AOC e1759Fwu 17-Inch Ultra Slim 1600x900 Res, 220cd/m2 Brightness USB 3.0-Powered Portable LED Monitor w/Case

I have only had this monitor a short time as I write this. I can give a good review on use and set up nonetheless. I have read about some of the issues people have seen and I cannot find that any of these are true at all. I am a geek too. I have been in IT for 30 years from Administrator to Architect. I demand the best out of everything I use when it comes to technology. The monitor sets up VERY easy. It has a CD that has the drivers on it and a setup program. The program is run from the CD and the software setup is the usual installation type info boxes seen in most software installations. The OS required me to reboot two times to sync the monitor and load the driver correctly. After that the monitor came up in the exact 1 2 configuration I wanted. If I wanted to move the monitor to the left side I could have changed the 1 2 display to reverse too. It is at 1600x900 resolution with vivid colors (250,000+ colors at 18-bit). No wash out, no distortion, and no fuzziness. What happens with the color differences is that many people run the 1st monitor at 1920x1080 (or higher with a higher color bit rate) while running the AOC at the lower 1600x900 (with a lower color bit rate). The colors will look a little different then. I now run both screens at 1600x900 for a nice match up. 1600x900 is pretty decent and I am very happy with that resolution. After all this is a notebook and I am not going for high resolution.It compares to my HP Envy built in monitor....almost. In fact they look practical identical. No two monitors will ever match perfect but this is VERY close. One thing I did have to deal with was that it sits a little lower on the table than my HP ENVY notebook monitor. I use a rubber hand rest to prop it up and it looks and works great that way. My ENVY has a 17 inch screen so the match up is perfect. Another cool thing is they do include the cable and a carry case for the monitor. The cable I expected but the carry case is a nice bonus. I know nothing about the durability yet, but I will post something a year or so from now and let you all know. I expect it to handle normal carry case situations and small bumps and jolts without issue. If not, well that would be an issue.I also need to talk about the arm on the back that props up the monitor. It is very stiff and so no matter where you move it holds the monitor in place. (That is good!) It does seem a little wobbly at near vertical (That is Bad!). If the arm is pulled out at least half way it is pretty solid then. This is the one feature that could have been done differently. I would have preferred an arm in the middle that pulled out and had better angles. Something more like Microsoft's Surface but adjustable. Still, it stands up just fine. Don't let this arm be the reason you don't buy it or use it. It works great.I strongly recommend this monitor for the reasons I listed above. It really does work off just a single USB unless you have an older USB. Mine is 3.0 and it works great. I also use Windows 8.1 64-bit. My video card is a Nvidia GEforce 840M video card.UPDATE FOR 2016!!Now a year or so later and I have more comments on this monitor. It is very durable and has been hauled all over the place and bounced on the ground in a wheeled carry case. No problem there. Here is a major issue. There is no way to get this to work on a new Windows 10 server. None. I have it working on this one, but the driver was installed on Windows 8.1 and then the system upgraded. I tried to install with the latest drivers from AOC and using the Disk that came with the monitor. It will not install and causes major video issues that are a pain to fix. I fixed them, and hooked it back up to this older laptop (About 18 months old). The new Spectre is just not able to work. The instructions (AOC) admit they do not support Windows 10. Wow. There are still no drivers available from AOC and no support. I wrote them, and they do not support it is what they sent back. WOW!!!! Don't buy this unit!!! I am not dropping my 5 star rating to 3 stars.

