3 ms·

Is there such a thing as a tablet that accepts video input? In other words, use it as a tablet, then connect a mini hdmi or whatever and it turns into a monitor

Is there such a thing as a tablet that accepts video input? In other words, use it as a tablet, then connect a mini hdmi or whatever and it turns into a monitor. Disconnect, and it's a tablet again.

flylikeabanana 2y ago
The recently released Minisforum V3 AMD tablet has this: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-v3 https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-v3
dspillett 2y ago
There are certainly some e-ink devices that are able to do this, the TechnologyConnections fellow did a couple of videos that cover it, amongst other things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfX0vlCa4k#t=15m50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfX0vlCa4k#t=15m50 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38dcArwCNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38dcArwCNc Though he is using a Boox product and I'm wary of them over the GPL violation thing: as well as the general “they'd piss & moan and send the lawyers round if someone took their stuff and used it unlicensed” hypocrisy, the paranoid cynic in me thinks there is something they want to hide in their customisations (hooks for calling home or some such). Also, those clips are a few years old now so some of the problems he was having may have been ironed out in newer devices & software updates. Another option is running a VMC client on any tablet that isn't walled off so that you can't: there are a number of VNC servers that create a hidden virtual screen and mirror that so the connecting client because the extra screen.
0x457 2y ago
I use a hdmi capture dongle with iPad to turn it into a monitor. Not quite what you want, but as an option.
- boochiboo12 2y ago
  Which dongle do you use? This is the best option at the moment till we can afford a more expensive chip in the next gen that accepts hdmi in Still on the hunt for a really good video capture / hdmi capture dongle
  - 0x457 2y ago
    I'm using this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z3XDYQ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z3XDYQ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
nfriedly 2y ago
The minisforum v3 is a windows tablet that can also act like a monitor - https://www.minisforum.com/page/v3/index.html?lang=en https://www.minisforum.com/page/v3/index.html?lang=en And, I think the lenovo yoga tab 13 is an Android tablet with a similar feature: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/tablets/android-tablets/lenovo-tab-series/lenovo-yoga-tab-13/wmd00000469 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/tablets/android-tablets/lenov...

Is there such a thing as a tablet that accepts video input? In other words, use it as a tablet, then connect a mini hdmi or whatever and it turns into a monitor. Disconnect, and it's a tablet again.

flylikeabanana 2y ago

The recently released Minisforum V3 AMD tablet has this: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-v3 https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-v3

dspillett 2y ago

There are certainly some e-ink devices that are able to do this, the TechnologyConnections fellow did a couple of videos that cover it, amongst other things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfX0vlCa4k#t=15m50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfX0vlCa4k#t=15m50 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38dcArwCNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38dcArwCNc Though he is using a Boox product and I'm wary of them over the GPL violation thing: as well as the general “they'd piss & moan and send the lawyers round if someone took their stuff and used it unlicensed” hypocrisy, the paranoid cynic in me thinks there is something they want to hide in their customisations (hooks for calling home or some such). Also, those clips are a few years old now so some of the problems he was having may have been ironed out in newer devices & software updates. Another option is running a VMC client on any tablet that isn't walled off so that you can't: there are a number of VNC servers that create a hidden virtual screen and mirror that so the connecting client because the extra screen.

0x457 2y ago

I use a hdmi capture dongle with iPad to turn it into a monitor. Not quite what you want, but as an option.

boochiboo12 2y ago
Which dongle do you use? This is the best option at the moment till we can afford a more expensive chip in the next gen that accepts hdmi in Still on the hunt for a really good video capture / hdmi capture dongle
- 0x457 2y ago
  I'm using this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z3XDYQ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z3XDYQ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

nfriedly 2y ago

The minisforum v3 is a windows tablet that can also act like a monitor - https://www.minisforum.com/page/v3/index.html?lang=en https://www.minisforum.com/page/v3/index.html?lang=en And, I think the lenovo yoga tab 13 is an Android tablet with a similar feature: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/tablets/android-tablets/lenovo-tab-series/lenovo-yoga-tab-13/wmd00000469 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/tablets/android-tablets/lenov...