Use a Laptop as a Monitor How to Use Your Laptop as a Second Monitor for Your Computer

If you have a spare laptop sitting around, did you know you could use it as a second monitor for another computer such as a desktop or another laptop computer?

Your laptop screen is a perfectly good screen, but how do you get the video output from your other computer (desktop or notebook) into your laptop? Unlike display monitors, the vast majority of laptops do not have video inputs. They only output video. So, how can you possibly get the output from another computer to display on your laptop computer screen? This video will show you how to use your spare laptop and the wireless display capability built into Windows 8 and Windows 10 so your laptop can function as a second screen for your other computer.

Save the cost of buying a second monitor by using a spare laptop instead. This video demonstrates exactly how to do that, and it requires no additional hardware or software.

This video was the result of questions from viewers who watched my other video on adding a second monitor to a computer in the conventional waywith cables. (See that video here:    • How to Add a Second Monitor to Your P...   ) They wanted to know if it was possible to use a laptop as a monitor. The answer is "Yes!" and this video will show you exactly how to do it.