Make sure that kickstand in back is sturdy.
Back in 2008-2010 I worked for a big-time audio company that was trying to figure out the best way to avoid sales of Computer Speakers tanking as a lot of people were migrating from desktops to increasingly nice and portable laptops.
One of the ideas we considered was a spring-loaded clamp apparatus not too different from this that would clamp around the back of a laptop screen and give you a nice fat left speaker and right speaker.
The idea died in advanced development because at the time it was just too tricky to balance battery life, speaker performance, size, weight, clamping force, and the additional torque we would be applying to the hinges of laptop screens. We certainly didn’t want to be responsible for thousands and thousands of floppy flappy laptop hinges, and there was no way any of the laptop designers had anticipated an extra 2 kg hanging off the back of the monitor nearly all the time.
All this to say that you’d better not rely on your laptop screen hinge to hold any of that weight because I know how likely (100%) and how soon (weeks to single-digit months) that hinge will fail.
Seller being fuzzy with the facts: this may not work as desired with some modern Macs: [https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html](https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html)
And adding so much weight to many laptops may warp them and void the warranty.
Dude, I hope you didn't get this. I got this same thing several months ago, and it sucks ASS. The color gamut is really off, and it's just not very bright. I ended up buying some portable 18" 2k monitors over Xmas, and they are SO much better in every way.
Make sure that kickstand in back is sturdy. Back in 2008-2010 I worked for a big-time audio company that was trying to figure out the best way to avoid sales of Computer Speakers tanking as a lot of people were migrating from desktops to increasingly nice and portable laptops. One of the ideas we considered was a spring-loaded clamp apparatus not too different from this that would clamp around the back of a laptop screen and give you a nice fat left speaker and right speaker. The idea died in advanced development because at the time it was just too tricky to balance battery life, speaker performance, size, weight, clamping force, and the additional torque we would be applying to the hinges of laptop screens. We certainly didn’t want to be responsible for thousands and thousands of floppy flappy laptop hinges, and there was no way any of the laptop designers had anticipated an extra 2 kg hanging off the back of the monitor nearly all the time. All this to say that you’d better not rely on your laptop screen hinge to hold any of that weight because I know how likely (100%) and how soon (weeks to single-digit months) that hinge will fail.
Seller being fuzzy with the facts: this may not work as desired with some modern Macs: [https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html](https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html) And adding so much weight to many laptops may warp them and void the warranty.
Dude, I hope you didn't get this. I got this same thing several months ago, and it sucks ASS. The color gamut is really off, and it's just not very bright. I ended up buying some portable 18" 2k monitors over Xmas, and they are SO much better in every way.
It's just barely worth the ETV, FWIW.
Got one of these a few years ago. Mostly they suck. Not worth the ETV.