A number of people have been successful with the DSI connector on the Pi, but the monitors you can use are radically different that what you'd find in a laptop.

A number of people have been successful with the DSI connector on the Pi, but the monitors you can use are radically different that what you'd find in a laptop. http://elinux.org/RPi_Screens#Interfacing_to_non-monitor_LCD_panels http://elinux.org/RPi_Screens#Interfacing_to_non-monitor_LCD... Oh and there is a HDMI to LVDS breakout board floating around somewhere.