As my colleague Chris Welch identified in his overview of the LG StanbyME Go, there’s one thing refreshing a few TV that takes an opportunity on a much less acquainted idea, particularly at a time when beastly OLED panels and art-inspired TVs appear to dominate the panorama. And now, because of a $200 low cost, you may choose up LG’s suitcase TV at Amazon, Finest Purchase, and B&H Photograph beginning at $996.99.
When it comes to design, the StanbyME Go is mainly a 27-inch touchscreen TV that’s constructed straight right into a 28-pound, military-grade briefcase you may tote round with you. The panel itself is nothing to write down residence about — it’s a fundamental 1080 LCD with an HDMI/eARC port and a peak brightness of 500 nits — but it surely’s the idea itself that makes it a enjoyable different to a transportable monitor or pill. The display screen is mounted to an articulating arm that permits you to use it in both portrait or panorama orientation or flat if you wish to play a small collection of preloaded video games (chess included). It gives as much as three hours of battery life and runs the identical webOS software program as common LG TVs, which means it helps all of your favourite streaming apps, saved media, and casting from Apple gadgets through AirPlay.
Personally, I’m not tremendous gung ho in regards to the concept of taking it tenting, given I enterprise into the woods to flee tech (it additionally lacks water resistance). That being mentioned, I can absolutely get behind utilizing it instead of my out of doors projector — offered I discover a spot shady sufficient to view it, that’s.