Review on GKDY Portable 15.6-Inch Computer Speakers 🔊 with FreeSync, Built-In Speakers, HD, HDMI - 60Hz by Brad Lawson

My point is that while I give this review 3 stars, this is by no means a bad product. I bought 2 to use as additional displays for my setup and the build quality, picture quality and sound quality of both are the same meaning they are well made units in my experience. However, if they weren't on sale for $99, I wouldn't buy them. While all shortcomings are papercuts, ultimately a 3-star rating is a matter of "death by a thousand papercuts" at the regular price of $139. These aren't quite the ghosting numbers of the VA panels, but they're definitely more in line with the earlier IPS panels. This means that when there is movement, fine details become blurred because the pixels cannot react quickly enough to the moving content on the screen. Thankfully, when used in games or movies, this isn't a huge issue and looks more like a little motion blur than anything else. But if you're wondering why your retro/pixel games look like they have motion blur, here's why. Paper Cut 2 - Scroll Button and User Interface. The scroll button is associated with increasing or decreasing the brightness of the screen. If you want to change the volume, you have to press the scroll button, go to the menu and adjust the volume in the sound settings in the menu. The function of the scroll key cannot be changed from brightness to volume either. In the case of the portable screen, the scroll button had to be bound to volume, since volume control for portable screens advertised for games and movies is perhaps more important than brightness. If the spin button function could be remapped it would be a much less of an issue. Paper cut 3 - no VESA mount. Although this product is advertised as a portable device, keep in mind that there are competing products on the market. same or similar price but with VESA mount. The lack of a VESA mount means this device is inherently less flexible than other options. While you can buy a VESA adapter, it often costs around $25 before the cost of the VESA mount, meaning you could end up spending more on this screen than competing products with the same features if you install them want. 4 - HDR The only reason this product has HDR is so they can sell it as an HDR compatible device. The HDR functionality on this screen leaves a lot to be desired and doesn't quite resemble HDaRen. To put it simply, the HDR brightness is too low for HDR to be usable in 2048 mode, and while Auto mode brightens it up a bit, it's still not as bright as SDR, and in HDR Auto mode, hotspots and bright areas are overly washed out, meaning it's nowhere near accurate when it comes to depicting what HDR can do. That said, I don't think anyone would buy this expecting good HDR, but the fact that it's an advertised feature means it's not exempt from scrutiny. Worth $99 in my opinion, possibly more depending on what you're looking for. 1) These screens have very low input lag. While I don't have a way to accurately measure input lag, I can tell you that I don't notice much of a difference if I'm playing fighting games or platform games compared to my 144Hz Gigabyte M32U. Chances of missing trick shots, precision platform jumps, or combo penalties are slim. 2) While colors aren't natively accurate, contrast and color saturation are definitely two strong points and I was surprised when I first turned them on. They have a cool color temperature initially, but thankfully the RGB levels are user adjustable so that's not a problem. 3) The screen is bright enough even at 50% which is the default setting. Increasing it to 100% can increase the brightness to that of a desktop monitor. 4) The speakers, while not great, aren't terrible either. I would consider the audio to be acceptable, including the audio played through the 3.5mm audio jack. The fact that these are low-power, portable screens means the included speakers just aren't the right size for full sound, but are quite comfortable at max volume. Low-frequency response is below average when a pair of 3.5mm earbuds or headphones are plugged in, meaning some bass and some mids are lost in translation. This is evident when the Nintendo Switch's 3.5mm jack and 3.5mm monitor jack are used alternately. Fortunately, the sound is clear and most importantly not distorted. The fact that they come with speakers that don't make me regret knowing what good sound sounds like is definitely a feather in his hat. For reference, I used both Sennheiser CX300II headphones and Audio Technica AD700X headsets with a 3.5mm jack. 5) The included magnetic case is good. It folds over the screen to protect it when traveling and flips over to serve as a stand.6) Accessories included. I bought these screens not knowing that not only did they come with a mini HDMI to HDMI cable, they also came with a USB-C to USB-A cable and a USB-A to AC adapter in addition to USB-C to USB. -With cable. The "What's in the Box" video shows these cables, but it definitely should have been on the product images and/or description. All the cables that come with it are around 1m long which is mostly fine for a portable device, although I would like the USB-C to USB-A cable to be 2m as this cable is for power only and it does a lot would be easier to get to the sockets than the supplied cable.