Ok, so first things first...I am quite happy with my purchase.Great deal, can't beat a portable monitor like this for the price, just no way...My idea when I saw this was, wouldn't it be nice to have TWO external monitors??One on each side of my laptop... so I bought two.fingers crossed, I waited for them to arrive, and today they did!!!I decided to slow my roll, and set them up one at a time.So I unboxed the first monitor, used the included driver CD to install the monitor driver, plugged in the provided cable, (it is a Y connector - one connection to the monitor, and two USB connections, one ostensibly for connectivity, and one for additional power, similar to the cable one might also get with portable hard drive, or CD burner....So back to the story, plugged the monitor and it turned right on.There are no switches, buttons or anything really on these monitors. You must do all your adjustments from the display settings.So far so good, I then unboxed the second monitor, and with the first monitor still plugged in, plugged in the second...Nothin', dead, black screen....Crap.Ok, so I did all manner of troubleshooting, from switching USB ports to switching cables to rebooting, to well you get the point...I tried everything, and nothing worked...monitor was not cooperating.So I turned to the internet....scoured the manufacturer forum, scoured the relevant articles that come up when one does a search for how to setup multiple monitors... nothin....eventually, on the verge of giving up, on an article I read, someone mentioned the obvious, "go to the manufacterer website try using the most recent drivers:" So away I went, back to the manufacturer website, downloaded the drivers and presto chango, monitor is working.There is also another program available under utilities called "actual multiple monitors", but it's not free, its a 30 day trial and you don't need to run it to use these monitors, although I did install it and mess with it and there is a ton of functionality you can get by using it from changing the buttons on the taskbar to screen savers and background customization per monitor... so theres that...I should note that everything I've read on these monitors say that they are designed for USB 3.0, and while I believe that wholeheartedly, my personal laptop does not have USB 3.0 ports at all, nary a one. That said, I am able to run both monitors of one USB port each... so I am not using the second USB connector that comes attached to each cable.Overall, I am still in the honeymoon stage with these monitors and am wholeheartedly in love.... for the money you cannot beat these monitors, and while I cannot speak to just how much more productive I am going to be with my new setup, I am hopeful!!last thoughts, the included neoprene slipcovers seem sufficient for light travel, but by no means would stand up to hard or rough use, think wetsuit material, or coozy material....The monitors are also ready to mount using VESA connectors via the predrilled and tapped holes on the back. I currently have a small leather bag and I tried stuffing the two monitors and a 17' laptop with connectors and cable and everything fit just fine. laptop has the same footprint as the monitors basically...Oh shoot, one last thing...of course in my haste, I was doing all this on the couch, and of course one of the monitors slid off and hit the foot of a folding tray table popping off the front bezel and separating from from back....I was really sad, then happy again when I picked the monitor up and snapped the front and back bezel back together again, no harm no foul...So for that, I am giving these monitors five stars....Worked as described, and look great to boot, and durable in that the monitor that fell still works, and I was able to put humpty dumpty back together again and its good as new...I did buy the 3 year protection plan, for both, not sure why, I never do, but I figured these boys might be a bit more fragile and so thought the "insurance" might be worth it... you can decide if it is for you in your case...

First, I want to say that this monitor, while it still worked, did its job with no real issues. The two annoyances were: 1) not full HD resolution but the lower price made up for that, and 2) the cable connection is loose/flimsy on the monitor (note, it is not a USB to some other standard port but rather USB to something more proprietary).I have used this as a second monitor exclusively for work since November 2017. I travel from client to client and every single time I place it back into the provided AOC monitor sleeve, then into a laptop backpack. It started to show a barely visible line on the LCD screen beginning of July 2018. It got much worse over the course of a week to the point of the screen having ridiculous artifacts making it unusable. The product page says AOC has a 1 year warranty from date of purchase, so I contacted them and they requested pictures. I obliged and sent them photos of the monitor turned on and off. It has been nearly 3 weeks since I have heard a response from them (including two follow up emails I sent them about 1 and 2 weeks ago).I have already ordered a different monitor (not from AOC) as my line of work almost requires a minimum of two screens in order to be productive.As such, I give the product itself a 4 star rating, but the customer service so far has been lacking to say the least.

