Portable Monitor Says No Cable

Says it all.

Says it all

I DOSE WHAT IT SAYS .

This is a great cable. Works great with my portable monitor. It's so tiny and fits great in my bag.

Can never have enough of these. Says they only last 200 times though but I think they will last way longer.

Works Like It Says

I am very pleased with this portable monitor. I use it as an extra monitor for various computers, and as a portable TV to set up connected to a small cable box. It is good for both uses. The only thing I wish for in the latter use would be for external volume control. Volume has to be set via the built in menus, but they are easy to navigate and the fact that I can use this as a small HD television with cable box is just a bonus.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I ordered this to use to connect a portable monitor to a long, thick hdmi cable. The long thick hdmi cable was too unwieldy to use with the portable monitor, but the hyper thin cable works perfectly.

I needed a compact, simple, high-quality, secondary display to sit beside my main monitor. I very much wanted a portable monitor, but not to actually carry around with me, just not an ordinary display with the clutter of power cord/stand/etc. It will mostly be sitting in one place, but the nature of my work involves frequent changes to all the hardware connected to my system, so a degree of portability is great. What I also didn't really want was the usual origami case/cover/stand that comes with most portable monitors. I think they're great, but just not right for this particular usage. Before the Lenovo I tried an Asus Zenscreen, which was pretty awesome, but had a battery (great for true portable use!) but wouldn't power-up if the battery needed charging, which is a hassle I don't need. The Asus also had an HDMI input, which the Lenovo lacks, and also built-in speakers (if I recall correctly). Again, for true portable use, the speakers are almost a must-have, so for some people the Lenovo won't fit the bill. The lack of HDMI support is a little disappointing, for sure, but even though I would have made use of it, it also wasn't a deal breaker (for me). So, yes, if all you need is the display, and your computer/device supports video over USB-C, this is a great option. Minor gripe is the straight plug and length of the supplied USB-C cable. A right-angled plug and another foot or so of length would have been much better. I had to buy a separate cable, and (as I discovered the hard way!) not many USB-C cables support the alt mode of Displayport-over-USB, and the correct cable wasn't cheap! For me, in this particular scenario, this Lenovo is pretty much perfect. For some people it may be a little too basic, so for those people I'd say try the Asus.

No issues at all with Macbook Pro. 3' cable is the perfect length with laptop and monitor on the same desk.