For business workers that spend a lot of time on-the-go, a portable monitor can be a great addition to any typical mobile work solution. Not only can these secondary monitors create more flexibility in your temporary workspace, but they can also help to increase your productivity. Primarily, portable monitors are designed to extend a laptop screen or even to scale up a mobile device for a more complete work station and better workflow. Not only that, but they also make for a great secondary monitor to ultimatley improve your productivity when working with any standard desktop setup as well as with any work-from-home environment. With all that said, for those that regularly have to do office work while traveling, the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor is a great choice to go with to further extend your mobile work station.
The Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor features a brilliant 15.6″ 4K UHD Touchscreen that’s super-responsive at just 20 ms, boasting both True LED Backlighting and support to Smart Mirroring, built-in dual Hi-Fi speakers for an immersive stereo sound, and also Universal Compatibility thanks to its multiple connection ports.
Note that this is in fact the 2nd-generation of Desklab’s awesome portable monitor, now coming with some extra improvements that help to keep its users even more productive while traveling.
For its connectivity, the Desklab Monitor can transform any device into a 4K workstation, as this portable monitor comes fully equipped with a full-sized HDMI port, two USB-C ports, a USB-A port, and a 3.5mm Aux port. It can also be used with the PS4, PS5, Xbox 1, Xbox X, Switch, and more.
In addition, it also comes with a standalone USB-C AC Charger (5V / 4A) that allows you to charge other devices while on-the-go.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at this portable monitor and check out everything that the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with its size, this portable monitor comes packing an ultra-thin design, measuring just 0.14 inches in width (3.5 mm), which means that it is noticeably thinner than most laptops for artists, and even slightly thinner than Apple’s famous iPad Mini.
Moreover, the device is also extremely lightweight, weighing just 25.57 oz. (725 g), all while also featuring a simple, minimalist and ultra-modern design.
For its screen, the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor comes boasting a brilliant 15.6″ 4K UHD (Ultra-HD) IPS Touchscreen that’s extremely responsive at just 20 ms. You can also set its screen to work at a 1080p FHD (Full-HD) resolution.
The device’s screen also features True LED Backlighting and vivid color, as it can operate within a wide Color Range of exactly 16.7 M colors and at a 1200:1 Contrast Ratio. And for its lighting settings, this sleek portable monitor can have its screen set to work at a maximum Luminance level of 400 cd / ㎡.
As such, you can be assured that this portable monitor is fully capable of providing you with a really quick performance along with really sharp and vivid images.
The unit’s 4K UHD IPS Touchscreen is also quite durable, and supports all of your typical touch-functions, meaning that you can drag, pinch, zoom, scroll, or spin with your fingers for an amazingly natural and effortless touch.
Still, it’s important to note that the Desklab Monitor’s touchscreen functionalities will only work on devices that have been designed to receive touchscreen signals, meaning devices that are touchscreen-enabled. For example, if your connect it to a laptop that’s not touchscreen-compatible, this monitor will not be touchscreen compatible either.
The unit’s brilliant 15.6″ 4K UHD IPS Touchscreen is also designed with Eye-Care in mind, as it also comes boasting multiple eye-protecting features such as low flicker, low blue light, and anti-glare in order to make it safe for your eyes when using it for multiple hours.
Thanks to that, you can be assured that you can use this portable monitor to work for longer periods of time, ultimately allowing you to power through any extra work-hours or any all-night study sessions, all without having the cost of potentially getting a migraine, itchy eyes, or ending up with blurry vision.
It’s also worth noting that the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor also comes equipped with a Magnetic Cover that is made of high-quality materials, which easily allows it to withstand any potential wear and tear that comes with transporting this portable monitor around.
More impressively, the unit’s Magnetic Cover also doubles as a Kickstand, which ultimately allows you to set this portable monitor in a diagonal Viewing Angle of up to 178°.
Note that you can also set-up this portable monitor to work in a Portrait Viewing Mode, meaning in a Vertical Display Mode.
Moreover, the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor also comes equipped with built-in dual Hi-Fi speakers – which come integrated at the bottom side of its Magnetic Cover – that ultimately make this portable monitor capable of producing an immersive stereo sound.
Best of all, this portable monitor also boasts support to Smart Mirroring, even for Smartphones. Thanks to that, you can ultimately use this portable monitor to transform any sort of media content on your Smartphone to have a more immersive cinematic experience with crystal clear audio and 4K resolution while you’re on-the-go.
INTERFACE, CONNECTIVITY & POWER OPTIONS
Last but not least, we have the device’s wide-array of connectivity ports. As said before, the Desklab Monitor can transform any device into a 4K workstation, as this portable monitor also features Universal Compatibility thanks to its multiple connection ports.
That said, at the bottom-left side of the device, going from top to bottom, we have a a 3.5mm Aux port, a followed by a USB-C port that’s used for powering up the device via its standalone USB-C AC Charger (5V / 4A), followed by another USB-C port (this one for multi-device connectivity), followed by a full-sized HDMI port.
So, for powering up this monitor, you can either connect the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor directly to its USB-C AC Charger (5V / 4A), or alternatively, you can also connect it to any USB-C enabled device, for which the Desklab Monitor will then draw its power supply from.
I’d also like to mention that this portable monitor is powered by breakthrough technology that ultimately makes it very energy efficient. That ultimately allows this portable monitor to run in brilliant 4K while consuming less power than most leading monitors on the market today.
Note that you can also use the Desklab Monitor’s standalone USB-C AC Charger to re-charge the battery on other of your personal devices while you’re on-the-go.
Then, at the bottom-right side of the monitor, and again going from top to bottom, we also have a Volume Up Button, a Power On/Off Button, a Volume Down Button, and a USB-A Button.
Finally, it’s also worth noting that the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor can also be used with the PS4, PS5, Xbox 1, Xbox X, Switch, and more.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor features a brilliant 15.6″ 4K UHD Touchscreen that’s super-responsive at just 20 ms, boasting both True LED Backlighting and support to Smart Mirroring, built-in dual Hi-Fi speakers for an immersive stereo sound, and also Universal Compatibility thanks to its multiple connection ports.
It comes fully equipped with a full-sized HDMI port, two USB-C ports, a USB-A port, and a 3.5mm Aux port, allowing you transform any device into a 4K workstation, and it can also be used with the PS4, PS5, Xbox 1, Xbox X, Switch, and more. Plus, its USB-C AC Charger (5V / 4A) conveniently allows you to charge other devices while on-the-go.
All and all, the Desklab Ultralight Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor is designed for all purposes, including work, gaming, and more, as it packs a plethora of features that eliminate the need for cables, speakers, and dongles while traveling.
It’s perfect for perfect for business workers, freelancers and designers, travelers and anyone else in between. With it, you can ensure that you stay lightweight but still versatile enough to be able to remain productive while you’re on-the-go.
If you’re interested in buying it, each unit is currently discounted from its normal price of $700, now going for just $399 (saves you $301). You can order yours online right now, directly from Desklab’s official shopping page.