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Asus announces world’s first monitor to run on just USB-Type C

We continue to make our way through all of the announcements coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Today, Asus unveiled the MB169C+, a portable monitor designed to run on just a single USB Type-C connection.

This is the world's first 15.6-inch portable monitor to be powered by USB Type-C for both power and video transmission from the host device. It weighs just 800g and is just 8.5mm thick, making it easy to carry around and set up.

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The display itself is also fairly impressive, with a resolution of 1920×1080 and an IPS panel for better colour accuracy. The IPS display will also help with wider viewing angles.

We don't have pricing or availability information just yet, so it could be a while before it hits the market. However, we could hear more once the rush of CES dies down a bit.

KitGuru Says: Having a portable monitor running just off of a USB port is quite an achievement and could be quite good for those who travel a lot and need a secondary display for multitasking with a portable machine. 

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9 comments

  1. 1080p isn’t impressive in 2016, No matter what connector it’s using, Just my opinion.

  2. It dos t need to be impressive the the res that allmsot everyone uses were not read for 2k and 4k to become mainstream

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  5. The selling point of this screen is it’s portability, it’s size and the connector it uses. If you’re discounting the fact that it’s using this all-inclusive connector (both power and video) and expecting 2k or 4k on a little portable 15.6-inch screen… then your opinion is not really worth the keyboard it’s typed on.

    But that, in turn, is just my opinion.

  6. Portable dual screen laptop anyone? single cable for power+video.

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  8. But what’s the price?
    If that new feature makes it ludicrously expensive, Then may as well buy a laptop which is portable and has a higher res screen, I don’t know many people that would buy a new screen just because it has a different plug!

  9. … I guess you’d have to ask ASUS…?
    Yes, If any feature of any product made it prohibitively expensive and negatively impacted it’s level of demand then that would be bad. Exactly what point are you making?

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