Looks very good man, and definitely super useful to pair it when coding or being on the go! Only bit I would love is the bottom bezel to be a lot smaller and it would be great 👌🏽 But as you said as a budget option it’s a pretty good deal 🔥
Monitor looks a great buy and great review Adam well done. Can you please clarify, can you connect the screen to a laptop just by the HDMI to Mini HDMI and have the USB C power come from a separate power socket (via an adapter plug)? Would that work as currently using my USB C DP port to run another monitor.
@@D76-z2h thanks yeah I don’t see why that wouldn’t work - I use the one cable but it’s the same as any device and I’d be confused if that wouldn’t work
@@thedeveloperadam Thankyou for answering and agree so have ordered one as what's especially good about this MSI one is it gives you the three ports rather than just a USB C DP connection which limits your options. Cheers.
I JUST bought one because of this video and have some questions.. 1. I purchased this to play poker on the road. I need a 2 screen set up to run 8 tables in total with 4 or each screen. If I use the USB c cable it just comes up as the same screen on both my laptop and the msi. If I plug the mini hdmi in at same time it automatically gives me 2 SEPARATE screens which I do need. So i have to use mini hdmi to get a second SEPARATE screen? Or am i doing something wrong? 2. My laptop has better sound and is there a way i can use my laptop as the speakers instead of the MSI. I'm not very good with tech Thanks!😂
@@supremeleaderarmy9164 The audio part should be easily sorted by clicking on the little speaker on your Taskbar (if using Windows) and selecting the laptop as the preferred output. If using Windows 10 or 11, I would first try right clicking on your blank desktop screen and choose the DISPLAY SETTINGS option. On that screen you can select what image each monitor shows. I suspect you need to swap your Monitor powered by the USB C to the EXTEND DESKTOP TO THIS DISPLAY option rather than duplicate the main screen option. That option menu will also allows you to position each monitor left or right of your main screen. Or howevert you choose. You can use the Identify option to flash a number on the screen of each monitor so you know which is which.
Having purchased this monitor the connectivity is great compared to many alternatives that offer a single USB C port (no HDMI option) that sends a Video signal (not all do). However the downside for me is the colours, which compared to my ASUS Zenscreen (Paid £20 more for that) look more washed. The stand is brilliant, so as a cheap portable monitor it's decent.
Can you play the Switch on it too? I was thinking of getting one for my work laptop, but it'd be handy for the switch as well. Although, I'd probably need to use the Switch Dock and a HDMI to Mini HDMI cable right? Noticed you had one on the desk there and wondered if you'd tried it out.
I haven’t tried! I would assume yes but I haven’t tried. It has 2 usb c ports and the mini hdmi so if you used the dock and plugged it into it I’d assume yes but I don’t use the switch enough to know sorry!
Hi, thanks for this very informative video. On the MSI site it says the USB-C ports are also for power-output. So it seems like it can do power-passthrough. Do you know if you could charge your phone if you connect a power supply to one of the USB-C ports, and the phone to the other one?
@@blu37hund3r I quickly plugged a power bank into the monitor and then my phone in, the phone did start to charge but I had no monitor connected as couldn’t find the other cable but looks like pass through charging did work
Hey, I am not able to connect the msi portable monitor with my phone. I have nothing 2 I am able to project my laptop. Is there anything else need to be installed/done to project mobile screen
@@thedeveloperadam I am using nothing 2, also I am trying with my iphone 15 and OnePlus Nord, phone is getting charged only. And it keeps populating no signal on the monitor screen
@@DebasisMohanty-ug6li that’s weird it’s literally just plug and play for me? The phone shouldn’t be charged as the MSI doesn’t power out only power in
@@thedeveloperadam yeah that's wired, I just get it delivered today itself. I have tried a diff c type cable, the laptop is working fine, there is something I am missing to connect the mobile.
G'iday, great video. Can this work on a linux raspberry pi 5 hdmi out to the monitor without drivers? Got a lenovo M15 and its going back to the shop. Needs intel hand shake win 11, and never works on android or amd . A real bush pig. Thanks Mate. Andrew NZ
I wish I'd seen this a week ago. I got a Lenovo M15 for Christmas, and it doesn't work on either of my laptops as they don't have lightning usb-c ports. My work laptop is only 11 months old, and as the guy in JBHIFI said, "You're not plugging it into a potato," so it should work. Nothing worked though, so I returned it and ordered this instead. Fingers crossed for a better result.
