I didn't do this project myself but you can apparently liberate the display out of a laptop. You need a piece called a controller for the particular display and I think an HDMI converter.
Also some models of mobile device can be used as an external monitor. So your phone gives you a bit extra.
There was a subreddit devoted to peoples insane portable computing setups. Like multiple external monitors attached to side of laptop.. In a coffee shop or at the park. Idr the name of it off the top of my head.
And since VR got brought up I'll also ask if you have considered a projector. For the sake of completeness.
On July 26, 2024 9:23:20 PM EDT, Nick Accad via talk <
talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Anyone got recommendations?
I’m not looking for anything fancy, just something that I can use occasionally that won’t die after a dozen or so uses.
I travel once a month and I’m getting too old to rely on just the laptop screen.
Thanks
-nick