The ZenScreen Touch has a pair of internal speakers,
which can come in handy if you’re viewing, say, content
from your phone. Volume and audio quality are decent,
though not good enough to warrant switching to these
speakers from my laptop’s speakers.
Asus provides a three-year warranty for the ZenScreen
Touch, which is typical of monitor warranties.
TOUCH CONTROL, AND EXTRA JUICE TOO
Be sure to check out the Asus ZenScreen Touch
(MB16AMT) if you need a portable monitor with a touch
screen—this model supports both gesture-based multi-
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included pen/stylus eraser. Like the ZenScreen Go, it has
a built-in battery to let you use the Touch with an Android
phone or to provide enough juice to run the monitor
should your laptop’s battery run low. These two features
set it apart from other general-purpose mobile monitors,
and combined with a good feature set (including that
comprehensive OSD and its mini-joystick), make the
ZenScreen Touch our Editors’ Choice for a portable
monitor in its size range (15.6 inches or larger).
Our only caveat: The ZenScreen Touch is pricey for a
general-purpose mobile monitor. But it’s well worth the
premium if you need touch control and the extra juice that
its battery provides. Its one operational drawback is the
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dull, an artifact of its relatively limited color coverage,
though many recent portable displays exhibit the same
shortfall. The only general-purpose mobile monitor with
appreciably better color that we’ve reviewed lately is the
Lenovo ThinkVision 14, our Editors’ Choice for mobile
monitors with 14-inch or smaller screens.
TONY HOFFMAN
PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I FEBRUARY 2020
Our only
caveat: The
ZenScreen
Touch is
pricey for a
general-
purpose
mobile
monitor.