@Cricketkage hi there, msi do a monitor with speakers ,plug and play. Lenovo has a special hand shake lock with limited high end win 11 busness laptops. They look great but are a bush pig because of the nasty compatability issue. Msi all the way Andrew New Zealand
The problem with these portable displays is that they are too expensive for what they do. Asus models are twice the price and not better. If you want to use a 15 inch display as a viewfinder like you said, it means 99% of the time you'll be in a studio, so why not buy a cheaper monitor which has 99% sRGB, not 53% like the MSI. There are led projectors at the same price with 65% sRGB and hdr in portable form factor. There are 11 inch tablets at the same price and 99% sRGB
This product comes with lots of packaging and having bought one I know why. It's not durable. It's portable but if you put in your back pack for meetings on a daily basis it lasted 6 weeks with absolutely no scratches and they don't provide any warranty on screens. I have since bought the Viewsonic VG1655 and it's bullet proof.
@@thedeveloperadam Iv been looking at a bunch of videos and original poster above and his friends are leaving the EXACT comment all over youtube...😂....as the kids these days would say....SUS😮
I’m literally just traveling and needing an external monitor for my coding labs, I bought one off amazon but I tend not to buy an electronics off amazon bc I don’t necessarily trust that they don’t contains viruses or some type of ransomware underneath
G'iday, great video. Can this work on a linux raspberry pi 5 hdmi out to the monitor without drivers? Got a lenovo M15 and its going back to the shop. Needs intel hand shake win 11, and never works on android or amd . A real bush pig. Thanks Mate. Andrew NZ
Looks very good man, and definitely super useful to pair it when coding or being on the go! Only bit I would love is the bottom bezel to be a lot smaller and it would be great 👌🏽 But as you said as a budget option it’s a pretty good deal 🔥
Thanks man appreciate it! ❤️
Great review!
Thanks! 😁
Monitor looks a great buy and great review Adam well done.
Can you please clarify, can you connect the screen to a laptop just by the HDMI to Mini HDMI and have the USB C power come from a separate power socket (via an adapter plug)? Would that work as currently using my USB C DP port to run another monitor.
@@D76-z2h thanks yeah I don’t see why that wouldn’t work - I use the one cable but it’s the same as any device and I’d be confused if that wouldn’t work
@@thedeveloperadam Thankyou for answering and agree so have ordered one as what's especially good about this MSI one is it gives you the three ports rather than just a USB C DP connection which limits your options. Cheers.
I JUST bought one because of this video and have some questions..
1. I purchased this to play poker on the road. I need a 2 screen set up to run 8 tables in total with 4 or each screen. If I use the USB c cable it just comes up as the same screen on both my laptop and the msi.
If I plug the mini hdmi in at same time it automatically gives me 2 SEPARATE screens which I do need.
So i have to use mini hdmi to get a second SEPARATE screen? Or am i doing something wrong?
2. My laptop has better sound and is there a way i can use my laptop as the speakers instead of the MSI. I'm not very good with tech
Thanks!😂
@@supremeleaderarmy9164 The audio part should be easily sorted by clicking on the little speaker on your Taskbar (if using Windows) and selecting the laptop as the preferred output.
If using Windows 10 or 11, I would first try right clicking on your blank desktop screen and choose the DISPLAY SETTINGS option. On that screen you can select what image each monitor shows. I suspect you need to swap your Monitor powered by the USB C to the EXTEND DESKTOP TO THIS DISPLAY option rather than duplicate the main screen option. That option menu will also allows you to position each monitor left or right of your main screen. Or howevert you choose. You can use the Identify option to flash a number on the screen of each monitor so you know which is which.
Having purchased this monitor the connectivity is great compared to many alternatives that offer a single USB C port (no HDMI option) that sends a Video signal (not all do). However the downside for me is the colours, which compared to my ASUS Zenscreen (Paid £20 more for that) look more washed. The stand is brilliant, so as a cheap portable monitor it's decent.
£55 brand new on eBay pre Christmas sale today.
@@DeneF bargain
Ok, you sold me on this monitor. As it’s less than £80 to buy now.
@@jameswilliams3046 wow that’s cheap as!
Thank you bro. you helped me make up my mind , later
Thanks 👍
Can you play the Switch on it too? I was thinking of getting one for my work laptop, but it'd be handy for the switch as well. Although, I'd probably need to use the Switch Dock and a HDMI to Mini HDMI cable right? Noticed you had one on the desk there and wondered if you'd tried it out.
I haven’t tried! I would assume yes but I haven’t tried.
It has 2 usb c ports and the mini hdmi so if you used the dock and plugged it into it I’d assume yes but I don’t use the switch enough to know sorry!
mine doesnt power on with just the hdmi connector going into my desktop GPU ?
@@kevinguy9829 hdmi doesn’t do power delivery
@@thedeveloperadam oh no so the only way to power it with my pc is to have another usb c cable in there?
@ yeah there’s no battery so will need juice from usbc
Everything looks great but the speakers seem too quiet for me
Yeah they are quiet guess there’s only so much you can pack into it I still think it’s decent for £120 but would of been nice if louder!
Since you mention cloud gaming 8:59 does this work with 5g phones with mouse and keyboard on some mouse keyboarded supported games on geforce now?
