2024-04-15 02:34:12
After watching videos and videos on social networks about the fascination of using up to 100 virtual monitors with the Apple Vision Pro, we bring you a real portable monitor that wants to be the perfect companion for your computer. Its about Ricoh 150BWwith a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 or FullHD OLED screen, with an ultralight design and the ability to operate using its battery or with a USB Type-C cable, that is, without the need to carry an extra power adapter.
It is a tremendously thin monitor with an aesthetic dominated by a black matte finish and thin bezels, all with a base that provides good stability, whether for working in a cafeteria or at the airport. Where the Ricoh 150BW really shines is in its visual performance. We’ve tested portable secondary displays before and we’re in a completely different league.
The OLED panel guarantees a great visual experience, with color coverage that reaches 100% sRGB, Adobe RGB and an impressive 95% DCI-P3. And if we manually calibrate the monitor we can reach almost perfection. In fact, it looks much better than the screen on many laptops.
An addition that other monitors do not usually include is touch capacity and compatibility with a stylus, perfect if your laptop does not include it, for example, if you have a MacBook. The screen includes 1.5 watt speakers, which are appreciated, but are somewhat tight for a presentation or watching a movie.
If we are using a cable, USB-C, the energy will be taken from the source, but if not, using a wireless connection with Miracast it will be done with the battery, which has a range of approximately 2.5 hours. We have tried it mainly with cable, many times, the easiest thing is to connect it to the computer, also Miracast technology is not so common in mobile phones or other devices, and the truth is that it does not work as well as a simple cable, always It has some “delay” in the connection.
Also for phone and console
In addition to the computer, we have tested the Ricoh 150BW with a Samsung Galaxy Fold 5, but it did not work, since it requires an external power source. We have also connected it with a Steam Deck portable console and it has worked correctly there, but its behavior has not always been perfect during the tests.
Obviously the device’s battery consumption skyrockets if we use the Ricoh 150BW, since it does not use the internal battery, but always tries to charge if we connect it, so with a Steam Deck connected, we will only have a few minutes of play, it is necessary to connect a charger, which can go directly to the screen, in one of the two USB-c ports it equips. Here is the point that we liked least about the Ricoh 150BW, if we connect any USB-C, the monitor will understand that it needs to charge and will not use its internal battery, which It causes the device we use with the screen to drain.
We loved the Ricoh 150BW, without being a 2k external monitor and only 1080 p, the screen exudes image quality, and the multiple USB-C ports, the battery and the Miracast function are perfect for those professionals who need a second screen when they are in motion. The price moves around 750 euros.
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