Portable Monitors. Any good?

A test of a portable monitor. Handy for dual-screen laptop use, a stow-able TV (when paired with a HDMI source) or a compact gaming screen - especially when it comes to the Nintendo Switch which can output to it in 1080p over USB-C. It's definitely not perfect though.
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[@swiftrealm]

5:17 felt like I was watching DankPods' freakish ears on a stand

[@drcarrot415]

I was confused I didn’t see the Ol’ Mate Senny’s Huh Duh Six-Hungo’s

[@itxofficial8281]

@@drcarrot415 I also missed the obligatory "Can you believe, no one bought this!?" in Mat's conclusion!

[@matthew3668]

Anyone knows the name to this track? So weird listening to it here haha

[@drcarrot415]

@@itxofficial8281 I’m so hyped for the collab, lol. Dank pods occasionally comments on Mat’s videos and I hope some day it finally happens

[@itxofficial8281]

@@drcarrot415 Yup, I noticed that too!! As a long-term Patreon supporter of Techmoan and a fairly recent Patron of Dankpods, I feel like a collab between these 2 is just meant to be. They got so many common interests, and sometimes their themes even coincidentally overlap.

[@sotkajarvi]

Techmoan: Let's check the user manuel. User Manuel: I know nothing.

[@AndyMitchellUK26]

I learn, I learn. I get better!

[@-gabriel-237]

qué?

[@Stormbolter]

I am from Barcelona!

[@vengeance1701]

"Eez difficult."

[@halfpennyc]

Under rated comment

[@TWiTCH757]

I was expecting DankPods to bust into the video when you did the sound test.

[@m2pt5]

1 Grit will improve that sound.

[@HellJustFroze]

That would've been the best crossover since Robert Dunn of Aging Wheels crashed a Technology Connections video.

[@mryork_]

Freakish ears on a stand

[@youtubeaccount697]

Their styles would not gel at all

[@harpingon]

IKR, I'm like... hey, I know that tune!

[@Formulka]

Not only is there Manuel in the video but using Walk Through the Park to test the speakers? Is this some secret Dankpods collab?

[@jooei2810]

Dankpods is a great channel!

[@ShockingPikachu]

Dude gets around and that channel of his isn’t even that old

[@SansBinky]

Pretty sure Techmoan used that song first

[@DeathDecider]

That's what I was thinking lmao, I hope so :)

[@Grace_Robbins]

The name "Dankpods" immediately gave the vibe of a mildewy washing machine basin.

[@CCCW]

"User Manuel" made me laugh so much, good show

[@diecarro79]

I thought that he would show a still image of Fawlty Towers when he said that.

[@tynewlin]

@@diecarro79 my thoughts exactly

[@MrJef06]

"Manuel" is the proper word for this... in French! ;)

[@AR-zq9hq]

Wall-E

[@IgnatSolovey]

That isn't even close to what Chinese comrades do to Russian language if they aren't wise enough to hire even a half-bad Russian proofreader (although recently I encountered a perfect user manual for a flashlight from AliExpress, in four languages: my native Russian, my almost native (32 years out of 40) English, and also German, and Japanese (of the latter two I have some vague idea) - and not only it is written and edited by a very good editor, it is also designed rather sensibly, considering all the intricacies of proper Russian typography (and that, among everything else I do for living or as a hobby, is my field of expertise for more than 20 years). I found NOTHING to complain about except some really minor stuff that would be forgivable even in an originally Russian manual for an original Russian and Russian-made product or device. Also, for Chinese, all Latin, Cyrillic, Amharic, Arabic, etc. symbols look pretty much like Chinese writing looks to us Westerners, and an average Chinese can hardly tell a from e, let alone i from L (so those NOKLA phones, - one of which has a place in Shenzhen Museum, one of many very fine tourist attractions of that great city, - were probably not only an evasion of trademark lawsuits, but also a product of such nonchalance). More pepper to your salt: ten years ago at Shenzhen Zoo, tiger and lion territory, they had posters with sayings and proverbs about tigers and lions. In Simplified Chinese, of course, but also in pinyin (transliteration - that could have been modern Chinese writing if a relevant decision would have been taken during the Cultural Revolution, like it happened in Vietnam during French occupation, or in Turkey after the Republican revolution of 1923, when Turkey abandoned the old Arabic-based Osman writing). What's the reason to have posters in pinyin, I wondered, as pinyin is a thing much less relevant for an average Chinese (especially Chinese kids) than Latin script or even English for an average Russian at, say, Novosibirsk or Perm zoo? The answer, in all seriousness, was that “it's for foreigners, they use Latin script, so they should understand what's written there”. So, even in the fourth most important (after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou) Chinese city, at a major tourist attraction (Shenzhen Zoo is excellent, you have my word, and I've seen many a zoo), the designer had very little clue that not all foreigners can read any Latin. Probably the difference between transliteration and translation got, well, lost in translation...

