[GTALUG] Portable Monitors

[Nick Accad]

The one constant about my accommodations while traveling is inconsistency.

I stayed at a place once where they advertised "Colour TV", another 4-star
hotel had a bezel around the TV to block access to the ports.

Sometimes I stay with friends and family, where taking over their TV is
not.. polite?

Buying a throw away monitor every time I travel is not an optimal solution
because not everywhere I go has such things.

VR headset is an interesting idea that I did not look into, but it comes
with a learning curve, and I am not sure I want to test this on the road,
maybe a future project from my office to see how comfortable enough I can
be, do you have any examples or write up on how that works with X/Wayland?

I need a simple thing I can pull out of my "travel crash cart", that does
not rely on anything that I don't carry with me, hence portable laptop,
something in the 15-16", AC/DC should be enough, if it pulls power from the
laptop that is even better, but not necessary.

I grabbed one off eBay, it was $99, $135 after taxes and fees, that way I
won't cry too hard if it fails on me, we'll see.

If anyone has an experience with specific models, please let me know.

-nick

On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM CAREY SCHUG via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> Just to make sure, trying to think outside the box, what do you need:
>
> --needs to operate from a battery, or is AC enough?
> --could an adapter to the TV in a hotel room suffice?
> --an HDMI frame grabber connecting to USB on a tablet computer?
>
> The latter is from a not recently travelling person, not sure if hotel TVs
> might have an accessible port for connecting a computer to.  Most home TVs
> have HDMI input and laptops HDMI output, so all you'd need would be a
> (possibly long) cable.  otherwise various conversion adapters are available.
>
> also, as a non-user, can VR headsets connect to a computer to give you a
> virtual screen as tall as the ceiling, and 360 degrees around the room?
>
> Unless your needs are special and/or light weight, you can visit a thrift
> store and get last years flatscreens for peanuts.  Go to the wealthiest
> community around, in the poorer areas, the 1024x768 displays start at $20,
> in the wealthy areas, the pivot 1920x1280 displays go for $10-$15.  And if
> you drop it, or airline loses it, just go get another.
>
> I used an HDMI frame grabber to take the display from one notebook
> computer and share it in a zoom session on a desktop computer, to show real
> time what happens with an unusual operating system on the notebook, or
> installation of an OS on that notebook.
>
> <pre>--Carey</pre>
>
> > On 07/26/2024 10:52 PM CDT D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > From: Nick Accad via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> >
> > > Anyone got recommendations?
> > >
> > > I’m not looking for anything fancy, just something that I can use
> > > occasionally that won’t die after a dozen or so uses.
> > >
> > > I travel once a month and I’m getting too old to rely on just the
> laptop
> > > screen.
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