

bremen1874 · 11 Nov 2021 at 11:46

Why 1080? If you connect a higher resolution monitor you'll be able to select its native resolution.

Haggisman · 11 Nov 2021 at 12:47

The HP laptop should be able to display at 1440p on a 1440p monitor (unless it is an ancient laptop with an integrated GPU

).

With that setup it might be worth seeing if you can get a monitor with a built-in KVM - that way you can keep both laptops connected and just change the monitor input to switch between them

Mark65 · 11 Nov 2021 at 13:17

Hi, the work supplied monitor is a elite book 840 g6, after finding the specs it should be fine at 1440 as it ha hdmi 1.4b and a usb 3.1 type c thunderbolt support and the docking station has display port.
I'm thinking of buying the LG 27gl850-b.
I'm many years behind on equipment , the legion pro was s big jump, my current monitor is s LG ips234, many years old but still works fine