@@Asadc1995 you know I haven’t tried like this tbh!
got two of these at costco for $130 CAD each :D
@@98053157 that’s a steal 👌🏼
Hi, thanks for this very informative video.
On the MSI site it says the USB-C ports are also for power-output. So it seems like it can do power-passthrough.
Do you know if you could charge your phone if you connect a power supply to one of the USB-C ports, and the phone to the other one?
@@blu37hund3r if it says so I’d imagine it wasn’t something I tried myself honestly
@ is there a way you may test that?
It‘s actually the only thing holding me back to buy it
@@blu37hund3r I quickly plugged a power bank into the monitor and then my phone in, the phone did start to charge but I had no monitor connected as couldn’t find the other cable but looks like pass through charging did work
@ thanks a lot!
Hey, I am not able to connect the msi portable monitor with my phone. I have nothing 2 I am able to project my laptop. Is there anything else need to be installed/done to project mobile screen
What phone you using, any warnings etc? I use both my iPhone and ROG phone 8 with no issues
@@thedeveloperadam I am using nothing 2, also I am trying with my iphone 15 and OnePlus Nord, phone is getting charged only. And it keeps populating no signal on the monitor screen
@@DebasisMohanty-ug6li that’s weird it’s literally just plug and play for me? The phone shouldn’t be charged as the MSI doesn’t power out only power in
@@thedeveloperadam yeah that's wired, I just get it delivered today itself. I have tried a diff c type cable, the laptop is working fine, there is something I am missing to connect the mobile.
@@DebasisMohanty-ug6li turn the brightness down on the MSI screen t about 70-80% and try maybe the phone doesn’t have enough output
G'iday, great video. Can this work on a linux raspberry pi 5 hdmi out to the monitor without drivers?
Got a lenovo M15 and its going back to the shop. Needs intel hand shake win 11, and never works on android or amd . A real bush pig.
Thanks Mate.
Andrew NZ
I wish I'd seen this a week ago. I got a Lenovo M15 for Christmas, and it doesn't work on either of my laptops as they don't have lightning usb-c ports. My work laptop is only 11 months old, and as the guy in JBHIFI said, "You're not plugging it into a potato," so it should work. Nothing worked though, so I returned it and ordered this instead. Fingers crossed for a better result.
@Cricketkage hi there, msi do a monitor with speakers ,plug and play.
Lenovo has a special hand shake lock with limited high end win 11 busness laptops.
They look great but are a bush pig because of the nasty compatability issue.
Msi all the way
Andrew New Zealand
I can't connect my phone why?
@@mikeyrowlands8551 what phone I assume the phone has to support ability for external screens
@@thedeveloperadam samsung s20 5g
Can it be done with a c port to c port.?
@@mikeyrowlands8551 that’s what I use in the video usb c to usbc
The problem with these portable displays is that they are too expensive for what they do. Asus models are twice the price and not better. If you want to use a 15 inch display as a viewfinder like you said, it means 99% of the time you'll be in a studio, so why not buy a cheaper monitor which has 99% sRGB, not 53% like the MSI. There are led projectors at the same price with 65% sRGB and hdr in portable form factor. There are 11 inch tablets at the same price and 99% sRGB
£99 uk pounds at argos
Nice that’s a steal 👌🏼
Really? I guess I missed that deal as it is £119 as of yesterday.
Contrast looks very poor though.
@@armdrk3233 I think it’s fair for the price
This product comes with lots of packaging and having bought one I know why. It's not durable. It's portable but if you put in your back pack for meetings on a daily basis it lasted 6 weeks with absolutely no scratches and they don't provide any warranty on screens. I have since bought the Viewsonic VG1655 and it's bullet proof.
Really? I’ve had no issues yet but of course I haven’t been travelling with mine yet sorry to hear it, I’ll have to checkout the viewsonic!
can you connect you CPU directly to the Viewsonic portable monitor? Would love to hear more about that
You got scratches even though it was transported in the case provided?
It’s $200 more with the same tech specs so I’d hope the $100 price diff was for durability
@@thedeveloperadam
Iv been looking at a bunch of videos and original poster above and his friends are leaving the EXACT comment all over youtube...😂....as the kids these days would say....SUS😮
Bro shall i need to turn on usb debugging to connect with this monitor?
I’m literally just traveling and needing an external monitor for my coding labs, I bought one off amazon but I tend not to buy an electronics off amazon bc I don’t necessarily trust that they don’t contains viruses or some type of ransomware underneath
Really? I’ve never had issues buying from Amazon.
G'iday, great video. Can this work on a linux raspberry pi 5 hdmi out to the monitor without drivers?
Got a lenovo M15 and its going back to the shop. Needs intel hand shake win 11, and never works on android or amd . A real bush pig.
Thanks Mate.
Andrew NZ
@@aandscrawfoski honestly no idea buddy everything I tried it with is shown in this video - sorry!