***AGGIORNAMENTO***il prodotto è buono, 4 stelle ci possono stare, però ci sono due problemi, non sembrano esserci molti aggiornamenti per risolvere i problemini grafici e poi il pannello soffre molto degli angoli di visione. Per il resto non ci si può proprio lamentare, come avevo scritto è ottimo per rendere dei mini-pc dei veri portatili da mettere in una borsa e trasportare in giro, poi lo sto usando anche come schermo secondario e va bene.***RECENSIONE ORIGINALE***Avevo scelto un mac mini (20cm x 20 x 3,5 , 1,2kg) in quanto lo utilizzo prettamente a casa sulla mia scrivania (e perché gli 11-13 pollici dei macbook air e pro erano troppo poco), però mi è capitato qualche volta di dovermi spostare in qualche ufficio, in particolare per lavoro e ho dovuto usare il portatile di mio padre. Ho fatto qualche ricerca ed ho trovato questi schermi usb. Ho puntato questo tipo di schermi per poter rendere il mio mac, già leggero e compatto, praticamente un computer portatile mi serve solo una presa per alimentare il mac mini ed è fatta (io ho preso l'AOC da 17" visto che non mi sposterò così tanto, ma prendendo quello da 15,4 è praticamente come avere in giro un pc portatile classico e si possono usare le borse classiche per questo tipo di computer). Perché ho scelto l'AOC? Ottimo prezzo, con 150€ ho preso un 17" 1600x900 (la concorrenza fornisce 15 pollici a 180-190€), per il fatto che ha un ottimo stand per tenerlo dritto, ho visto che la concorrenza anche con marchi famosi utilizzano le custodie come stand per tenerlo dritto e penso siano scomode e ingombranti, molto meglio lo stand integrato regolabile. La qualità costruttiva è ottima, toccandolo non si sentono scricchiolii e premendo leggermente dietro non si arriva al pannello (avete presente le ditate che spostano i cristalli liquidi? ecco con questo non accade) come invece succede con la maggior parte di schermi di portatili o schermi così fini. E' molto leggero e fine, anche la cornice seppur presente è comunque molto piacevole e non disturba (anzi sinceramente non mi piacciono gli schermi senza cornice, sia esteticamente, sia per motivi di robustezza, sia per motivi visivi). Ho installato gli ultimi driver dysplay link ed è stato letto subito, bei colori, molto luminoso.Ho messo 4 stelle perché intanto non conoscevo questa marca (sembra famosa però) e non so quanto potrebbe durare, ho un Samsung da circa 10 anni e funziona ancora perfettamente dopo praticamente 10 ore acceso al giorno per quasi tutti i giorni. Poi per un problema che da abbastanza fastidio, il mouse scatta leggermente anche se dopo un po' ci si abitua e non ci si accorge più del fatto, ma il problema più grande sono le animazioni perché lo schermo ha un lag con le animazioni, non tanto quando si apre una finestra (da fastidio ma non è troppo invadente) ma per esempio quando apro il Launchpad di osx larga talmente tanto che sembra il computer lento (invece con uno schermo collegato in hdmi si apre all'istante senza alcuna esitazione e senza scattare), probabilmente è risolvibile con qualche aggiornamento di compatibilità per OSX ma non l'ho provato ancora su Windows o su Linux quindi non so se alle fine sia un compromesso al fatto che sia basato tutto sul cavo usb 3.0 oppure un semplice problema software risolvibile.Spero di vedere in futuro AOC usb-C a quel punto penso che le 5 stelle saranno davvero meritate completamente.

