Be More Productive with a Portable Monitor: LG gram +view
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Sent to me as an add on for a laptop, this monitor ended up being one of the best products i've reviewed this year.
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Thanks for your well-rounded review!
BTW the price did go up on Amazon; $350 as of today.
Finally someone gets it. Nyc apartments can be tiny and people can be ignorant with "why not just get a pc" as if I have all the space in the world for a setup. My gaming rig is my legion 5 pro on my lap on my bed with a mouse pad to the side 😂
Also might be interesting paired with a mac mini for a small portable setup.
I really love the idea of having a portable 2 screen setup.
But I can't justify its price when a 27" 1440p monitor costs around 250$.
Portable monitors generally cost too much in my opinion. I'm happy we see more and more brands enter the portable monitor market every year. I hope the competition will improve these monitors and lower their price. Think I'm going to keep waiting till that happens.
They have a lot on Amazon for less than 200. Some way less. There are dozens of knockoff brands, that seem highly rated.
ANYTHING that's a portable version of something else always costs "too much." That's the convenience of portability :) You gonna lug your 27" monitor around town or on vacation or to a clients location? No :)
would love to see this tested with DeX.
I'm looking for a portable monitor to pair with my S23 Ultra
I wish I could talk the boss into getting me one of these. It would be perfect for work travel where I'm usually using my laptop on a small motel-sized dining table.
Can you test this moniitor with Dex? I would like if you did a full video on Dex anyways.
Great that it supports slighter higher refresh rates @ 75hz but how come LG don't advertise this!? They state 60hz in their spec listing.
Super helpful video covered all the questions I had about this purchase thank you!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Before watching the end of the video I was really considering it, but since I got an XPS 13 9315 for a laptop in an emergency and it can't power the monitor I will have to pass on that FOR NOW, but it will still be in my radar as I'll get another laptop in 2023 !
Thank you
I bought a cheap(total ~100$ while discounted) 14" portable monitor a while ago with mini hdmi and 2x usb c ports for video signal and power. It's also matte and plenty bright (similar to my 2022 FLOW X13). With 60hz it's ok for work. It's not color accurate out of the box though. With a little bit of tweeking it is okayish. I love it for working on the fly. I would only consider spending three times as much if I need the color accuracy and a reliable brand name. Otherwise a cheap monitor does it as well. In comparison to working with one monitor only it's simply amazing. I can do CAD work while looking up a DIN ISO on another monitor or search for details in a document. Without the second monitor it was either a tiny window or a whole lot of alt-tab. I bought it a few weeks after the Flow X13 (upgrading from a chunky 17 inch device with no battery life). Now I can use it longer while being more productive while it being lighter and smaller all around. No regrets at all.
edit: I can even charge my Flow x13 through the monitor (not with full charging speed though) when I plug the power adapter into it instead of the flow x13 and I can charge other devices through the monitor when it's only connected to the flow. Using the flow as a writing/drawing device in tablet mode while also having the portable monitor right behind it (reminds me of the zenbook duo... only with two whole monitors and no keyboard) is amazing as well.
Seems very good choice!
hi josh i picked this up based on your review, super nice monitor, but one thing that is odd for me is that the right usb c port does not work for me to output my display. I can only connect the usbc to the left side of the monitor not right in order to show a picture.
Thinkvision M14 is USB-C and $209 and the fold out base has the IO
I have one of these which I use with my 17” Gram.
I also love it - it just works seamlessly and has a surprisingly low battery life effect on the laptop.
One thing you didn’t mention was the brightness adjustment control on the monitor which is a great idea.
As for compatibility, it works fine with my daughter’s Surface Laptop 3 14” - I’m not sure about Display Port implementation on different laptops.
I carry my Gram and this in my laptop case with a total weight around that of many 15” laptops - it’s great for work.
He did mention it at @01:32
fantastic review
Well done Josh 👍
A friend just bought one of these based on my suggestion. I was quite disappointed, even though he likes it upon first inspection. The stand/cover is terrible. We're going to buy a fold up metal stand to keep it in place and I'll probably buy some magnetic stickers to make it feel more secure. Another point is the cover doesn't cover the entire unit, only the front on one of the short edges. It also doesn't stay in place. There is no protective sleeve or case for when your transporting the unit. It also feels like it could snap/break very easily. Because of it's large size it's proving difficult to find a good case for it. The cheap Chinese portable monitors on the market have done a better job of addressing user requirements than this LG screen. I've used a much cheaper unit with a front and back cover case that allows for different angles of tilt and protects the screen much better when it's in your bag. Also they have multiple inputs such as HDMI, Display Port, 2 USB C ports and acts asa hub as you suggest. I'm thinking that we send the LG unit back next week for a refund.
Hi Josh, thank you for your insighful review! One thing I would've like to see is the portability. How well would it fit in a backpack or laptop bag together with a laptop?
Fits well in a medium to large back pack
Hi, I have a Thinkpad X13. Can you explain my laptop can connect to this display ? I
Great Review. Only one thing I don't understand, if I have a hd laptop could this monitor work in it's original 1440p or it would scale down to hd?
hey! thank you so much! What happens when you have it plugged to a device that doesn't provide power, like a Google Chrome cast (with a HDMI adapter). Can you use the other USB port to plug it into a power bank or some power adapter?
Had to return mine, it's not as compatible as LG say it is, it does not work with the Lenovo Yoga 7i 16 ARC A370M model which certainly has enough power, LG are mad not supporting HDMI, USB-C conformity is a long way off. Also saw an insane ticket on microsoft support for someone who lost USB-C support on his two Asus Pro Art displays after a windows 11 update. Several months later no bueno, so maybe Windows 11 is the issue?
