The Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor is a mobile display designed to hit the pavement with hustling workers who need additional screen space, whether you’re working from a hotel desk or airport lounge during a long layover.

Toshiba USB Mobile Monitor Review——Design
Toshiba does have a new solution though, that it has just unveiled. It’s called the Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor and offers up a portable 14″ screen with a HD resolution of 1366 x 768.

Toshiba USB Mobile Monitor Review——Interface
Unlike the Field Monitor Pro and the Monitor2Go, the Mobile Monitor doesn’t offer additional USB ports or a Kensington lock slot.The front panel controls are simple and intuitive. There is a power button on the bottom right edge for on/off and “power save mode” which essentially puts the screen to sleep until you tap the button again. Two smaller buttons are located to the right of the power button; the button with an up arrow increases the brightness of the LCD and the button with a down arrow decreases the brightness of the LCD.

Toshiba USB Mobile Monitor Review——Setup
While that sounds great, how have they made it portable? Somehow Toshiba has managed to reduce the power required by the display to the point where a USB connection supplies all it needs as well as the video signal. What that means is you have a second display that only requires a USB cable plugged into your laptop to work.

Toshiba USB Mobile Monitor Review——Screen quality
When not in use the screen folds down flat into a protective leather casing and is only around half an inch thick so that it can easily be slotted next to your laptop in a bag. In terms of weight it’s 3 pounds extra on your shoulder. Options on the display include the ability to make it sleep as well as a brightness selector to save even more power depending on lighting conditions.

Toshiba USB Mobile Monitor (PA3923U-1LC3) Specifications:
•  Type: 14.0-inch LCD Mobile Monitor
•  Viewable Image Area: 14” Diagonal
•  Max. Native Resolution: 1366 x 768
•  Brightness: Up to 220 nits
•  Contrast Ratio: 400:1
•  Response Rate: 16ms
•  Display Color: 256,000
•  Input Signal: USB cable (included)
•  Standard Power Supply: USB cable (included)
•  Alternative (Max) Power Supply: AC Adapter (sold separately)
•  AC Adapter Voltage: 100 – 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
•  Dimensions & Weight: 13.4” W x 9.4” H x 0.6”D; 2.8 lbs
•  Color: Glossy Black