Question 1

Does this work as a standard tv screen that you can stream netflix and hulu on?

Accepted Answer

Not form the standpoint that it has no inputs like HDMI or the like. It is not a stand-alone monitor. It receives both its power and video from USB ports and the video is driven by your CPU. If you wanted to watch Hulu or Netflix on it at a secondary monitor it would work fine for that. I've had no problems with watching video on this monitor. But it will not unfortunately work as a "standard" TV.

Question 2

If this monitor gets its video signal and power by USB, and used with a laptop, can one still use a third monitor by the laptop's standard VGA port?  Can I use three screens with my laptop?

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The monitor is only powered by USB and the Display is through USB as well.  You can still use your monitor port for another monitor but you do need 2 USB ports for this monitor.  It worked right out of the box after installing the drivers from the included CD.  You can always download them as well.  It Worked great with my Samsung Series 7 slate with Windows 8 as well as with Windows 7on my desktop.

Question 3

This work on a macbook Pro as a dual screen?

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It's supposed to, although I haven't tried it on my macbook pro yet.

It is also listed on AOC's website as mac compatible. I would post the link but newegg won't allow it.

Question 4

Can I mount this on drywall with a wall mount?

Accepted Answer

There are no standard vesa mounting bracket points on the back of the monitor if that is what you mean. It is only the pivoting stand which can prop the monitor up in portrait or landscape mode.

I suppose if you wanted to hack the stand to fit that usage or drill holes you could, but I imagine in that use case scenario you would be better off just getting a regular monitor, especially if this is to be somewhat in a fixed place. The big draw of this monitor is that it is portable. Something you can put in your backpack and power off your laptop when you are traveling/working.

The tradeoff of powering off the laptop is that the viewing angles aren't terribly great, and the refresh rate isn't wonderful either. Display is plenty bright, however. I wouldn't use this to watch/edit video or play games on.

I have hooked this up to my laptop at work and it does great for what its intended: another monitor to fill up with documents and spreadsheets, etc.

I had a different experience at home when I hooked it up to the usb ports on front of my tower pc. it was extremely slow to refresh. not sure what the deal was there. (Perhaps power limitations on those ports or that they were usb 3?)

If you just want a display that can be vesa mounted permanently but don't have a spare vga/dva/hdmi/displayport I think the better solution would be to buy a usb display adapter to use with a regular monitor.

This monitor merely has it's usb display adapter built in. It's the same technology: Displaylink. a regular monitor hooked up to a usb displaylink adapter will function far better than this monitor, as it isn't constrained by the design requirement to be portable and powerable off a laptop's usb ports.

Question 5

Can I simply load my files into the Monitor?  Or does it run from my lap top?  I will need two monitors.

I plan to use it to read music for duo pianos.  The material must be the same for both monitors, and would be controlled with a foot pedal.  Please recommend one, or two.

Many thanks.

Ron Surace

Accepted Answer

Hello Ron,

This is a great monitor for sure,  it is fairly thin, quite durable,  i'm great value for the money.   I'm not quite sure if it can do what you are asking.

The main benefit to this monitor is that it is USB powered and can be simply plug into your laptop and you don't have to worry about an extra  Power cord.   It is quite a convenient monitor to travel with.

Once you have it plugged into your laptop,  as with any additional display,  you can have the screen mirror what's on your primary monitor or you can have an extension and have different applications open on each monitor.   There isn't a way to load files on the monitor without it being plugged into a PC if that is what you are asking.

I highly recommend this monitor for heavy travelers and for a budget friendly bright display,  but it does not have its own internal storage,  and must be connected to a PC through USB.

I hope this helps!

- Jonathan

Question 6

Is this travel monitor compatible with the Dell Inspiron 3520 laptop?

Accepted Answer

This should work with any USB 2.0 or higher port. You may need to download a driver for the screen if the driver on the monitor is not compatible. But usually when you first plug it in the drive, it just needs to be installed from the monitor. the monitor itself is great.

Question 7

Is this compatible with a MacBook Pro?

Accepted Answer

I used mine with a MacBook Pro 15, although you'll need to download the new displaylink driver that works with MacOS Mavericks if you have that installed.  If you google "MacOS displaylink" you'll be able to download the new driver.

Question 8

I deploy new computers for a living where I frequently have to switch monitors and keyboards back and forth on desktops with windows 7. Could this monitor be used plug and play as the sole monitor without driver installation on a windows 7 desktop to avoid having to swap monitors from one machine to the next?

Accepted Answer

I am not sure I fully understand your question.  However, remember that the monitor connects via usb.  This means that the computers video card is not used (at least directly).  Rather, a "driver" is installed that emulates a video card in software and streams the data via usb to this monitor.  This is why this monitor could never be used to play games.  So the monitor relies heavy on a driver that it can get from windows update or that comes with it on a cd.  I think therefore because of the "without driver installation" component of your question, the answer would be no.   I am a software engineer and it does make for an excellent second monitor for my laptop when traveling since it is of sufficient quality and resolution and is powered solely from the Usb (which means ultimately it can be powered with my laptop's lithium battery when no outlet is available).  I hope this helps.

Question 9

Does this work with ubuntu?

Accepted Answer

It does! It is a mostly plug-and-play device on kernel 3.9 and above (i.e. 13.10), but requires a bit more involved of an installation procedure for older ubuntu versions. Googling for the model number of the monitor + ubuntu has a few different walkthroughs depending on the release you're using.

Question 10

Does this monitor work with Windows 7 Home OS?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it works with Windows 7 Home. Just a reminder, the brightness is not adjustable and it stays at very high, which is too bright in my opinion.

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