Comment on AOC E1649FWU 16″ USB-Powered Portable LED Monitor – Glossy Black by Chiseled.
Does what it’s supposed to,
My business is retouching and post-production. So wherever I go I have to carry a mobile workstation with me in case my clients call and see they need something unplanned in a hurry. When you are used to working with 3 or 4 displays at the office, it’s irritating to be limited to one. This guy has been great so far. I use it for my tools and panels when in Photoshop. It’s also great to use on a daily basis with my laptop for my orders screen or email. I also like that it auto rotates to portrait. This is great for some of my long excel sheets or when I’m writing code. Even if I decide to do paperwork downstairs in front of my TV, it’s great that I can take this and my laptop and get some work done outside the confines of my office.
Pros:
small
thin
very light
USB only (no extra power adapter)
bright (from what I’ve read the Lenovo portable and toshiba are not bright at all)
landscape or portrait
Cons:
Uncontrollable brightness. For my eyes this is too bright, especially since I work in a very dim room 90% of the time. I contacted AOC and they confirmed that you cannot control the brightness
Not great for viewing video or images on.
The odd ration bugs me. 1366×768. Windows minimum recommendation is 1280×960. I don’t understand why all three of the portable displays out right now have this super skinny dimension.
No case (i just went and got a laptop sleeve that fits though)
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