All Portable Monitors Should Have This!

The Kwumsy K2 Keyboard was a unique design and concept, but didn't have the software integration to make it work. Will the Kwumsy KX Portable Monitor suffer that same fate, or will it fall to the same fate?
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[@dangingerich2559]

Now all we need is an LCARS like touch screen interface for screens like this, that doesn't relocate your mouse cursor.

[@fierce134]

This would be super useful for people like myself with a small office desk but could use any extra screen real estate to add to their laptop. It'd help speed up my charting for sure

[@feyntmistral1110]

If this had stylus support, this would be my ideal mobile monitor. Also, I want to do the Minority Report thing. If gesture interfaces were a thing, I'd be pretty happy with it.

[@greenprotag]

I would say for that price, adding a 2k 120-144hz ips with at least 100% sRGB I think would turn it from a substandard monitor into a value.

[@NuclearPrime360]

Might be good for a home automation interface where you rarely pull up the keyboard to change settings or log in and use touch buttons the rest of the time.

[@pflasterstrips7254]

for that price point you could easily get an good android tablet.

[@ljs2476]

Linux (Xorg) has multi-pointer capability. For windows there are tools like MouseMux to achieve the same, tho I don't know how a touch screen would get treated.

[@theethicsofliberty4642]

Windows needed to create its own solution that allows this type of separation between mouse, keyboard, touch screen ... and the application that each input is interacting with ...

[@100PercentJake]

Sure do love a handy little bastard adapter. My brain still tickles at the thought of sticking a raspberry pi inside that Kwumsy keyboard with the widescreen display built into it... would go nicely with my TRS-80 Model 100.

[@Kvantum]

Wish there was a 120Hz version.

[@I4get42]

Hi Jeff! It is really interesting, but the price and color quality are disappointing. To be fair, we've got an ok portable monitor that was cheap and isn't getting replaced. On the other hand, that WinMax 2 is looking pretty sexy over there 🙂

[@JohnSmith-yz7uh]

Could be used for a customer facing POS display. I wonder if it could pass certification for that usecase. Most touchscreens fail in the most pressed areas after some time.

[@m4dmethod5]

On windows, Mouse Mux lets you have multiple mice with their own cursors and you can optionally choose to lock them to a screen. You may be able to set the touch input as a mouse and lock that cursor to that screen so your traditional mouse input is free to move across all screens and not jump around or disappear. Purely academic speculation, but worth investigating.

[@TheChadXperience909]

I like the synthwave sunset background. LOL

[@tutacat]

OSes have separate touch input, but yes a lot of the time it moves the cursor too. They are usually built with one mouse in mind, but there is Linux and a software solution for Windows to have multiple cursors which should allow touch to work as in independent pointer.

[@Nedski42YT]

Hey Crafty, @ 7:00 you said the mouse cursor was hidden on your main monitor when you adjusted the DAW sliders on the touchscreen, yes? I suppose you have tried this setting in Windows 10. Maybe? Go into Settings, Mouse, Additional Mouse Properties, Pointer Options and then un-checking the box "Hide pointer while typing." I don't have a DAW or touchscreen monitor so I did the following test. Open a Word document, click in the document, move the mouse cursor AWAY from the Word window and type some text into the document. The text was entered into the Word document and the mouse cursor was visible and movable in the other window. Happy Happy, Joy Joy!

[@janrozema7650]

They really REALLY really should sell this stand seperate

[@tenekevi]

This is an awesome portable KVM console. I've been emulating this on the cheap - a cheap tablet + hdmi to usb adapter + android webcam app + tablet keyboard. It's generally shit to use but indispensable when troubleshooting without screen/keyboard on hand.

[@yasirrakhurrafat1142]

Yep! Can you use the expensive cepture card to use on the tablet ? I think that only the cheap capture cards are recognized by the android as a webcam. But idk, I'd love to know.

[@badspecgamer128]

I would love a 10” 4:3 portable screen to pair with my iPad but I sometimes feel like I’m the only person the pro iPads were made for

[@elmestguzman3038]

with that stand and touch screen at $250, I would get it but $389 is way too much!!!

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

Wait for a price drop. It's usually all about patience.

[@imark7777777]

I briefly installed a ELO touchscreen monitor I think that was the brand. they had a driver because it was a serial device that allowed me to choose which monitor it acted on and I believe it also returned the mouse to the proper screen. Course this was windows only I couldn't get the thing to work on Mac with a USB serial port. The problem is windows is banking on you having multiple touchscreens and when you do that you touch the other screen and it will return the mouse to the proper monitor usually.

[@dolorlux4612]

Imagine they sold that stand as a stand-alone for portable monitors with an adhesive attachment kit for any portable monitor kit.

[@piman2boek364]

I bought a touchpad display for my wife for use on her laptop (around $150). However, the manufacturer says it is not compatible with the laptop so I had to give her a mini computer to use with it. At first she used the keyboard on the display and used the touch screen to navigate in Windows 10, but she rarely uses the touchscreen now (in part because she forgets it's a touch screen).

[@cibbantwist]

Oh, the irony in something that practical and nimble having a name that so much resembles "clumsy". 😄

[@greenprotag]

I prefer my Lapdoc for this type of application... but admittedly lapdocs are ALSO expensive. I have ALSO been waiting for a 120hz display on a lapdoc too. I dream of an ITX desktop PC with the option of portabalizing with lapdoc that has a backlit keyboard AND 120-144hz display.

