The Budget Portable Monitor To Pay Attention To!!
By: Melih Gungor
Tags: Gadgets, Tech, Gaming, Monitor, Technology

The Budget Portable Monitor To Pay Attention To!!

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This is the Auzai 15.6” Portable Monitor and look, if you’re on a budget, this monitor is one to consider. I’ve been using this for the past month and especially for its price, it has impressed me!

For me, this monitor was all about gaming, and media consumption.

The Auzai Monitor features a 15.6 inch 1920 x 1080 IPS panel that is visually appealing. I thought the display wouldn’t be that good mainly to keep the costs down, but nope, I’m wrong. The IPS display delivers richer color that helps with eye-fatigue and I definitely second that. It also supports HDR videos as well as a built-in speaker for watching videos or playing games. The built-in speaker, however, doesn’t get too loud, but thankfully, you can set-up external speakers if needed. It’s good to know that the monitor also comes with a fair amount of ports such as two USB-C ports and a mini HDMI port.

This means that whether it’s a gaming system or by phone, you won’t have any issues with connecting to the monitor. Oh, and for those gamers or anyone looking for a high refresh rate display, I am sad to say that the monitor is capped at 60hz so no high refresh rate, but as I said earlier, the vibrancy on the screen still makes it fun to use. Instead of watching YouTube videos on my phone, I’ve been connecting my phone to the monitor via USB-C and have been consuming my media that way while I continue to write my voiceovers for my videos or other work for the channel. I like to have some background video going when I’m working so that I can also watch once in a while, and having a monitor like this one helps me get through that.

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What’s useful is that the monitor comes with a screen protector and protective case stand in the box. I’ve mainly been playing Call of Duty Mobile on this as it’s still the only mobile game I frequently play. I do have my Nintendo Switch and while I play Pokemon Sword on that, I still need to catch up on the Crown Tundra DLC which I’ll probably end up playing after the school semester ends. There is one issue that I came across when trying to connect my switch to the monitor. Turns out that I actually need the dock to connect my switch to the monitor and that ultimately kills the entire concept of a “portable monitor”.

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That is mainly why I’ve been using the monitor to connect to my phone and laptop. Anyway, it’s important to keep in mind that in the end, this is a budget monitor, so don’t expect like super high-quality gaming performance or anything like that.

All in all, though, playing games and watching YouTube videos for me was a delight!!

Oh, and one last thing to note; since it’s portable, you might be wondering how does it fit in a bag or if it’s light and no surprise here, but it fits perfectly fine in a bag and it’s super light. Carrying the monitor shouldn’t be a problem and hopefully, when things start to ease down, which hopefully they do, this monitor will become of more use especially during long flights, business meetings, or even long car rides.