Customer Ratings & Reviews

It’s been barely 1 month and my monitor stopped working.

I do some of my work on the road and have tried various attachment and standalone Mobile monitors over the last several years. This unit attaches to your laptop monitor back with four round magnets, which would stay on the back of your laptop built-in screen even when the unit is not in use. When I am not in a remote location, I prefer to remove the portable laptop monitor as it alters the weight of the built-in screen and puts at least some stress on the hinges of the laptop. Typically I am plugged into a docking station if at my main work location And my desktop monitors are fairly high-quality professional monitors. The image quality is fair to good but not better than you would get on a quite an expensive desktop monitor. I wish the vertical resolution was 1200. The brightness rating is 300 but the highest I was able to test was about 257. It is not uncommon for peak brightness to be somewhat high in uncalibrated panels. The monitor was able to calibrate with a less than 3% variance at certain color levels. If your laptop has a USB-C port, it must have display port function built-in to use the single cable (power and video signal). If you do not have a single cable and additional cable is included which connects to a laptop, HDMI, port, and a mini HDMI port on the side of the portable monitor. Has this configuration does not provide power you must use the Included USB a or USB-C cord to power the monitor. Some modern laptop screens have a curved back surface and even if slight this can distort attaching portable monitor holder. The magnetic circles on the back of your monitor connect to oval elongated plates on the frame of the portable monitor, and then the actual monitor slides out to the right or left. When removing the portable monitor, one of the oval metal contacts on the frame, detached from the frame itself. In my opinion, the build quality could be improved by having these metal plates, be integrated or somewhat attached to the plastic rather than merely glued to the frame. In my experience, it is much better to have a portable monitor that attaches to your frame as if you are in a small desk or airport or using your lap to hold your laptop. There’s also provide support for the portable monitor. The freestanding, portable monitors that do not attach to the actual laptop in a firm fashion can be quite awkward unless you have a large desk available to you.

If you're looking for portable display expansion, this is a great option. First, setup is straight forward and easy. I just glanced at the quick install instructions and was able to set it up very quickly. The magnetic mounting is very handy to be able to take off the screen when traveling or not in use. Remains to be seen if the magnets stay attached to the laptop but there are replacement adhesive buttons included. It very stable in that it does not have any play when open and does not weigh down the laptop. Getting it running is as simple as plugging into an HDMI port on the laptop as well as a standard USB. Make sure you have both available on the device you plan to use. There were no drivers or anything to install. Just go into Display settings on the laptop and have it extend displays and you have two displays. The screen is very good at 1080p and 60 hz. Colors are bright. I wasnt sure if this would be useful but now see myself using it quite a bit seeing how mobile it is. I would highly recommend this.

If you are like me and like having a second screen when you are working at your computer then this is a must have accessory for you laptop. Setup consists of sticking four very strong magnets to your laptop screen lid. Then attaching the monitor cable to your computer (USB-C to HDMI inmy case). That's it. You now have a second, portable, screen for your laptop. First off, know this screen "feels" heavy on youn laptop lid. I'm using it with my 14 inch MacBook Pro which has a fairly strong and robust screen hinge but I could see this being an issue for less sturdy laptops. The screen is designed to slide out from its housing when attached to you laptop so when nit in use it's tucked out of your way. It does add some significant width to your machine that is impossible to notice. That being said it does detach easily enough from the attached magnets so if you are not you are not going to using for any length of time it can easily be removed restoring you computer to it's normal sleek appearence. If you are like me and work with several programs open at a time you already know how handy a second screen can be. The nice thing about this one is that it can easily travel with you on the road. Power or the display is provided via the USB-C to HDMI cable so nom extra cables to lug around with you. The display is only 1080P which isn't too bad in my opinion. Like I said earlier for me this is primarily a work display to have maybe a Word document on while us the primary dispklay for other things, Or maybe have a browser opened and running Sling to have the news on while workimg on the primary display. Colors are decent, not the kind of display to do color corretions for photos or videos. Over all this is worth the extra space in my backpack.

This device resolves an issue that most people that primary use a laptop experience. Laptops provide a convenience over desktops but it is not always easy to connect to an additional monitor or docking station. Installation is very easy. There is an included guide that allows the adhesive backed magnets to be lined up precisely. The adhered very well to my primary gaming laptop. It adds very little bulk to the laptop and only a little extra weight. Connection is via a cable to the laptop HDMI port and power is provided a USB connection. An added benefit is that it has dongle that allows it to connect to a USB-A or USB-C port. This is huge benefit since most newer laptops have a limited number of connection ports. Once is centered and mounted on the laptop cover, you simply slide it open and pull it out to use. The angle can be adjusted and even swing 180 degrees to use in a presentation mode. The screen resolution is very good and effortlessly allows swapping screens. One thing to keep in mind is that the refresh rate is 60mhz so if your primary monitor has a higher refresh rate it will be limited to match the secondary screen. Quality build seems very good and connection is firm and sturdy.

