Can I setup laptop screen for playback, 2nd monitor for UI?

Hi all,

Firstly, a big thanks to all of you for your contribution to this forum!

I would like to know if there is any possible way of setting up my laptop screen as a grading monitor, for full-screen preview playback, no matter of the quality of the output signal. It is mostly for training purpose.

I have an HP 8770w Mobile Workstation with a Dreamcolor monitor (Windows 7 OS, displayport, no thunderbolt).

I would like to know, if I get a second monitor (with a larger screen and a displayport, to be used for the UI), is there any BM Design product that I can use with DaVinci Resolve that would give me the option to use my laptop screen for preview playback? (maybe by returning the signal somehow back to the laptop while using the external monitor as the main, if not only, display device of the OS?)

Or is my idea kind of stupid to some of you?
Once again, I am not interested that much about the quality of the sent signal as for whether I can setup something like this...

Thank you all in advance!

Hi all,

Firstly, a big thanks to all of you for your contribution to this forum!

I would like to know if there is any possible way of setting up my laptop's monitor as a grading monitor, for full-screen preview, no matter of the quality of the output signal. It is mostly for training purpose.

I have an HP 8770w Mobile Workstation with a Dreamcolor monitor (Windows 7 OS, displayport, no thunderbolt).

I would like to know, if I get a second monitor (with a larger screen and a displayport, to be used for gui), is there any BM Design product that I can use with DaVinci Resolve that would give me the option to use my laptop's monitor for preview playback? (maybe by returning the signal somehow back to the laptop while using the external monitor as the main, if not only, display device of the OS?)

Or is my idea kind of stupid to some of you?
Once again, I am not interested that much about the quality of the signal sent as for whether I can setup something like this...

Thank you all in advance!

Do a search, I think there are one or two thread that discussed this in the last few months, lots of info there.

Thanks for the reply.
However I did already a thorough search on this but I wasnt able to find any information.
Can you please tell me if you are sure that this matter has been discussed before, somewhere?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.

I think this is possible, but I'm not sure how good performance you will get. Make the external monitor primary in OS X and put your Resolve GUI there. Send Resolve video output to a Mini Monitor, then connect that SDI to a Mini Recorder, use Black Syphon to capture that signal, and display it full screen on the laptop with VDMX.

Thanks Elliott for your reply.
Unfortunately, I am a Windows OS user.
I guess the Black Syphon trick works only on OS X, right?