[@KarimMaassen]

9:20 5 second response time. The perfect power point screen for your 0.2 fps applications.

[@aarongreenfield9038]

I'm pretty sure it is a misprint and meant 5 milliseconds.

[@allertschallenberg1857]

Whoooooosh

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

At a horse track I worked at we had an adapted LED advertising billboard used for video where the fps were a bit slow.

[@MrChingles]

And then it literally says 3ms response right below it. So it's wrong...twice

[@madfinntech]

Indeed. Even that being a typo, 5ms is still horrendous and you can clearly see the ghosting/motion blur in this video.

[@robertsteel3563]

5:16 DankPods will be proud!

[@mrha9py802]

omg yes

[@badi1220]

Ah... the freakish ears on a stand and the Hur due six hundgeos by old mate senn.

[@mrha9py802]

@@badi1220 senny boies

[@XxDemon23xX]

come down to see if anyone else noticed

[@timgrelka]

I think it's great if this is used for audio comparison more widely across KZbin! If you hear it a lot, you can build up a good baseline, compare it with something played directly through a high quality setup and overall just have a good benchmark / get a good feeling for it.

[@Davemon115]

That audio testing track just gave me DankPods flashbacks.

[@confusedkemono]

huh duh six hungeos eh

[@boldiegoldie]

*FRANK*

[@jamiebirley]

these deserve the 1 grit

[@netsurferx1]

...Na-no.

[@DeathDecider]

AAA my pkcell!

[@twinsen04]

Regarding the washed out colors, the screen might be advertising it's self to the connected device as an HDR display(when it really isn't). Turning off HDR on the source device and/or on the screen might help. I have a portable screen and sometimes had washed out color when trying to show HDR content, which is ironic.

[@PimpTwzt]

This ^ I noticed the Amazon listing had an HDR logo on the screen in the picture. I was thinking just what you said.

[@piratetv1]

My chromecast does this as well. Reds turn brown on the home screen when hdr isn't set up properly

[@seanmckinnon4612]

The joys of edid

[@Jayrod64]

Yeah if the white point and black point aren't set correctly, it will be very washed out.

[@ssh3mk]

Also worth trying is Manuel color space 0-255 (Full RGB) because the laptop can be detecting it as HDTV instead of monitor (blame HDMI), it may even have such setting in the onboard menu.

[@clumaster]

still missing those puppet shorts at the end...

[@hawkeye454]

I hope Techmoan writes a book and records the audio version himself.

[@AMacProOwner]

Releasing the audiobook on odd media. 8-track would be amazing.

[@Raven_Nightwind]

The book should have a slide out powered coffee mug warmer in the sleeve.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@AMacProOwner Please, any tape medium but 8 track. That's the one tape format I have zero nostalgia for.

[@DynamixWarePro]

@@AMacProOwner No, if there was an audiobook it should be on DCC, Minidisc, reel-to-reel and type 4 metal compact cassette tapes.

[@AMacProOwner]

@@RCAvhstape Haha. It's more a joke since 8-track wouldn't make any sense whatsoever for an audiobook.

[@noosebrother]

yep that's now the default audio-benchmarking music.

[@CCCW]

Amazing! I've been looking into these for a few months, and now you test 'em.

[@Alan_Mac]

Calm, objective and honest. Everything a review should be.

[@mickeythompson9537]

Do you only need a user Manuel when the product is Fawlty?

[@fredbloggs5902]

No, is hamster!

[@stu1701E]

@@fredbloggs5902 Que?

[@SubTroppo]

I know, nothing. I come from Barcelona.

[@Steve-GM0HUU]

Yes but don’t mention the war.

[@drifter4training]

I see what you did there 😂..

[@pev_]

User "Manuel" made me laugh :)

[@juanmanuelroman8377]

Qué?

[@JaredConnell]

@@arthurvasey So?

[@bicycleninja1685]

It's a tiny Manuel that pops out and helps with the setup.

