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Sture
26-Aug-2014, 12:27 PM
I have just today aquired a Asus Full HD 15.6" secondary monitor for my laptop. It connects via USB port, has no external power supply and it fits nicely within my existing laptop carrier bag.

Cool feature: It re-orients automatically when I tilt the screen. Reading the newsgroups in vertical orientation is how the newsgroups are meant to be read.

The monitor is slim and weighs nothing and therefore is a superb fit for a developer on the move. It shall display my webapp-previewer henceforth for one thing.

It cost me the equivalent of 200$/150eur.

I just think you should all know and here is a link (http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/MB168BPlus/)


-Sture

Stephen W. Meeley
26-Aug-2014, 12:40 PM
Sture,

That looks really cool. Do you have any feel for what it does to battery life (or can you even run it if your laptop is only on battery)?

Sture
26-Aug-2014, 12:52 PM
Yes I do and yes you can.

On my Latitude E6530 it reduces battery time from 2.5 hours to 1.5 (bright room, both screens on full power).

Think of all the heavy power monitors this 5W baby makes redundant.

-Sture

Stephen W. Meeley
26-Aug-2014, 01:02 PM
Thanks for the info.

As for making redundant, for a lot of uses yes, but I doubt it'll ever replace the 24" Dell on my desk :cool:

Mark Powers
26-Aug-2014, 01:06 PM
Pretty cool Sture!
Thanks for sharing.
Mark

Sture
26-Aug-2014, 01:15 PM
But even not counting your monitor, it will still be a lot of monitors :o

-Sture

Jim Albright
26-Aug-2014, 01:38 PM
Here is another external USB powered monitor @ amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/AOC-E1649FWU-USB-Powered-Portable-Monitor/dp/B005SEZR0G/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1409078096&sr=8-5&keywords=Asus+MB168B%2B

this is the older USB 2.0


The newer USB 3.0 is
http://www.amazon.com/AOC-e1659Fwu-16-Inch-USB-Powered-Portable/dp/B00CMKOVMO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409078096&sr=8-3&keywords=Asus+MB168B%2B

Sture
26-Aug-2014, 01:42 PM
But those monitors are only 1366 x 768. Not good for programming in my opinion.

And btw, the Asus monitor is said to work with USB 2 as well.

-Sture

Jim Albright
26-Aug-2014, 02:42 PM
I am sure the AOC monitor for USB 3.0 is backwards compatible to USB 2.0 also. As far as monitors go, I tend to buy cheap.

Dennis Piccioni
26-Aug-2014, 02:51 PM
:)

Mike Cooper
26-Aug-2014, 03:06 PM
Slick!

Garret Mott
26-Aug-2014, 05:00 PM
I go the opposite route - I buy the best monitor I can afford. My eyes are worth it.... Just my opinion of course.

I will be checking this out Sture - thanks for posting!

Mike Cooper
26-Aug-2014, 06:24 PM
Two eyes... two monitors... seems natural

Garret Mott
26-Aug-2014, 08:42 PM
Unless you wear glasses, then you'd need 4.......

:p

Mike Cooper
26-Aug-2014, 08:59 PM
Or... if you wear contacts - Picture in Picture (PiP)

(Gosh that was awful... must be time for bed)

Garret Mott
26-Aug-2014, 09:41 PM
That's OK - we still think you're a pip!

Nils G. Svedmyr
27-Aug-2014, 02:25 AM
Hi Sture,

That is one slick monitor.

For my Thinkpad there is only a 1600x900 13" monitor available. So I would love having a monitor like yours while on the road.

But in the office I use two 28" retina monitors and one 24" 2048x1152 monitor. Much "betterer" than when on the road! :o

Dennis Piccioni
27-Aug-2014, 01:41 PM
This is one way in which the Star Trek future has become reality, far before the 23rd century. Actually, we have much nicer and larger personal displays than even the newer Star Trek shows used, and for a pittance. I bought my 27" ASUS monitor for under $300 over 4 years ago and I love it. With a 1920 * 1200 display, I can open as many Studio panels (code editor, code explorer, workspace explorer, DDO explorer, properties, debug panels, etc.) as I want and keep them open at all times.

chuckatkinson
27-Aug-2014, 03:09 PM
Pretty nice - waiting on a retina display and thunderbolt interface version for macs :D

Harm Wibier
1-Sep-2014, 04:45 AM
So you'll be needing a double seat at conferences from now on?

Sture
1-Sep-2014, 09:11 AM
Yes. And on the train.

I am still very pleased with it.

-Sture

Harm Wibier
1-Sep-2014, 10:01 AM
I can imagine. In the office (where I also work on the laptop) I nowadays plugin two 24 inch screens and I couldn't live without it any more.

Michael Mullan
1-Sep-2014, 10:09 AM
How exactly does one plug TWO 24" monitors into a laptop? There be dark magic here..

Focus
1-Sep-2014, 10:15 AM
One VGA and one HDMI ?

FrankValcarcel
1-Sep-2014, 10:32 AM
Couple of choices.
1 hdmi, 1 vga
1 hdmi, 1 displayport
1 hdmi, 1 vga, 1 or more USB
display port to chained display port monitors
display port to display port hub

If you search for Surface Po 3 multi monitor on google you'll a lto of options. We have been looking into moving to Surface Pro 3s with multi-monitors. Not real sure about the displayport hub/chaining yet.

Sture
1-Sep-2014, 11:16 AM
On anything but the newest laptops plugging in two monitors will either not work or disable the laptop screen.

Unless you use USB monitors. Then it's unlimited. There's a guy on youtube with 8 usb monitors connected.

-Sture

Nils G. Svedmyr
1-Sep-2014, 12:48 PM
I use a docking station and have three monitors connected + the laptop itself, but I disable the laptop monitor when docked. I can connect yet another monitor from the laptops thunderbolt connection if I would like to. All of them "retina" or 4k type monitors. I love my desktop setup :).

seanyboy
1-Sep-2014, 05:14 PM
I've got an AOC 1659 attached as a secondary monitor on my main desktop machine.
I use it for emails, music, documentation.

It's awesome - but if you buy one, get a USB extension cord. The cord that comes with it is way too short.

Stephen W. Meeley
1-Sep-2014, 05:21 PM
USB 3 docking station - one cable to your laptop and everything else into the station (keyboard, mouse, monitors, the whole shebang).

Mike Cooper
1-Sep-2014, 08:06 PM
As "geeks" we sure have taken the pen pocket protector to a whole new level. ... Who's the cool guys on the block now!!!

M

Harm Wibier
2-Sep-2014, 06:50 AM
One using the built in display port and the other using a USB 3.0 external video card (this one to be precise: http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_62404/merkmale.html).

FYI: One using VGA and the other on display port works but you'll see the difference in image quality with these high resolutions...

Dale
26-Nov-2014, 08:29 AM
Congratulations and thanks for sharing this.