Anyone use a portable secondary monitor?

[Dirtbag_Leader]

Tired of alt-tabbing in/out of SC whenever I need to visit discord, browser, etc. I'd love to have like a tablet-sized touchscreen where I can access other windows while leaving SC up on the main screen. Haven't really been able to find the right product/way to do this yet though. Anyone out there have some sort of similar setup working that they'd like to share?

 

[FZD]

Something like

?

Oh wait, you wanted a touch screen that doesn't interrupt SC?
I think any touchscreen would count as alt-tabbing, taking the focus out of SC.
Maybe you just want a cheap Chinese tablet then?

Personally, I just use my phone to look up stuff while in SC.

 

[Dirtbag_Leader]

Yep, sorta like that, but you're right in that the larger half of the battle is Windows. I currently use phone/tablet for this kinda stuff, but both are slower than desktop power and smaller than I'd like. Plus discord access would be nice and well that runs on the desktop too because headset. Ah well, first world problems, eh?!

 

[stockish]

Don't think it's touchscreen, but it's a decent portable screen.

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[Ayeteeone]

Gechic Onlap monitors https://www.gechic.com/en/

There are several options and this is the one I am currently using - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1302893-REG/gechic_1503h_15_6_ips_1080p.html

I've been using this brand for 7 or 8 years. Initial purchase was as a second screen for my travel laptop. This past weekend I was traveling again and put my current unit to work as a gaming monitor (not great but got the job done!)

They've got a number to chose from, are not particularly cheap, but have one MASSIVE advantage over most other brands - they are true monitors that take an HDMI signal, and many of them can be powered straight off a USB port. This makes them device and application agnostic as well as driverless, something that the USB-C dependent units can't always claim.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

You can get very powerful 13" tablets on ebay for $50 and run gameglass on them.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyXFlUMes9c

 

[Dirtbag_Leader]

and run gameglass on them

I actually HAVE gameglass, but to be honest haven't found it that useful. Almost everything it can do in-game I just have mapped to hotas buttons, I haven't actually been able to make it do anything directly MFD related like I originally hopped (set weapons groups, request landing, drag the power balance slider around, etc.), and it doesn't seem to do anything external to the game, short of the normal tablet stuff. Or have recent updates changed the scope much since I last used it a year ago?

 

[Shadow Reaper]

I think Marcsand2 is the one to ask. He is either the expert on that or Voice Attack. Can't recall.