I wanted this to be usable immediately, so it’s janky as all hell, but it works!
I used the cardboard packaging from the box the new screen came in, some electrical tape, and some command strips (for hanging stuff on walls) so theoretically this should be entirely disassemblable when I decide to do this properly.
I did have to go buy a mini-HDMI to HDMI cable from Best Buy, I forgot that this was mini-HDMI. And the USB-C video input doesn’t seem to work, but I have an HDMI expansion card, so I don’t mind as much.
The slit on the cover bit is so that I can fold it and use the screen in portrait (below), which mostly works, and is really nice for reading documents.
I also used cardboard because I wanted it to fold up super thin, so it’ll fit next to my laptop in my bag. I think I’ll do the design to make it out of two sheets of 1/16 acrylic or thin sheet metal eventually, because this obviously isn’t a long-term solution.
Getting the OSD back into english from the Mandarin it shipped with took a minute, but I did get it, and the options are pretty good. It runs at a full 2256 x 1504 at 60Hz (which is actually 59.94 Hz or whatever, not true 60), and can use the full range of brightness.
It’ll take input power through either of the USB-Cs, there doesn’t seem to really be a difference, but power through the micro-usb leads to a noticeably dimmer screen. It does seem to want the full 15W that it says to give it, so I’ll have to see what it’s like running it off of my laptop battery.
I did cut a ziploc baggie and put it over the electronics on the back, because I didn’t want to leave them fully exposed, but they wouldn’t really have fit within the cardboard.
I’ve yet to try it with anything that isn’t my laptop, but I did buy the HDMI board with the goal of using it with my xbox as well, in a mobile setup, so I’ll add updates after I see if that works.
Edit: It does work with my Xbox, but it refuses to display at the proper aspect ratio, so it’s squishing the 16:9 signal onto the 3:2 display. This is fine, I guess, but I think it’s a limitation of the control board, because it says it supports 16:9, and lets me select it in menus, but then is just a black screen when I do.