[@pev_]

Actually that reminded me of was it one of the Space Quest games where a shuttle had "Manuel Auxveride" (manual override) as a virtual character for emergencies.

[@bicycleninja1685]

@@pev_ That's hilarious!

[@shelby3822]

"Manuel...MANUEL!!" "Jes, Mr Fawlty?"

[@gaborszabo6406]

Que?

[@Siarawaszympanemjest]

There's too much butter on those trays.

[@gaborszabo6406]

@@Siarawaszympanemjest yes sir

[@oida97]

@@Siarawaszympanemjest Uno dos tres

[@skylined5534]

"Hyouu arrrre a heedious... or-rang-oo-tang!"

[@ThemMightyPies]

No matter what you cover, thanks for being you, Mat ( techmoan) legend!

[@piratetv1]

Thank you for this video. I had just ordered the 13" version last night. It was more expensive. I switched it for the one in your link and saved money getting the larger screen

[@cujoedaman]

5:17 Dankpods uses the exact same song for his headphone comparisons :D

[@erickleefeld4883]

The included “User Manuel” got me thinking of Fawlty Towers…

[@DuwangKaizer]

Que?

[@MarkDurbin]

Thanks for this, I've never seen one with an HDMI input, just what I need :)

[@rob_lightbody]

I bought the Arzopa based on your review and wasn't disappointed. I use it when I am "working from home" but not at home - it plugs into my HP Elitebook (supplied by work) using the one usb-c cable and works really well! Very pleased with the display quality and the overall quality for the price. Your tip about how to use the brightness/volume control was very handy! Thanks!

[@allcrafter3747]

Hey, your Videos are very cool. I've subbed for at least one year now and I never regretted it. Your topics are kind of random but still the Videos are always awesome. Just wanted to say thanks for your effort. Greatings from Germany

[@AmirZaimMohdZaini]

Portable monitors are pretty common among ITX PC builder communities. Easy to carry around with super compact ITX PC inside the bag.

[@BrooklynBalla]

They’re also used a lot by repair technicians.My friend does a lot of house calls and uses one.

[@IceX92]

Do you have a recommendation for a good one?

[@ccricers]

Especially when you can carry your setup around with as few cables as possible. As with using Thunderbolt.

[@Trekeyus]

Yep I use a travel monitor with my sffpc

[@nthgth]

Makes sense, just like those portable roll-out keyboards and tiny mice

[@jezusmylord]

5:18 dankpods flashbacks

[@haroldsmith45302]

Thanks for telling us about this product category.

[@cornbread7095]

Thank you for the video sir, much appreciated

[@oskcasse3034]

5:19 Dankpods vibes 😂

[@jero37]

Okay, I really really like that Techmoan played Mario Golf as Waluigi.

[@brantisonfire]

He was my favorite character to use in Mario Party 4.

[@YayWalterSullivan]

User Manuel sounds like a very helpful guy.

[@paistefever]

got one of these last year for working from home. it’s perfect for what it is. helps me a lot to work using this as a 2nd monitor to my monitor and use it without wearing glasses. I do use it from time to time with my Nintendo NES Mini

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

Which one did you get? I have an at home exam next Friday so I want to pick one up to have my notes on one screen with the exam open on the other. Not sure which monitor to buy though.

[@commandorpirx912]

5:17 Would sound better on a pair of Sennheiser HD600.

[@jack_2000]

Ol' Mate Senny

[@camerontjoe5535]

hur dur six hungeo

[@silversurfer420]

Weird ears on a stick

[@JackMcSomeone]

Freakish ears on a stand

[@pauledwards2817]

A good review, thank you. I have had something like this in mind for setting up AV receivers and other such things. Using them for audio only away from a TV is a real pain so a HDMI screen, no matter how bad so the settings can be seen easily is a boon. As an example, a pioneer DVD player I want to use the digital audio outputs, BUT, it is set for HDMI and will only send audio out of the optical audio once it has connected via HDMI as set, fixing is much easier without having to drag the thing to a TV, now it's easy to take the screen to the device. Of course once set to SCART only again... So wonder in any do composite and HDMI.

[@javierespinazopagan3172]

Very useful! I've been tempted to but this for mi mini classic consoles so I can play them anywhere.