Same here - couldnt get other systems to work. PC with TB3 doesn't work, tried adding extra power through 2nd USB connection.
Is it possible to charge the laptop through the usb c pass-through like on the Lenovo ThinkVision? So the laptop usb-c charger would be plugged in the monitor, then the monitor to the laptop
I have a minor question Mr Josh about resolutions and PPI. Most tech reviewers like you say that I should put it on its maximum resolution when I open my laptop for the first time. So, I have Lenovo yoga 7 gen 7 (AMD) version. The system says the recommended resolution is 2880 x 1800, with a PPI of 242.59. I have a higher resolution of 3840 x 2400 with a PPI of 323.45. Which one should I use now? I normally set the scaling to a %, which gives me 38 excel rows meaning at the first option 175% and 225% at the second option. Sorry for the long comment. I hope you help me.
@Jush Josh. If you have time 🙏🏻
i bought this to use as 2nd monitor when i work out of the office. it works fine with my asus m16. it's light and bright, but the colour seems off. in particular the reds (pure red with rgb of 255, 0,0) is too orangey. is there a way to calibrate it? it's not bad enough to return it as i'm doing autocad and not photo editing on it. it's just a bit jarring next to my other monitors that display red as red.
What do you think of this compared to lenovo m14d
Love the monitor but lost my cable :(
I bought a usb4 cable with 100w power delivery but didn't work, display worked for 2 seconds before shutting down again.
Any ideas which cable could work?
Have you tested it with a PS5? I know it’s a productivity monitor but as a casual gamer I wanna know how good it performs. Thanks!
How hard would it be to mount this to the front of a MicroITX PC case? Specifically I'm looking at the NZXT H1 v2
Does this portable monitor have a built-in speaker?
how long is the warranty period for the LG portable monitor?
Anyone can recommend USB-C to HDMI adapter for windows PC? My PC only have HDMI port. I bought an adapter but did not work.
Does it need any extra drivers to be installed?
Is it touch screen will my pen work on i?
@Josh: Will it work with Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra USB C Out?
FYI, if you have a Surface Pro or Go, you can use it as an external monitor.
Very cool. I didn't know that
È compatibile con iPad Air?
Hey great review! Do you know the LGs rated power (Wattage)? I can't seem to find it out online.
Looking at alternative monitors like Uperfect, it seems like LG has overpriced this monitor for the specs it has. For 2/3rds of the price you can get one with higher brightness or colour depth, but most of these tend to require another power cable or to drop the resolution down to 1080p to avoid flickering issues. Have you experienced any issues using the one cable from your Macbook?
Thanks
All I see on it is 5 Volt - 2 Amps. I had one broken cable (not the one it came with) and that happened. But with the cable it comes with, no issues at all. Works perfectly
@@JustJoshTech Thanks for the fast response! I too have a M1 Pro, did you not struggle with the difference in resolution or brightness?
Thanks again
@@MorpheusLoopYMCMB not at all. Works well
@@JustJoshTech does it allow power pass through?
Hello friend, how are you? Excuse me, could you help me by saying how convenient it would be to have 2 of these monitors with a 14" macbook pro, to work 8 hours a day as a developer, I want to buy them because I am going to start traveling for my job and I need to increase my productivity but I don't want to finish my macbook's battery, thank you very much in advance.
They are very good, but i would only use them when the Macbook is on wall power
When using this with macOS, does the resolution scale well? For example, 1280x800 ? Or will it only run at 2560x1600? And did you notice any distortion of text on Mac?
also curious about this
I purchased the LG external monitor several months ago. I use it with a Macbook Air M1 and Mac Mini Pro M2. The display automatically scales the resolution to 1280x800, and it looks very sharp. You can manually adjust the resolution to 2560x1600, but I wouldn't recommend it. The interface is too small to read at that resolution (for me anyway). You can also adjust the zoom in applications, so the 1280x800 isn't very limiting. I love the fact it only needs to be connected to a usb-c port. I am happy with this purchase and use the monitor daily. Really good value if you can find it on sale. I think I paid around $300AUD on sale.
@@michaelvozzo6500 awesome, thank you!
He talks about laptops having a smaller screen but proceeded to use a external screen that’s exactly the same amount of screen
Are you able to connect the monitor to something like a xbox if you use a usb c to hdmi cable and the other usb c port to charge the display?
for 300 bucks it's good but is it good enough to replace a 600usd android tablet? no save up this is not something u can use on the bed even with Samsung dex
you know some 16" tablet for 600usd ?
@@JanSuchomel no 16 is too big for something u can carry around
@@3mar00ss6 but this is 16", tablet is 14" so not really comparable. Productivity is much better on 16" so your argument with tablet is invalid.
@@JanSuchomel what argument bruh, I never even taled about productivity what are you on about all I said was this can't replace an Android tablet for those who wanna watch content on a bed so don't think of buying if for that purpose stop imagining arguments bruh 💀
@@3mar00ss6 Of course it cannot replace android tablet it is external monitor not an android tablet. Same way it cannot replace fridge for those who wanna look for food at night because it is external monitor not a fridge. So do not buy it for that purpose.
Its suit for ps5
Why not just get an iPad and use sidecar?
You certainly could, but the screen would be significantly smaller, and it would cost a lot more
@@JustJoshTech and you need a MacBook...
@@youp1tralala Yes lol... that too
lol for obvious reasons. That's like buying a car because you need a stereo.
It's the flatron
Can you link two portable models to the computer (ie having three screens)
Should work if you have two thunderbolt USB c ports