Author: Warren Farm
Rating: 5
Review: Easy to plug in and use, and highly portable. Great if you have a tiny laptop and need a second screen but don't want to be tied to one desk. It works in landscape or portrait mode - just turn it and it rotates the image to suit - which is great when working on documents or spreadsheets. I also have the USB-C version for a different laptop, which is even better (though was a bit tricky to set up, if I remember rightly. Got there in the end). It's also slimmer and has better quality screen, so if you have a choice of USB 3 or C, go C. Only complaint is that you can't get it to sit as vertically as I'd like, and it's a bit unstable when it's at the limit of its verticality. A slightly longer leg would make a big difference. Similar issues with verticality on the USB-C version, though that has a magnetic folding cover like a tablet, which also helps protect the screen.
Author: Andy
Rating: 2
Review: I got this monitor to place on my desk. I'd run out of HDMI ports on my PC, so thought a USB monitor would be an ideal solution. However, the cable they provide is insanely short! While on my desk, it doesn't even each half way down to the floor. Luckily I had a USB 3 extension cable, so was able to connect everything up, and for a while it all seemed fine. However, there were unusual moments where the screen would just freeze on me. The picture would remain, so I wouldn't notice sometimes until I tried to move my mouse over to that area and noticed I couldn't see it. Eventually, I got fed up and re-positioned all of my cables, USB hub, etc so that I could plug it in directly, saving me a USB3 cable. However, when I plugged it directly into my USB hub it wouldn't display any picture. The strange thing is that it was plugged into the exact same port with the extension cable. I unplugged it, reconnected it to the extension cable, plugged it into the same port again, and was greeted with a picture. No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't get it to display a picture unless I used the extension cable. I called up Amazon technical support, and after explaining my issue, they didn't even attempt to help me, and instead offered a replacement or a refund. I therefore assumed that this issue had been somewhat common, so opted for the refund instead. Shame, because I did like having an extra monitor :(