[@GreenRunningLama]

I love your vids man. Warm Regards from Bournemouth [ from a Polish bloke ]

[@ravagingwolverine]

I bought nearly the same screen around the same time when they had that additional discount. I got the one with the different case/stand design. It does work better than the way this one looks. But I think many phone/tablet stands would work well for that. That brightness/volume toggle got me for a bit as well, but it's a good solution for the controls they used. And I think it's pretty good as well. The sound works for my purposes and the image quality looks good to me.

[@CandGoods]

Hell yeah User Manuel

[@TheRip72]

I wouldn't trust him. You might as well ask the cat.

[@Dan-TechAndMusic]

@@TheRip72 Manuel knows nothing.

[@cavemanvi]

The dank pods testing song

[@Maxxeine]

"User Manuel". Brilliant!

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

I will only be using User Manuel's going forward 😂😂😂 Thank you Mat, wonderful video as always. Happy Saturday everyone!

[@carolinehusky]

I actually use a cheap XP-pen drawing tablet for that purpose. I might have got it for drawing, but the tech inside is the same so there is nothing preventing you from just using it as a secondary display with a cool extra input method.

[@jonathanjones6063]

I bought one of these new in a box from a local Amazon overstock store for only $8. The picture quality is surprisingly good however the sound is very tinny. But for the price I paid it's a great little monitor.

[@thatLion01]

Nice review. Always wanted of these portable screens. Never got one

[@PhilipCockram]

Good review.

[@calebmezenberg137]

5:42 that difference reminded me of the transitions between head phones on dankpods videos

[@zachattackp1566]

I love how he uses the same song as dank pods for testing the sound

[@TheHaviocdarkmoon]

I think KZbin is reading my mind now I was just thinking about getting something like this for a project and this came in my feed good timing

[@viridianwarrior]

Thanks for the video!

[@Localhorst86]

5 seconds response time? Very cool!

[@AltCutTV]

They just tested it very far away.

[@paulweston1106]

I was waiting for Dankpods to pull out the HD650's when the music started.

[@MrJ0mmy]

nah pull out the 1grit

[@abhimaanmayadam5713]

Hd6hungos not 650s

[@JackMcSomeone]

HD600's

[@mathewdeering]

Old mate Senny

[@erik365365365]

I looked up portable monitors yesterday and today you drop a vid about one! So weird!

[@freggo6604]

love seeing that old Revox. Used to have the B77 and still have an A700 which gets admiring (but confused) looks from visitors :-)

[@Nick_1911]

OMG , i just notice , the DankPods fella is using the same song for sound testing with the "robo ears" 5:18 xD

[@ShiroR3aper]

The "freakish ears on a stand" or "some people use it for ASMR"

[@Praecantetia]

I got one from uperfect that I've been using for years. It served me quite well. The only thing a bit iffy given the fact that power isn't always available in public I noticed that I do need a battery for it.

[@sterling1015]

Well, I figured I'd give one a look and it was £159 so thought it was a bit much for a quick play thing. Then I got a message from amazon giving me £50 on a time limited offer so went for it. As a second monitor it's fantastic once you've tweaked the settings a bit. I've actually got it as my primary on my laptop at the minute with it just propped up on the main screen - seems to work rather well! May need to do a bit of colour calibration before I start editing photos on it but still for the money it's a handy little device. Thanks for costing me a bit of money Mat - it's fantastic!

[@ArtiePenguin1]

5:56 Nice optical illusion by matching up the background of the video with the stereo boombox to the background in real life behind the monitor. For a few seconds, it looked like I was just seeing the frame of the monitor cut out and place in front of the stereo.

[@nigelanscombe8658]

I use a 13” version, connected to my laptop by a long HDMI cable, to watch DVDs in bed. More comfortable to balance / handhold than the laptop. 🙂

[@VariantAEC]

My laptop is a beast! Something like these portable displays or even the 4K Sony Xperia Pro (which would also be my phone, which still doesn't justify its $2000+ price) would be doable compared to my chunck large display 7lb gaming laptop. Still I'd probably rather use my legal right to copy a DVD and play that on my phone. To be fair I don't watch many Hollywood style movies and usually just watch free video content off YT (like these videos) anyway so I'd ultimately have no use for this today. Still its neat to know niche devices like these exist and that ultralow TDP is very sexy (to a weird guy who is more focused on efficiency than raw power)!

