Laptops aren’t necessarily limited to one screen, even when you’re traveling. Lenovo’s ThinkVision portable monitors have been an excellent option for plugging in an extra screen, and now Lenovo has announced an updated model with touch support.
Lenovo revealed a few new products at Mobile World Congress today, including the Lenovo ThinkVision M14t Gen 2 Mobile Monitor (Touch)—great name, I know. It’s a 14-inch portable monitor with a 16:10 aspect ratio, which you can plug into any computer with USB-C display support to give yourself more screen space. It can tilt from -5° to 90° and only weighs 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilograms). The IPS screen has a resolution of 2240×1440, a brightness of 300 cd/m2, a 1500:1 contrast ratio, and 100% sRGB support. It’s also a full touch screen.
The best feature with this monitor is that it can use USB Type-C for power, video, and data passthrough. You can plug the monitor into a supported laptop, with the single included Type-C cable used for both powering the monitor and sending the video output. If your laptop can charge over a USB Type-C connection, you could plug the monitor into a wall charger to power the laptop and monitor at the same time (so only one port on your laptop is taken up and not two). That might require an AC power adapter for the monitor depending on your laptop, which is sold separately.
The ThinkVision Mobile Monitor also supports phones and tablets with USB video output, though Lenovo didn’t provide examples of any compatible devices. In theory, you could use this monitor as a DeX screen with many Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. The real limitation here is support for USB display video on whatever you’re trying to use—if you have a device with only an HDMI or DVI port, the ThinkVision Mobile Monitor probably won’t work (even with the right adapters).
The ThinkVision M14t Gen 2 Mobile Monitor (Touch) will be available in stores starting in July 2024, at an “expected starting price” of $399. That’s definitely expensive, so if you don’t necessarily need a touch screen, you might be better off with the older non-touch models.
Source: Lenovo
