ARZOPA A1 Gamut Slim
Since working from home has become common for so many people, many new products have emerged that have tried to make your work-life easier at home. While portable monitors are not exactly one of the latest innovative products, their portability and ease of use can solve a lot of the users’ pain points. You don’t really have to settle for a heavy monitor in your small room. A portable monitor can be a better option in a lot of scenarios.
So today we bring you guys the latest portable monitor from the brand Arzopa, the Arzopa A1 Gamut Slim.
Display
The A1 Gamut series has been pretty popular in recent years, including its 15.6-inch versions and 13-inch mini variants. Apart from a Full-HD standard resolution, the 13-inch Mini version even offers 2K resolution as an option. But personally, I think the Slim Version has better value for money. And it could be a great option for those who are planning to have a second or even a third monitor, whether it’s for your laptop, smartphone, or game consoles like a switch.
The A1 Gamut Slim features a 14-inch Full-HD IPS screen with a 60Hz refresh rate. The slim version gets a slightly upgraded contrast ratio from 1000:1 to 1200:1. The IPS panel supports a wide 178°-viewing angle, which visually gives a pretty decent color contrast under 72% NTSC color gamut. Apart from the NTSC gamut, the monitor also offers sRGB, DCI-P3, Adobe, and the native gamut in OSD Menu for options.
The brightness can reach up to 320cd/㎡, which is slightly better than most portable monitors that we used before. At the same time, HDR mode is available in the OSD menu. During our experience, we could obviously see the difference in the HDR output, but the actual effect isn’t as good as what we saw on many smartphones’ OLED displays.
In actual use, it could deliver pretty good detail and colors under different visual modes. The blur and ghosting issues were not as serious as we thought. Most of the time, it could provide a fast response without lags or perceivable latency.
Accessories in the box
Now let’s check out what’s in the product box and what the slim monitor provides for connectivity. The first item we found was the user manual in different languages, which looks pretty detailed for those who are using it for the first time.
Well, it’s good to see all the three cables are made available for different connectivity options, including a Type-C to Type-C cable for full-feature use, a Type-C to Type-A cable basically used for supplying power, and another Mini HDMI to HDMI cable for video signal input. In addition to the power cable, there’s a piece of cleaning cloth and a common power brick included inside the accessories kit.
Connectivity
And now let’s look at the portable monitor. Just as it claims, the monitor is slim and lightweight, even with the attached protective cover. On the left side, there’s a power button, 3.5mm audio output, and another scrolling button for OSD operation. On the other side, it offers a Mini HDMI Port, a full-featured USB Type-C Port for receiving audio, video signals, and power connection, and another Type-C port only for power supply. At the same time, just note that the monitor doesn’t have a built-in battery, which means a wired power supply is necessary.
So let’s find out how it works. First, if you are going to use it as a monitor for a device with a full-functioned Type-C port, all you need to do is connect the monitor directly with the included Type-C cable. While transferring audio and video signals, it can also output the power supplied from the device. Such a full-functioned Type-C port now is available on most new Laptops, so just make sure that your laptop supports the most convenient connectivity.
Or if you were going to project the content from your phone or a Switch console, a single-cable connection would still work. But at the same time, the monitor might quickly drain your phone’s power. Note that, different devices support different power output solutions, and some of them may be too low to consistently power the monitor.
So in this case, it’s better to connect the monitor with the included power kit. When connected to the external power, we found that the monitor surprisingly reverse-charged the phone during projection. When connected to a Switch console, it could also supply power to both the monitor and the console.
For those devices without a Type-C port for video output, such as TV boxes, PC,s or older game consoles, the A1 Gamut monitor offers another connectivity with the Mini HDMI port. But in this case, the external power supply is necessary through the type-C power port.
Verdict
So in short, it comes with wide support for different devices like phones, Laptops, PCs, or even game consoles like Switch and PS4. More specifically, it could be a second portable screen for gaming; or just a duplicate screen for entertainment or even learning from your mobile devices; or it could also be an extended screen for your PC or laptop and help make your work from home experience more efficient.
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