[@alanduncan1980]

Too much screentime for you. Turn that off and get to sleep! 😡

[@dh2032]

would be handy if of it was dustproof and had it water proof rating also for places you wouldn't want to take, use or put into? :-)

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@VariantAEC yeah, a home media server and ripping your discs is a great way to go. You can watch it on any of your devices, and move between them without losing your place. A lesser-used feature allows you to rip high bitrate larger files and then if your wifi or mobile data or CPU is too flaky for that bandwidth it can re-encode the video in real time up to the maximum your device can support. So it’ll look a lot better than regular streaming too. (This applies for pretty much all the home media servers, Plex, Emby, or other FOSS alternatives.)

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

Ever try one of those 20 some dollar projectors?

[@AirknightTails]

9:43 What's the name of that Geometry Wars clone on Switch? I wanna play that.

[@jamspaper]

Death Ray Manta SE

[@pelling]

Death Ray Manta

[@MrJakeTucker]

Thanks for asking. I noticed that as well. Lost hours/days/weeks etc to GW in Project Gotham Racing 2.

[@nthgth]

I never played Geometry Wars but that looked awesome, so also thanks for asking

[@will1565]

I've been using an Asus Zen Screen at work for a couple of years, great bit of kit.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

I bought this one or very similar. working fr'om home I found I needed a 2nd monitor. worked really well. I used audio out into my sony speakers and makes the sound much better. I used an hdmi switch to flick between work pc and chromecast so was able to use it as a "TV" too. very pleased for the money.

[@HeadsetGuy]

It's kind of incredible that you can use one of these things to (in a way) trick a Switch into thinking it's docked.

[@picolete]

And it's almost the same price

[@mrfrenzy.]

Well the dock is basically just a USB-C to HDMI adapter with charging input.

[@ezg8448]

It's not really a trick if it replicates exactly what the same thing as the Switch dock is doing. But yes, it is still interesting none the less.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

I've had one a couple of years now for Samsung DeX. It's also great for pairing with an Android tablet as a dual monitor to make use of the multitasking.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I still wish there was something like a DexBook. Just a laptop shell to insert your phone into.

[@jftechdrones]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep There is one: the SuperBook.

[@reaperreaper5098]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep There's been a few of them over the years. All the way back to the Lumia 950 and 950XL, which ran WIndows 10 mobile/phone and had Continuum, which was basically Dex before Dex.

[@matthewfarmer6830]

Your the best in tech...I just subscribed to you. 😊💻🖥️⌨️

[@Tigermoto]

Well... I wasn't looking for one man. But that actually looks really useful!

[@LongPeter]

I wouldn't be surprised if KZbin gave you a strike for playing a clip of your own video.

[@soniccookie655]

:’) This is a royalty free song so hopefully not. But you never know with KZbin.

[@owenchungsweekit]

Is Techmoan hinting at a secretive upcoming Dankpods Collab ?

[@TheNugettinage]

Dankmoan or Techpods?

[@ReneSeckler]

@@TheNugettinage I'll take Dankmoan but only if i can't have moanpods

[@frankowalker4662]

What a nice little monitor.

[@HighHoeKermit]

I remember there was a portable screen and tuner combo that was out briefly in the UK, where you could detach the screen and take it around the house, leaving the tuner part plugged into an aerial. I seem to remember wanting one, but it was short-lived as streaming and catch-up services were about to launch in a big way and you could suddenly do exactly the same thing with your smart phone and wifi connection.

[@neocaron87]

5 seconds response time? I guess the amazon listing probably meant 5ms XD

[@Liofa73]

They should have drilled that headphone socket a bit closer to the edge of the side panel...

[@MrDbone75]

Good Sunday morning to you sir from Wellington Somerset

[@MrButtonpresser]

Dank you for that

[@fredbloggs5902]

08:28 “Mum! That weird bloke is annoying the dog again!” 🤣

[@k1ngN0rk]

I don't get it 🤔

[@fredbloggs5902]

@@k1ngN0rk In the original video he’s playing at 08:28 (shown 4 months ago, ‘Sony Bluetooth camera mic’) he manages to upset the dog in the garden of the house on the left. Sorry, it’s just my warped sense of humour.

[@rollingrock5143]

I always wondered why we didn't get ultra-portable laptop screen ports.

[@madbujor]

I actually got this from my best mate for my birthday it works great and it is light weight, fantastic second screen on the go

[@Pianet]

These are very good for programming on the go as you can use one screen for your IDE/editor and one screen for testing.

