- When the coolest things about USB Type-C is the ability
to power external displays, knowing that,
we can now have portable displays.
Today we're gonna take a look at the HP EliteDisplay S14,
a new portable screen that you can take along
with your Surface Go.
Stay tuned.
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All right before we get started,
let's answer a few questions.
So last year we reviewed the ASUS ZenScreen,
it was a 15.6 inch portable display.
It was really kinda cool, mostly,
because there were one of the first major companies
to have one on the market.
Now HP is back here but theirs is a 14 inch
and I actually like it a lot better for those who travel.
After all 14 inch is a little bit smaller
and easier to manage.
Same weighs 2.2 pounds, about one kilogram.
It's 1920 by 1080 resolution with a 60-hert refresh rate
and has a bunch of abilities there
for brightness and color contrast.
More importantly, unlike the ZenScreen,
this is a all matte and anti-glare display
so for those of you work on productivity
and like to look at documents all day,
well this will be a lot easier on the eyes.
It's a good thing to contrast with something to Surface Go
which is a little bit glossy.
Also the Surface Go obviously has a very small screen,
so 10 inches versus 14 here and it just works well.
Now if you're curious about USB Type-C and how this works,
yeah, this is a single cable
that connects between a display and the Surface Go
or any laptop out there like the MateBook X Pro
or Surface Book 2 that has a Type-C port.
With that single cable, it powers both the display
and allows its signal to travel through it,
so that's all you need.
You don't need an external power connector for the display.
That's really the attraction here.
You can just connect this up to the Surface Go on the fly.
Okay, taking a closer look here,
it's not a whole lot going on.
It does come with a Folio cover, it's one-sided and magnetic
so it does not fall off whatsoever.
This is also used as the kickstand,
so again this is sort of like the ZenScreen
but this is actually better built in my opinion.
This is way more sturdy probably it's
because they have this large hinge at the bottom
that acts as a base and sort of,
it gives a little bit more support.
Turning to the side of the device,
you can see HP's signature design here which I really like.
They have now these angled corners that come in.
This reminds me very much of the Elite Series
that they do, as well as the Spectres,
they've been doing this a lot too.
You see the power button here on the side
to disable the monitor, turn it on and off.
At the bottom here, you have actually four buttons
to control the display, including brightness
and different aspects of the contrast,
and other features, including different display modes.
And not a big surprise on the right hand side,
we have the USB Type-C port.
And again this is USB Type-C not Thunderbolt.
You don't need Thunderbolt to make this run.
Any Type-C system that's powerful enough
to run it can connect up to it.
They do give you a pretty long USB Type-C cable in the box.
Turn to the back of the display of HP's new logo
which is really nice. It's a little bit mirrored finish.
This is a all-metal design and it's a,
you could feel though, it's a very thin metal.
In fact, if you press really hard,
you can feel sort of the glue
in the components behind the display.
That's not saying it's bad or anything,
it just, they're doing it to save weight
but the frame and the back of it feel pretty solid.
Now the ZenScreen actually had the Folio covering the back
which in a way, it's kinda nice too because it does protect,
this could get scuffed, you could see,
it does pick up grease pretty easily.
On the other hand they save on the device's weight
and it being thinner.
I actually like the HP design in the end in terms of use.
Okay, let's bring it all in.
So I got to use the EliteDisplay
while I was in Berlin for IFA 2018
and it really helped me a lot in the hotel room.
I used it with a Surface Book 2
but I also use it with the Surface Go.
And it just worked very well.
I really liked the matte display here,
I'm a huge fan of that, it's just easy to look at.
I also really like that 14-inch size,
like I said, compared to the ZenScreen, a 15.6 inch.
This just fit my bag a lot easier
and it was more manageable.
I also found the kickstand
to be a lot more sturdy than the ZenScreen.
Although there is only one fixed position
which for some people may not be as good.
I think the compromise here
for its extreme portability is very good.
I do wanna point out, if you do graphic design
and photo editing or video editing,
this may not be the best solution for you.
After all the colors are a little washed out
compared to something even like the Surface Go,
that's just part of the trade-off here
with a portable display.
They're not gonna be quite as good
as say, your big 27-inch one at home.
Another thing I wanna point out is
that this is not a touchscreen,
nor does it support Pen obviously.
And the reason I point that out is
because Asus did show off its new ZenScreen,
that's coming out later this year,
which is touch and does support Pen.
That's a really interesting proposition.
I love to see HP get in on that action too.
That obviously opens the device up
to a lot more possibilities,
but for now if you're looking for that,
this is not gonna be your display.
Now it does cost $219 and depending how you feel about that,
that's either very good or very expensive,
but I think for people who need productivity on-the-go,
especially if you're using something like Surface Go,
which is a obviously smaller 10-inch screen,
this will help you use that device for a much longer time.
In terms of value, its overall build quality,
and its use in my case,
I'm very happy with the EliteDisplay S14
and I can give it a high recommendation.
All right, so that's a quick review
of the EliteDisplay S14 from HP.
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