Multiple displays from a netbook?

[I_M_Weasel]

A work colleague has been asked to supply an IT solution that will, run 3 monitors, showing a different webpage on each monitor.

His answer is to get a net book and use a splitter cable/box from its video output to do the task. I said he'd need multiple video outputs but he's adamant that the splitter box/cable exists and from 1 video output he can power 3 different screens. Is he right is there such a thing? Or is at best going to get the same screen 3 times?

 

[Orcvader]

Assuming the netbook has a standard VGA output: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

While I know it works in span mode (combines all the monitors into a single large surface area) I'm not sure if extended mode will work fine.

 

[tribz]

Matrox do one http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

ETA apologies, didn't fully read the post above me doh!

 

[EVGA_Nick]

I am not familiar with the Matrox product mentioned above but from the looks of the features, it sounds like it should be able to do it.

EVGA also makes a line of USB Display Adapters that go by the name UV Plus + which allow extra monitors to be connected via USB. There are UV16 (discontinued but you still may be able to find them), UV19, and a newer USB 3.0 compatible UV39 coming soon for higher resolutions.

Here is the spec sheet for the UV 19:

http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/100-U2-UV19-TR.pdf