[@BoxInThisLapVR46]

My 10 Yr old self would go crazy for one of these

[@abhimaanmayadam5713]

21 yo old me is going crazy for those.

[@juch3]

I was once offered either a portable vcd player or a psp as a kid for my birthday, glad I chose the latter...

[@Cherijo78]

My 42 yo self is going crazy wishing I'd had something like this when I was a kid to use with the PS/2 286 I had... :P

[@therealandycook]

The 5:00 audio test made me think of Dank pods (Edit, ah many cultured commenters mentioned before me)

[@fensoxx]

You could have had a brilliant career as an electronics reviewer (I mean…a dedicated one for a major outlet..not that you’re not doing a great job of it now). Your reviews hit all the top points and are supremely trustworthy.

[@PlayDifferent]

I had no idea Death Ray Manta was on the Switch, thanks for the heads up

[@Dorff_Meister]

I bought one a few years ago. I use it primarily for travel to play Switch or Xbox Series S. Mine will play Switch without a dock, which is nice. I will also drag it down to a Raspberry Pi or other computer that is normally headless if I need to put a monitor on it for a bit to fix something. I agree about the speakers - I tend to use headphones from it. Overall: It's far from a perfect device, but I've been very happy with my purchase. I need to set up a PiKVM for a better solution to this.

[@xCanuckfan16x]

How is the refresh rate ? 60 hz ?

[@Dorff_Meister]

@@xCanuckfan16x Mine from two years ago is 60hz. I'm sure you can find ones these days that have a higher refresh rate.

[@Elmantukas]

Loved that dankpods reference 😃

[@BasedBidoof]

I think I might buy one

[@yetshi]

i have one of these as the primary display for a raspberry pi based desktop replacement, the pi case is mounted directly to the back of the monitor and works as a stand, the back cover was modified so that i could route the display line directly thru the rear of the case and has it hardwired to the solder points for the external hdmi. one plug to power both devices and a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, handy setup and very easy to transport.

[@baylinkdashyt]

I think it'd be smashing as a primary screen for a Raspberry Pi400 as well.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Or any portable Pi setup. Battery power. Car computer. Etc.

[@baylinkdashyt]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 well sure, but the 400 needs it more than most of the rest of them do, in my estimation.

[@Akira-si2ww]

It's interesting how it can get video output from the Switch even before getting into ''docked'' 1080p mode.

[@djcsdy2]

7:05 Death Ray Manta! Excellent choice!

[@JohnnieHougaardNielsen]

I've got one of those with the cover stand peeking out from under the screen. Works fine. And I made sure to get one with full-size HDMI input (along with USB-C), easier than having to mess around with mini cables/adapters. Also DP input, but this one is not full-size.

[@PlasmiuM]

5:17 But how do both of these sound compared to Sennheiser HD 600's?

[@Prizm44]

Shithouse, most definitely.

[@0robbi0]

Loved this video. Isn't it funny though, in the '80s this display would have blown our minds! lol

[@Journeyman.71]

How about 10 years ago?!?

[@KGB240]

@@Journeyman.71 10 years ago was 2011, which was right when i moved to east coast USA...i had a really good laptop at the time, and the ipad was created in 2010. Back then i probably would have thought "oh, that's cool", doubtful it would have completely blown people away though

[@0robbi0]

@@Journeyman.71 same difference lol

[@nthgth]

@@Journeyman.71 10 years ago we would've been like: "okay, it's an iPad but without the computer parts. Or, a really slim computer monitor. Fine, but what's this ovular plug type?"

[@redbeard36]

I bought the Arzopa for WFH based on this. I’m very pleased with it.

[@Imei4242]

Lovely video! Keep it up! And I hope everyone is having a great day!!

[@darktetsuya]

couldn't stop laughing at the 'manuel' running gag, that's quite the typo. :P but a neat piece of tech!

[@WooferCooker]

It’s probably just overstock laptop displays thrown into a casing. Notice how the screen size is oddly familiar?

[@deantammam]

Great observation! Makes a ton of sense.

