GMKtec XPanel SE portable monitor review: Perfect extra screen when you’re on the go

I seemed at the XPanel two moveable check in August 2021, and I cherished the added-vivid display and color spectrum made available by the fifteen.six-inch display. I was curious to see what options are in the XPanel SE.

Like the XPanel two, the XPanel SE from GMKtec also has a fifteen.6inch check with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 px, and an component ratio of sixteen:9 — The Xpanel two has 3840 x 2160px.

Having said that, there is a price tag variation as well amongst the two styles.
The XPanel two is $499

 and the
XPanel SE is made available at $220

 — owing to the reduced display screen resolution and display variations.

Inside of the box, there is the XPanel SE, a USB Type-C cable, a USB A to USB Type-C cable, an HDMI to mini HDMI cable. There is a 15W power adapter — this panel desires to be plugged into a power socket — not driven from your Computer system or cellular phone. There is also a display screen wiping cloth and a consumer manual.

The aluminium alloy panel has a wonderful kickstand assistance which adjusts from flat next to the panel back again to perpendicular. Its proportions are fourteen.four x 8.sixty six x .02 inches (four.5mm) and it weighs one.8lbs.

All of the controls are on the kickstand — not the panel by itself. There is a three.5mm headphone jack, a dial wheel to handle the menu options, and the power button on the right-hand facet.

The left-hand facet of the kickstand has two ports for USB (1 is for the power link) and a mini HDMI cable.

There are no noticeable grills for the speakers on the device, and while GMKtec advises that the speakers are on the left-hand facet of the display screen, the audio appears to come from the whole foundation and kickstand.

The audio is sensible from the speakers — but not loud. There is no tinny audio at mid and high ranges, but the bass is a small flat, as expected from these types of a flat panel with no depth for bass cones.

The XPanel SE will deliver up to sixteen.7 million colours and supports HDR — while this is not on by default in the panel options.

The check can be applied in either portrait or landscape modes and has a viewing angle of 178 levels — there is no privacy manner restriction for this display panel.

You can tweak options these types of as photograph brightness and contrast, color and audio options, and transform HDR on or off, as nicely as pick to transform on Free of charge Sync.

How to do this is not mentioned in the consumer guide. You want to fiddle all around to work your way via the options by urgent the dial wheel and scrolling/urgent via the menu. The consumer guide leaflet could be more complete.

I do like that there is an HDMI to mini-HDMI cable provided in the box — and a USB Type-C cable to project from your Computer system or machine — this is a wonderful thoughtful touch by GMK tec.

I’m also amazed by how straightforward the check is to use. Plug it in, it starts quickly, and the display is wonderful and vivid. Certainly, it does not have the color resolution of the XPanel two — but the XPanel two is pretty much double the cost of the XPanel SE.

The XPanel SE is a wonderful reduced-cost different if you do not have the funds for a 4K moveable check.

All in all,
for less than $200 with the Amazon coupon, the GMKtec XPanel SE

 is an economical moveable display panel with a moderately vivid display and a thoroughly adjustable kickstand.

If you want an added display screen when you vacation, this moveable display could be just what you want.