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I'd be really excited if they offer this as part of their ZenScreen portable monitor range. They seem to be currently mostly 1080p but a folding 17" or larger

by Lio 4y ago

I'd be really excited if they offer this as part of their ZenScreen portable monitor range. They seem to be currently mostly 1080p but a folding 17" or larger HiDPI screen for an existing laptop would be brilliant. I generally like smaller laptops like the MacBook Air or XPS 13. I could see me using a tri-fold ZenScreen in hotel room and then just the laptop on a plane/train tray table. https://www.asus.com/Displays-Desktops/Monitors/ZenScreen/ https://www.asus.com/Displays-Desktops/Monitors/ZenScreen/

ddalex 4y ago
I've been pitching for a while hinged screens, like double laptop screen that unfolds a second same-size screen above the first. The fold seems like a nice touch, if this would come as a separate portable monitor I'd buy it in a pinch.
Terretta 4y ago
> smaller laptops like the Macbook Air iPad Pro 12.9” as external second hidpi/retina monitor for Macbook is remarkable in three modes - USB-C to USB-C for all day powered zero latency extended desktop - WiFi for cable free extended desktop - keyboard mouse sharing (by pushing your Macbook cursor against the side of your laptop screen by the iPad, till it “pops” onto the iPad) for seamlessly running Macbook apps and iPad apps side by side using your main keyboard/mouse, able to not just cut and paste but drag and drop (!!!) between the two devices and OSes. And then just the iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard (and its trackpad) on the plane/train tray table (hinge design sets the screen in from the hinge, allowing use in shallower depths like the tray tables).
- breakfastduck 4y ago
  Also considerably more expensive than a monitor.
  - sudosysgen 4y ago
    And considerably worse in every way, especially compared to modern OLEDs and high refresh rate LCDs.
    - Terretta 4y ago
      Which is considerably worse, the monitor or the iPad? Comparing this: 12.9” mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display 2732x2048 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi) 2D backlighting system with 2596 full‑array local dimming zones 120 Hz refresh ProMotion technology Wide color display (P3) True Tone display Multi‑Touch input Apple Pencil input w/ pressure and tilt sensitivity Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating Fully laminated display Antireflective coating 1.8% reflectivity SDR brightness: 600 nits max XDR brightness: 1000 nits max full screen, 1600 nits peak (HDR content only) 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio … to what’s available on Amazon in 4K or 5K screens with no computer (iPad or iMac) attached, I can mostly only buy the LGs for $1400 to $1700, and they don’t work with a stylus. The comp isn’t really a monitor anyway, it’s a Wacom Cintiq Pro.
      - sudosysgen 4y ago
        Have you ever used an iPad Pro with Sidecar - ie, as an external moniyor? I have! You're going to be compromising heavily. Bye bye to 120hz, you're going to be struggling to hit 60hz sometimes. Hello to video compression, so all those pixels are going to be far from what they can actually do. Any real external monitor is, I'm sorry to tell you, going to blow it out of the water in image quality, and it's not even close. Especially if there is any movement or if you're going to be pushing more frames. It's just the name of the game. It's real competition isn't external displays, because it really can't compete there. It's laptops with pen support. And it can't compete against those either. Believe me, I tried to make it work, it just can't.
    - happyopossum 4y ago
      You clearly haven't seen a modern iPad Pro screen if you think it's inferior 'in every way' to other portable monitors. 120Hz refresh, super high pixel density, amazing color replication, I could go on. they're beautiful. What high-refresh rate OLED travel monitors are you comparing it to?
- user_7832 4y ago
  How do you do the usb c to usb c zero latency setup?

by Lio 4y ago

ddalex 4y ago

I've been pitching for a while hinged screens, like double laptop screen that unfolds a second same-size screen above the first. The fold seems like a nice touch, if this would come as a separate portable monitor I'd buy it in a pinch.

Terretta 4y ago

> smaller laptops like the Macbook Air iPad Pro 12.9” as external second hidpi/retina monitor for Macbook is remarkable in three modes - USB-C to USB-C for all day powered zero latency extended desktop - WiFi for cable free extended desktop - keyboard mouse sharing (by pushing your Macbook cursor against the side of your laptop screen by the iPad, till it “pops” onto the iPad) for seamlessly running Macbook apps and iPad apps side by side using your main keyboard/mouse, able to not just cut and paste but drag and drop (!!!) between the two devices and OSes. And then just the iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard (and its trackpad) on the plane/train tray table (hinge design sets the screen in from the hinge, allowing use in shallower depths like the tray tables).

breakfastduck 4y ago
Also considerably more expensive than a monitor.
- sudosysgen 4y ago
  And considerably worse in every way, especially compared to modern OLEDs and high refresh rate LCDs.
  - Terretta 4y ago
    Which is considerably worse, the monitor or the iPad? Comparing this: 12.9” mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display 2732x2048 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi) 2D backlighting system with 2596 full‑array local dimming zones 120 Hz refresh ProMotion technology Wide color display (P3) True Tone display Multi‑Touch input Apple Pencil input w/ pressure and tilt sensitivity Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating Fully laminated display Antireflective coating 1.8% reflectivity SDR brightness: 600 nits max XDR brightness: 1000 nits max full screen, 1600 nits peak (HDR content only) 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio … to what’s available on Amazon in 4K or 5K screens with no computer (iPad or iMac) attached, I can mostly only buy the LGs for $1400 to $1700, and they don’t work with a stylus. The comp isn’t really a monitor anyway, it’s a Wacom Cintiq Pro.
    - sudosysgen 4y ago
      Have you ever used an iPad Pro with Sidecar - ie, as an external moniyor? I have! You're going to be compromising heavily. Bye bye to 120hz, you're going to be struggling to hit 60hz sometimes. Hello to video compression, so all those pixels are going to be far from what they can actually do. Any real external monitor is, I'm sorry to tell you, going to blow it out of the water in image quality, and it's not even close. Especially if there is any movement or if you're going to be pushing more frames. It's just the name of the game. It's real competition isn't external displays, because it really can't compete there. It's laptops with pen support. And it can't compete against those either. Believe me, I tried to make it work, it just can't.
  - happyopossum 4y ago
    You clearly haven't seen a modern iPad Pro screen if you think it's inferior 'in every way' to other portable monitors. 120Hz refresh, super high pixel density, amazing color replication, I could go on. they're beautiful. What high-refresh rate OLED travel monitors are you comparing it to?
user_7832 4y ago
How do you do the usb c to usb c zero latency setup?