The other reviewers are accurate about the quality - it isn't going to wow anybody, so I won't go into detail about this; just know that it's not overly crisp, bright, nor colourful.This review aims to focus on the poor AOC support and getting the monitor up and running in Windows 10, which is not supported out of the box. It constantly has USB connection issues and will 'freeze' every 30 seconds or so with the OOTB drivers, and even every couple of minutes (or sporadically longer) with the latest drivers.First, if you can get it to work on Windows 10 without spending time playing with drivers, then you're lucky. There have been reports of it working, but the drivers are only supported up until Windows 8.1. If you happen to be on Windows 10, there is hope though, and it doesn't lie with AOC.AOC are good at staying within their promised response time frame of 48 hours, but no matter how much debugging information you provide, they will ask you the same basic questions, and there will be at least 24 hours between replies. The last response I got from them was: 'I have never heard of that happening before', and that is where my communication with them ceased. Also their driver download link is broken at the time of writing this, and it looks like it's only a Mac driver (again, I think a website bug). But don't bother with AOC at all - you will have better results with the company that makes the drivers, who have been great.The monitor uses Display Link drivers (displaylink.com) and they have just released a driver (8.0M1) for Windows 10 anniversary. I certainly don't suggest trying to get this monitor going on anything earlier - upgrade to the anniversary update as soon as you can. The M1 driver still has issues, but the 'freeze' time can be much longer, and refreshing the drivers in device manager can give you a few more minutes of use before the next freeze, but is still frustrating.Windows Update (for anniversary) will install a slightly older version of the 8.0 driver, which improves mouse performance immensely on the monitor, which was lacking previously, but disconnect time is still very short. Don't bother with the Windows Update version for this monitor - it may work for other monitors, but not this one. Both the Windows Update and M1 drivers suffer from very poor start up time.I am currently testing a release candidate of the 8.0M2 driver, and so far so good. It's only been a day, but not only has it retained the mouse performance, but the start up time is almost instantaneous (it turns on at the same time as my main laptop monitor) and the monitor has not disconnected yet. It is due for final release at the end of August (so not too far away).So, the monitor, while not fantastic, is exactly what I needed for my workspace. It nearly was returned, but the M2 driver from Display Link, should it continue to behave, will ensure I keep it. Definitely do the Windows anniversary update, and get the M2 driver on release, and you should be good.

This screen is being sold at a very competitive and enticing price point for what the consumer receives. There are some things lacking compared to higher end models, but otherwise there are more pros than cons. It feels well-built enough, sturdy enough, and works as advertised.The 17.3" screen size complements well with the 900p resolution (Note: As someone who was hellbent on getting 1080p at minimum, I'm really not at all disappointed I compromised).Regarding refresh rate, it's not uncommon to find competing USB monitors with less than 60 Hz. This screen provides 60 Hz, allowing for a fluid picture.Color, brightness and contrast are adequate and reasonable considering what this is. I'm not going to compare this with a 10 bpcc IPS panel. The colors are clear and distinguishable enough to allow this screen to be used for utility purposes.The stand in the back works well. It's somewhat adjustable (so you can make the screen stand more vertically), but be careful not to set the angle too narrowly (I think the instructions say less than 30 degrees).Personally, I don't like the glossy screen, but a filter can fix that.I have been very careful with how I store this in my backpack and use the protective pouch provided. I try to tuck it on top of the laptop such that the panel is facing the inner part of the sleeve (which is slightly padded).I did find the driver installation to be a bit peculiar... but I'm not going to dock off points for something like that. The driver's themselves seem to be functioning well and I haven't had any malfunctions at all.I've had this for a bit over a month now and don't have any issues or defects.

I'd give this a 5 star rating if it weren't for the mouse lag that I get. To explain what I mean, whenever I move the mouse cursor over to this AOC screen, the mouse is a bit sluggish due to the low latency of the screen. The mouse cursor appears to lag behind. It's not terribly sluggish but it's something that I notice and because I use this 2nd monitor for work. It's a bit annoying having to click on small buttons and knobs when there is a little lag.To be fair to AOC, ALL USB displaylink monitors I've used in the past exhibit this lag, so it's not something you can avoid when using a USB displaylink monitor.Aside from this complaint, the monitor is wonderful. Bright, highest resolution you can find in a USB monitor and really light and portable.

**UPDATE**: I've had the monitor for a bit now and the connection to the monitor is extremely sensitive. If I budge or move the monitor to the vertical position, it cuts out and requires re-connection. This involves jiggling it, plugging it in and out, etc. It's annoying but doesn't take away from the usefulness as long as you don't move it by accident.Arrived today and set up was simple - plug and play. It ran fine without the drivers but I installed them anyway. Let me adjust viewing orientation and all that just fine. Color is meh - but I'm not going to be that picky with a portable monitor. Does the job, much more productive now.Pros- Very light- Comes with case- Plug and playCons- Lack of calibration options- Slim viewing angle- Weak connection - if you shift the monitor a little bit it disconnects