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

Almost $400 for 1080p 60hz and a measly one year warranty? HARD PASS

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

Agreed not to mention that the Nreal Air glasses is the better buy for $380 vs buying this outdated monitor.

[@Patric-Kole]

That would be nice for a home assistant dashboard!

[@SB-qm5wg]

Fancy monitor! Very cool.

[@tcbat711]

It's probably targeted at point of sale, in which case that cheap panel would be preferred.

[@DanielMReck]

Was really looking forward to your review of the raktajino in your Cardassian-replicated mug, but it looks like that part of the video didn't upload.

[@TheLoneGunman.]

Getting a toasty bros background / decor vibes

[@danielstellmon5330]

It looks really useful, but I am not a fan of on screen keyboards. I really like the stand design. The touch VS mouse issue could be fixed if windows hid the mouse pointer while using the touch screen and returned the mouse curser to its original position when the mouse was moved again.

[@kasaundraleitch6292]

might be useful as a basic handheld kvm, not a replacement to my gpd pocket but if i needed a basic device i could just leave by my servers in the rare instance i needed a keyboard and monitor it could be useful

[@gorgonbert]

7:41 Could you try if „mousemux“ fixes your frustration with the touch taking away your mouse? I have no experience with it, but thought it might help.

[@sunny99179]

That tiny laptop has great image, what are the specs?

[@Its-Just-Zip]

Could be nice with something like the Steam Deck given the hub it has built in, and its more color accurate than the built in SD display

[@cordlesswire]

this needs all the cabling going into the back of the base. basically an imac, but without… well, the mac.

[@smashallpots1428]

i also had the idea to try and use a touch screen monitor to use as a "mixer" to control volume sliders in a daw and it just isnt good trying to turn knobs is weird too i really like working at a board but dont have space for it so i was really hoping i could get some kind of hybrid set up and a touch screen was just not it

[@TheQplusplus]

Where can I get those cups for Vissek’s sake

[@billyhatcher643]

thats a cool monitor right there i like it

[@HighLifeAtom]

All a competitor needs to do is develop one of those stands with 75x75 vesa compatibility for majority of portable monitors

[@myrnaloy4275]

I have a question.....I bought a mini pc with usbc4 full functionality. It will be hooked up to a regular monitor. I want to run a usbc4 cord through a wall and connect it to a portable monitor in my bedroom. Is it possible to run my desktop this way? I will use Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

[@seethruhead7119]

That onscreen keyboard seems like it would be even worse than my NexDock

[@Will-sc3hw]

Give the Nexdock 360 a shot

[@Anaerin]

I wonder how it would work for Samsung DeX or MIUI's Desktop Mode.

[@dktol56]

The INNOCN isn't $150 anymore - now $250, so not such a good deal at that price.

[@TheMchip]

awsome! like it!

[@HiltonT69]

You drug the PDF down? Was that on 420? :)

[@tutacat]

Serviceable? You didn't open it, let alone replace the display

[@Jakdaw]

Wonder what the combination of this and a Steam Deck would end up being useful for.....

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

For the price of this portable monitor, you're better off buying the Nreal Air glasses to use with your Steam Deck. 😎👍

[@tom611]

Neat! Not $400 worth of neat, though...

[@exturkconner]

It's neat. But it's also stupidly expensive.

[@HiltonT69]

Looks like a great design, but a low quality display. What a shame...

[@denvera1g1]

I picked up a 1080p60 OLED portable monitor for $225, i wish it had a stand like this, and i wish someone would bring me a 500 nit 22 inch 1080p60-120 desktop monitor that i can drop drop down to 300nits and reduce burn-in Cmon, just take one of those $700 50 inch TVs, cut it into 4x22 inch, and sell it to me for $300.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

Which OLED portable monitor did you buy exactly?

[@denvera1g1]

@@PSYCHOV3N0M its the 15.6 inch version of the INNOCN mentioned in this video but Its not available any more on..... (amazon or newegg, dont remember, i think amazon but it was part of a larger order)

[@robertbonzon69]

good for OSU

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

Way too high priced, at more than I've paid for any complete computer system in a decade, other than maybe my chromebook.

[@transposestudios]

I'm curious about virtualization and running older industrial "touch screen" type systems. Seems intriguing...

[@cmedeir]

If you’re always Jeff … why mention it?

[@FufsowyFufs]

Pls have pen support, pls have pen support, pls have pen support

[@CraftComputing]

It does have pen support

[@robertbonzon69]

looks like a capacitive touch screen, thus should support a capacitive pen

[@X862go]

wow

[@Liqweed1337]

cut the monitor and sell the stand only to be used with any tablet

[@boriscrisp518]

17.3 inch would be better

[@shapelessed]

I have a portable monitor I'm perfectly fine with. It's called an iPad.

[@ipmi]

hi

[@tek_soup]

yeh, i wont buy any monitor, if it is not 120hz or more.

[@billkillernic]

This is a $200 product not an almost $400 .. pass (although the idea is nice for a minority of people which is still substantial in total numbers)

[@gucky4717]

Sadly it is only IPS and not OLED.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

THIS!! ☝️☝️☝️ LCD = garbage. 🤮🤮🤮

[@bluephreakr]

Kwumsy is such an awful name for a company. But can't deny they make half-decent products.

[@VeryFunnyStuffs]

Loving your content but man do you have a weird intonation.