It is a good display, worth its price. Few things to consider before buying: it is pretty large and heavy so if your laptop screen opens very easy it will not handle it, as the weight will cause it to fall back. It is not designed to stand alone, if you want to put it next to the laptop not on it it will be gymnastics and folding mechanism tends to stuck pretty much every time you want to fold it.

Anyone who has multi-monitor setup at home or at an office can extoll the benefits of displaying more content simultaneously which can provide better focus. But when you're out and about with a laptop, you end up missing the productivity boost of having a multi-monitor setup. I was very excited to get this Mobile Pixels DUEX Max DS monitor and set it up on my ASUS Tuf Dash laptop. The DUEX Max DS is a 14.1 inch monitor housed underneath a sliding cover. Also in the box, there is a USB-C to USB-C cable with an adapter on one end to convert to USB-A. There is an HDMI to mini-HDMI cable. Also included is an alcohol wipe, 4 strong magnets with double sided tape on the back and several more double sided tape rounds in case you need to re-apply for whatever reason. I followed the directions to use the included paper template, which made installation very easy. After using the alcohol wipe on my laptop lid, I installed the magnets in the proper places. I was a little worried about magnets and my computer, but a quick test and I didn't see any adverse effects on my system. The easiest way to connect the DUEX Max DS screen is through the included USB-C to USB-C cable. This will provide power and video connection. You really do need to use their included cable as a generic USB-C data cable will not be enough to provide the DisplayPort protocol. If your laptop does not provide the required DisplayPort protocol over USB-C, you still need the USB-C cable for power and utilize the HDMI to mini-HDMI cable to provide the video output. My preference was to set up the DUEX Max DS to slide out of the right hand side of my ASUS laptop, but unfortunately, the included cable just isn't long enough to stretch from the left side USB-C ports. If I could have redesigned this screen, I would have set up the ports on the opposite of the screen to keep the ports closer to the center of the laptop. In the end, I had to settle for the DUEX Max DS sliding out the left side of my laptop to easily reach the left hand side ports. I was a little concerned I would have to go into the settings of the DUEX Max DS monitor to flip the display, but there is a built in sensor that takes care of this seamlessly. The design is well thought out. The magnets hold onto the DUEX Max DS screen using the metal grooves on the cover of the screen. When the screen is centered upon installation, the grooves allow you to shift the entire setup to one side in order to clear your laptop monitor. The DUEX Max DS screen can also pivot on its hinge to give you a little more immersive angle to your monitors. The display is bright and vivid. There are 3 buttons on the back of the display, up, down and enter. Getting into the menu and navigating was pretty easy. I didn't need to change any display settings. The DUEX Max DS screen weighs just under 2 pounds. While it is stowed, it doesn't make my laptop too bulky. However, I'm not very pleased with the double sided adhesive on the back of the magnets. I think the problem is that the ASUS Tuf Dash lid texture does not give the double sided tape the ideal surface to adhere to. When I have the DUEX Max DS screen extended, a few minutes later and the adhesive failed. I replaced the tape on two of the magnets already and it still hasn't improved. I even tried with some nano-grip tape and it had trouble keeping the magnets attached to my monitor. This leads me to my second desired improvement, a built in stand when in landscape position. (Mobile Pixels does sell an origami stand, but a built in stand would be preferable.) My last complaint is about compatibility. On the box itself, the DUEX Max DS is compatible with macOS and Windows. The literature in the box also includes Android phones and Nintendo Switch. I quickly connected it to my phone, a Google Pixel 6A. I was surprised that the DUEX Max DS powered up. However, it did not display my phone screen. I've experienced Samsung DeX on a previous Samsung phone and after looking at the Mobile Pixels site, it does specify Samsung DeX. So I was disappointed with that. However, I also connected it to my Switch and again, no display. My experience with the Mobile Pixels DUEX Max DS Portable monitor has me quite disappointed. The display itself is great. But the attachment to my monitor is poor and the advertised compatibility did not prove true.

This works really well with my laptop I work remote and don’t always like to work from home but like having dual monitors