[@nintendoeats]

I mean yes, but no. The LCD panels are manufactured by a component company and sold to integrators. Integrators include people who make TVs, monitors, laptops, HMIs...sometimes the manufacturer and integrator are the same company, but usually not. Of course the integrators can ask for special changes and stuff, but they aren't usually redesigning the component from scratch. For reasons I hope are obvious, the vast majority of these screens are 16:9. It's what most people want, so it's far and away what is most available in monitor/TV appropriate sizes. As far as actual size of the screen, the component manufacturers make standard sizes and they are only going to make something different if the client pays enough for it. It's easier as an integrator to pick a standard panel size and design for that rather than pay extra for something weird. So, there isn't really any need for an "overstock" theory. Somebody says "I want to manufacturer a small television", so they go to a LCD panel manufacturer and say "what sizes you got?". Then they design the TV around those sizes. No conspiracy.

[@dashcamandy2242]

@@nintendoeats Agreed. It's much cheaper and more profitable to slap a common display/driver board/backlight board combo together, add your input sourcing/decoding, power supplies, and any other features from readily-available off-the-shelf boards. As an added plus, a device can be sold as "Assembled from [whatever regulatory authority]-Compliant Parts," meaning it can _kinda-sorta_ pass those regulations without the expense and testing required of a wholly-new device.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

I wish these companies would get back to making 16:10 ratio displays.

[@nintendoeats]

@@jeffkardosjr.3825 Funny you should mention it! I had written a sentence about the death of 16:10, but I decided it was distracting from my point. I too prefer 16:10. I kind of want to move to 1440p, but I have three 16:10 monitors and I'd rather not give that up.

[@Newberntrains]

Looks like this will be ideal for my truck rig when I get my Mac mini

[@trevorc7327]

I purchased the ASUS ZenScreen Touch MB16AMT recently to go with my ZenBook Duo. Thankfully I was able it on Amazon because it was sold out at pretty much every other US retailer including my local MicroCenter. Literally none available in the US, they’re still waiting on more to ship from China or Taiwan (I don’t remember where they are manufactured). I must say, it’s wonderful. 15.6” IPS 1080P display with multiple viewing modes, DisplayPort and power via the USB-C port, Micro HDMI for devices that don’t have USB-C, an internal battery, 3 input modes for the Type C (phone, PC with charging the display, PC without charging the display), aluminum body, magnetic folding cover/stand (like the ones he showed that stick out the front), and adequate speakers as well. NOT TO MENTION THEY INCLUDE A 2 foot (0.6m) type c cable, and a 3 foot (0.9m) HDMI to Micro HDMI cable, and a type C to Type A adapter so you can plug it into a full-power USB3.0 port on a pc or into the AC wall adapter they provide. My only complaints about it are that the “joystick” control for the monitor menu is subpar compared to the build quality, and that the manual says nothing about the fact that there’s a “no charging” mode for the type C, so I was surprised that it wasn’t charging from my thunderbolt 4 port at first. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t make the AC adapter have a USB C port instead of the type A, they wouldn’t need to include the C to A adapter then Overall, getting it refurbished for $300 US was a great deal in my opinion, but I would have been happy to pay the full 350 for it new.

[@MrKlawUK]

switch in docked mode is news to me - thought there wasn’t a way around needing the actual dock.

[@20cent]

since the early days of the Switch users reported that it was possible to use a USB-C hub to bypass the dock. However few (cheap) hub models bricked some Switch'es so I guess even people aware of it don't wanna try. IIRC it may have been fixed by Nintendo in a FW update though.

[@alfo2804]

@@20cent I don't think Nintendo have fixed it, and I don't think they can. It happens because the Switch doesn't correctly comply to the USB Power Delivery protocol, and some external devices cannot handle the frequent and unpredictable changes in wattage that the Switch asks for, which damages the Switch. I don't think that's something that can be changed without a hardware redesign.

[@BillyNoMates1974]

I bet that would work well with a raspberry pi400. build it into a laptop with a powerbank

[@jjk-9]

I've used a similar monitor with the pi400 and a powerbank to use it in living room and it worked great. I don't have the skills or desire to try coupling it all together laptop fashion but technically it would work fine.

[@BillyNoMates1974]

@@jjk-9 bang for buck, these are great devices. When my all in one pc (used as a plex media server) packs up, I will buy a pi and set that up as a low power server

[@Argent_99]

I have a somewhat similar screen that I keep around as a ‘just in case’ device for the headless PCs and pi’s I have around the house. I don’t use it often, but when I do use it, it’s a total lifesaver.

[@Dallen9]

the possibilities of what to expect have increased.

[@russellzauner]

I had a higher resolution 17" Asus USB3 monitor some years back. It was great for getting work done in the brewpub - wouldn't game on it but it worked great for coding and compiling, etc.