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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1939948" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>If you normally only use a single display...and occasionally use the 2nd display...why is Screen Mirroring of interest? And if you did have 2 displays active (locally)...right in front of you...why would you want 2 displays in front of you displaying the exact same info?</p><p></p><p>The main purposes of Screen Mirroring require you to have at least 2 displays of some sort active at the same time. If only have 1 screen active (locally)...there's really no point to using Screen Mirroring.</p><p></p><p><u>There are circumstances where Screen Mirroring can be handy:</u></p><p></p><p>1. Locally...when maybe 1 person is tutoring a 2nd person on how to do something on a computer...and each person having their own display might be more convenient for viewing.</p><p></p><p>2. Remotely...when 1 person may be trying to help/tutor a 2nd person located some distance away (down the street, different city, different country, etc).</p><p></p><p>3. In a classroom environment...Screen Mirroring can be handy if the teacher wanted each student to be able to view what's displayed on the teacher's computer.</p><p></p><p>4. If in a video conference call...sometimes it can be handy to share what's on a display to the meeting group.</p><p></p><p>If someone had a laptop computer (with a small display)...and wanted to mirror the laptop display on a connected larger external display. In this case Screen Mirroring most likely wouldn't be used..."Clamshell Mode" would probably be the more common way to do things (with laptop display closed...and an external keyboard & input device used). Or use both displays in "Extended Desktop" mode.</p><p></p><p>In this case if we're mainly talking about 2 local displays...where one display is used most often...and a 2nd display is used occasionally (turned off when not in use)...Screen Mirroring is usually not something needed.</p><p></p><p>If there are details to this situation that have not been mentioned that may explain why Screen Mirroring is necessary...please share.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1939948, member: 56379"] If you normally only use a single display...and occasionally use the 2nd display...why is Screen Mirroring of interest? And if you did have 2 displays active (locally)...right in front of you...why would you want 2 displays in front of you displaying the exact same info? The main purposes of Screen Mirroring require you to have at least 2 displays of some sort active at the same time. If only have 1 screen active (locally)...there's really no point to using Screen Mirroring. [U]There are circumstances where Screen Mirroring can be handy:[/U] 1. Locally...when maybe 1 person is tutoring a 2nd person on how to do something on a computer...and each person having their own display might be more convenient for viewing. 2. Remotely...when 1 person may be trying to help/tutor a 2nd person located some distance away (down the street, different city, different country, etc). 3. In a classroom environment...Screen Mirroring can be handy if the teacher wanted each student to be able to view what's displayed on the teacher's computer. 4. If in a video conference call...sometimes it can be handy to share what's on a display to the meeting group. If someone had a laptop computer (with a small display)...and wanted to mirror the laptop display on a connected larger external display. In this case Screen Mirroring most likely wouldn't be used..."Clamshell Mode" would probably be the more common way to do things (with laptop display closed...and an external keyboard & input device used). Or use both displays in "Extended Desktop" mode. In this case if we're mainly talking about 2 local displays...where one display is used most often...and a 2nd display is used occasionally (turned off when not in use)...Screen Mirroring is usually not something needed. If there are details to this situation that have not been mentioned that may explain why Screen Mirroring is necessary...please share.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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