ASUS ZenScreen 15.6” 1080P Portable USB Monitor (MB16AHP) - Full HD, IPS, Eye Care, Micro HDMI, USB Type-C, Speakers, Built-in Battery, External Screen for Laptop, 3-Year Warranty,Black

I don't often write reviews for monitors because in general, they either work or don't work (and usually in the first 5 minutes of your most demanding purpose.. you either print out the return label or toss the box it came in).. but this is a TRAVEL monitor.. which carries a different set of rules.. (for the record, I ditched the box)Just for an understanding of who I am.. I'm a person that travels a lot and basically keeps a mobile desk.. Laptops, additional screens, tablets, multiple phones, peripherals up the wazoo, and so many cables/adapters that if I could trade them for money, I would be a millionaire (small).So now that we have established the player.. on to the show.The simple, It's a monitor. And unlike its MB16AHP brother, this one lacks a speaker.. but this monitor is geared towards being an extension of a tablet/phone rather than a computer so that's not really a negative.. But it's a touch screen monitor. I use this with my mac and windows laptops.. (Windows recognizes this as a touch screen and loads appropriately.. sadly with OSX, you have to get a 3rd party driver (Using the Touch Base driver (it only supports 9 points vs. the monitor can do 10).. I wish Asus would include this somehow, but as the driver is about 150 dollars for a single install.. not sure if that's feasible.. but tis the price we Mac people pay.. *sniff*. Just something to think about Asus.The colours are rendered pretty accurately.. (primary monitor is Adobe 1998 colour calibrated.. and this after adjusting is pretty much on-par with the primary). Something I find is often an issue with monitors of different types/brands (especially travel ones)No flicker was detected even with some games (tested with Battlefront, and Witcher 3).. Low light is pretty solid (I tend to do a lot on airplanes at night, so a monitor that is solid in low/no light is important and this little baby is perfect with that.The battery life isn't bad (rated for 4 hours, I got about 3 hours and 35 minutes of use out of it (might have gotten a little more if I drop the brightness down.. but still 3.5 hours for a 15 inch screen is pretty good.. my macbook pro 15 does about the same with all the bells turned on.. so it matches with my primary use case well) .. (you can switch between using the onboard battery with phones/tablets) or cable charging (from a computer/desktop).. The screen doesn't "auto-rotate" but it can be rotated in software (via driver) or in the setup (via local controls). About the only thing am not so keen on is I wish the bezel was thinner.. but as it is, its pretty good.. When traveling, I use it vertically.. and when "local", horizontally.. when vertical its perfect as the screen clips don't take up any screen real estate, but horizontally... I'm taking up space and a half-inch on a 15" screen matters.. (especially if gaming). (but that's more when I want it mounted the way I have it in the picture.. otherwise I would just use the included cover/stand. (a la apple tablet)Some suggestion for purchasers.While this is geared toward tablet/phone purchasers.. Apple users will need a lightening to HDMI adapter (until apple starts supporting Type C like everyone else). so plan accordingly. For laptop/Desktop people its a little easier.Also take the time to go on Asus support site to get an explanation of all the options (I wish they would have included a printed book, but then again, I remember that had they did that, I would have tossed it away and gone to their site when I needed it.. so makes sense.. save a few trees because most of us won't really read the book until we NEED to).Yes, its a little more expensive than most of the other ones out there.. But I honestly found this one to be worth the money (and I don't say that lightly.. I have 4 mouths to feed, and a wife that believes tech = drugs (ie: both should be avoided whenever possible) so anything I spend has to be worth it (near term and long term). (its thin, light, has a battery (most don't.. only wish it would flow OUT to use as a secondary power source/battery pack) good resolution (1600x900 max).. and no ghosting for gaming.. (a lot of the cheap ones are fine for "work" (word processing, a few excel spreadsheets, or other graphically undemanding tasks.. but the second you put something with a high refresh rate.. you start seeing ghosting so bad you think the meds have kicked in (or worn off) then its not the one to get.In other words.. very nice Asus.. keep it up.

When I bought the non-touch screen version last year, I wished that it had touch. Asus finally made one so I and bought it.The original MB16AP I bought suited my uses quite well, and my review of that unit still stands and basically everything I wrote for that one can be said for this one except for a few things I'll address.This one has touch, has a bit more brightness (250cd/m vs 220cd/m), has a non-glare vs glare screen and an extra micro hdmi port for different connection setups. Everything else is the same as the MB16AP.Btw, Amazon really needs to make separate filters for reviews when it comes to these devices. having them all grouped together doesn't help anyone. Anyway,...I bought the original (non-touch) one for travel so I can connect it to my laptop and have extra screen space. That one will go to my spouse, while this one will also be used for travel. The previous one had a button to control the menu while the new one has a 5 way OSD navigation button. Either one can be frustrating to use after a while so its best to download the Asus control widget.This monitor comes with the necessary USB Type C cables, and a Type C to A adapter. It includes a real ink pen to use as a stand in the event you forget the stand cover, but I doubt if one is traveling with this, that they will carry it around with out the cover. As for the pen, I wish Asus would have included a digital pen, be it wacom or otherwise, but doing so would probably increase the price to include a digitizer screen. Maybe in the next version.The monitor being touch, works well with Windows. And depending on your laptop or PC's power, you can attach the monitor to a multi monitor setup. While that may be overkill, I tested it with my existing 3 monitor laptop setup at home and it worked really well without any hiccups. (see images and diagram)But the main purpose is for travel. I plan on using my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus to stream over Samsung Dex onto either the laptop or the monitor. You might ask why use Samsung DeX when I'm already bringing a laptop? Well some hotels don't have a good wi-fi so using my phone signal through DeX overcomes this obstacle. Connecting the phone to the monitor can be done a few ways. One is with a hub/adapter or directly to the phone as shown in the diagrams I uploaded. If I use a Type-C adapter hub (setups 1 and 2) Dex works, but the touch features of the Asus Touch monitor do not. (This is probably more due to Windows than Asus or the adapter used). With the previous MB16AP monitor, being that it is not touch, it doesn't matter. But if I wanted to use the touch feature on this monitor with Samsung DeX, the phone has to be connected directly to the laptop and then route the Asus cable from the laptop to the monitor (as in setup # 3). Then touch works great.Asus supplies a leaflet manual, but I found it useless. It better to see the youtube videos or at their website directly (as well as get the latest updates).Pros:Much of the pros on my previous non-touch monitor applies. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1Q5DWKN6EIY1B)Has touch.Has an additional connection port.Battery lasts about the same as the previous non-touch model.has an additional USB cable and port for specific connections.A few side notes:While Asus supplies the necessary cables, I ended up getting better (10Gbps Gen 2) cables.Cable Matter USB-C to USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 cables (B01L0F6AJI)AmazonBasics USB-C to USB-A 3.1 Gen 2 cables (B01GGKYR2O)Dockcase USB-C to USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 small length (B01GGKYR2O)Better adapter/hub to use with DeX, Meco 7 in 1 Type C adapter (B07NKB697F)Cons:Leaflet manual is way to simple. Better to go on the web to get more info via their website or videos.No dedicated power port. Asus should still include a dedicated power port to charge the monitor while in use instead of using your laptop or phones battery. Come on Asus, make it so.The one 5 way control button gets annoying, better to download the widget.Pen is just a ink pen not a digitized pen and by extension, not a digitizer screen. (but my laptop is, so not much of a con)Overall, another great device from Asus and improves upon the previous model by offering extra connection and touch screen.