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Need more screen real estate or dream of a big, bright monitor you can slip into your backpack? Tech expert Dave Taylor checks out the beautiful ViewSonic VX1755 17" Portable Gaming Monitor and finds that there's really a lot to see on this state-of-the-art unit.
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A 17-inch second display purely powered by USB-C
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Let's check this out. Dave Taylor here, and I use my laptop a lot
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And I'll tell you, there are times when I just don't have enough screen real estate
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So, enter a second screen. This is a beauty. This is the ViewSonic VX1755 17-inch
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portable gaming monitor. And it's a full 1920 by 1080 HD, which means it's a 1080p monitor
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But especially important is that it is 144 hertz update or refresh rate
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which means it can also be used as a gaming display. I'll show you in a second what it means
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to have a faster refresh, but basically, motion looks better. It's also an IPS display
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Now, a lot of people don't understand what IPS is. It stands for in-plane switching
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And what it primarily gives you is a wider angle of view
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So, you can see here, other than the reflections of my lighting sources
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that the display looks really clean, kind of regardless of what angle I put it at
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And that's exactly what IPS really brings you. Now, there's also some technology for color matching
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but you can see it is a bright, vivid color, and it has built-in speakers
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So, I'm mirroring the display on my MacBook Pro, and if I go into sound
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you can see that the VX1755, you can see right here, shows up as one of my outputs, right
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That's cool. So, let's give it a whirl. Let's see, I think if I go here
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and then we can just maybe watch this. This is getting a little old, but
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Hey, Dave Thiel here. Thanks for checking out my YouTube channel. So, what's worth noticing here
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is that these are the output speakers, and they're a little small. They don't sound particularly good
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but they're entirely functional, and they actually get loud. I've had other devices of this nature
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and the speakers are so quiet, you really can't hear anything. This is actually quite functional
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So, let me tell you a little bit more about it now that I have me
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let me pause where, maybe I look a little less angry. So, this also works with something called
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AMC FreeSync Premium, which is really cool. It's a VESA adaptive sync system
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which means that it can synchronize refresh rate with your PC screen
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so that when you're gaming, there's no weird jags or image distortion and stuff
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There's no flickering. They actually synchronize automatically. Pretty cool. Again, as you can see
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this is, see, I don't really have the rights to play anyone else's videos
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but I certainly have the rights to play mine's. It actually has dual 60 watt USB-C
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In fact, let me give you a little tour. So, on, stop here
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and on this side, you have the ports. So, you have two USB-C and a micro HDMI
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and this is a great thing, a 3.5 millimeter audio jack. So, you can plug in headphones, speakers, whatever
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If you want better sound, you can do that. Now, I have it mirroring what's on my display
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so you can see, which works out great for demos and teaching
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but you can also end up on your Mac or your PC or your Linux machine
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or I'm pretty sure your Chromebook, you could set it up as a second display
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so that you can move content onto it and move other content onto your main display
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and that is pretty cool, actually. So, on this side, you have all of your control buttons
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Now, one thing I didn't realize when I first got it hooked up is that you actually have to push the power button
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to turn it on, and you're thinking, dude, power button, that's pretty easy
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but a lot of these, once it gets a video signal, it automatically turns on
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So, that's worth knowing. It comes with some really nice instructions in, I don't know, 30 languages
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So, it gives you some basics, but the whole control side, as you can see in the closeup
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is really easy to work with, and that's really a huge benefit
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So, the speakers, they're dual integrated speakers. Again, they're little teeny tiny speakers
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like you'd find on a smartphone, so you're not gonna get great fidelity
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Now, it also comes with cables. So, what I'm using, I'm gonna unplug this
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so it'll turn off. I am using their USB-C to USB-C cable
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and it's kinda interesting because one side is a 90 degree connection
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the other one is a straight up connection. They're pretty big, heavy duty cables
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So, I think ViewSonic is used to dividing or developing cables that are gonna last a super long time
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Now, another option you have is USB-A to USB-C, so you could plug this into maybe an older PC
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and then use this on the device itself. And then the third option is mini HDMI to HDMI
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so all three cables come with it. And if you use this with a source
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that isn't sending power to, which is probably the USB-A and definitely the HDMI
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then you will need to also power it. So, that's generally where I think the USB-A comes in
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You plug it into this fairly chunky 60 watt power source. So, you'd use this for power to power the display
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and then you'd use like HDMI from your HDMI source to be able to actually push a signal onto it
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Now, I gotta say, ViewSonic, these are big. This is like an old school charger
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I'd like to see you use some gallium nitride or something, because there are chargers that offer just as much power
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at a third or half of the size, and why not give us more sleek and slim power sources
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But to some extent, it doesn't really matter, because if I'm using it just with USB-C
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from my modern PC or my modern Macintosh, then this is the only cable I need
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because this can develop or deliver power in addition to the video signal and the audio signal
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That's pretty cool. Now, one more thing. It includes a built-in cover
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and not only does it include a built-in cover, but on the back, it has a built-in stand
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So now, we have this device here, and this is a 17 inch color monitor
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and it's this size, which is pretty amazing. So, what is the size
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Well, it is 9.7 inches by 15.6 inches, and it's 6 tenths of an inch thick
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and it weighs two pounds. It is very light. It is not incredibly light
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but there's a lot of circuits and circuitry inside. So, you pull the stand back
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you flip your cover over, or if you want, you can take it off entirely and not even use it
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We'll just put it over here for now, and then you're ready to go
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So, all I have to do to use this is to plug in my USB-C
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Generally, I plug it into the monitor first, and then when I plug this other end
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into my computer, then we should have the display. Let's get that plugged in, and there we go
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So, notice this time, I didn't have to turn on the power switch. That's what I was saying, is like
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sometimes you have to, sometimes you don't, and this is, boom, ready to go, really nice
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Now, I have a particularly challenging lighting situation because of the lights I'm using to illuminate myself
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but it does have an anti-glare screen, and the surface, the screen hardness is rated at 3H
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so it should be pretty scratch-resistant, though honestly, certainly every time I was transporting it
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I would take advantage of that cover because why wouldn't you do that, right
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So, there's not much else I can tell you other than it has a three-year warranty
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and it's ViewSonic. I mean, ViewSonic makes some of the best displays and monitors in the industry
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and I've tried a lot of these, and none of them have impressed me with the colors and brightness and speed of refresh
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and convenience of buttons for functionality and menu choices as much as this one has
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They got it all going on. So, the only thing we need to talk about, then
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is the price, but before we get to the price, I'm gonna ask if you could subscribe to my channel
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Also, give me some comments, give me some feedback. What do you wish I would have shown that I didn't
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Give me a thumbs-up if this was useful and interesting. That's everything
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This is the ViewSonic VX1755 17-inch portable gaming monitor, and it's $299.99 at Amazon.com
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If you need more screen real estate and you want it to be portable, something you can take to work or bring home
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or take to a coffee shop or a co-working facility, I'm not sure there is a better choice out there
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than this one. This is a solid option, and I absolutely love all that extra screen real estate
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It's rockin'. So, I'm gonna get back to looking at my own videos
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That sounds a little strange. I'm gonna get back to watching something on Netflix. That sounds less strange
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So, I'll have to catch you in my next video. You can find me on Instagram at the hashtag therealestate
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