Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor Review

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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. This $199 accessory provides 14 extra inches of screen real estate--and it weighs about as much as a 10-inch netbook. Should enterprising suitcase dwellers take the plunge?

The way the Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor comes wrapped up in stylish-looking faux leather, you'd think it was a high-end tablet, not a 14-inch external screen. The case unfolds to become a stand for the display, so it looks cool, adds functionality, and helps protect the screen. The bezel is a shiny black plastic and the back is a matte texture.

Overall, Toshiba's mobile monitor looks much sleeker than the Field Monitor Pro, though the latter offers a sturdier metal stand. It's 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches for the Toshiba versus a larger 14 x 10.2 x 1.3 inches for the Field Monitor Pro. Factor in the Toshiba monitor's weight of 2.8 pounds (3.4 with the adapter), as opposed to the other display's 4.8 pounds (5 pounds with the adapter like Toshiba Satellite X200 Ac Adapter, Toshiba G15 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Equium A60 Ac Adapter, Toshiba PA3165U-1ACA Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite 1600 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite 200 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A100 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Tecra L2 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite M20 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite M65 Ac Adapter, Toshiba terca 8000 Ac Adapter, Toshiba Satellite 1900 Ac Adapter), and it's clear which one we'd stuff into a carry-on.

Along the front is a green LED power button along with brightness controls. A miniUSB port is on the left edge, and a power adapter port is on the right. Unlike the Field Monitor Pro and the Monitor2Go, the Mobile Monitor doesn't offer additional USB ports or a Kensington lock slot.

To test performance, we dragged windows from one display to the other, edited a spreadsheet in Google Docs, and watched a 720p YouTube video of the movie trailer for Hanna. For the most part, we noticed little to no latency with any of the notebooks. Window movement across displays was crisp and seamless, and there was no cursor freeze or load time editing our Google Doc spreadsheet or when composing e-mails.

We did notice slight stuttering video when we watched the Hanna trailer using the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11, Toshiba T235, and Toshiba NB505 netbook. Those systems respectively contain a low power Intel Core i3-U380, a Pentium U5400, and an Atom N455 processor, all chips built for moderate performance. However, the Field Monitor Pro stuttered even more when we used it to stream YouTube video and edit Google Docs with the Toshiba NB505 and Lenovo ThinkPad 11.

Those who wish to use the Toshiba Mobile Monitor with a netbook should note that many include low-performance Intel Atom processors and Windows 7 Starter, which only lets you mirror the display, not extend it. Still it's a useful tool for presenters. However, don't expect flawless playback if you plan to watch online video with the Mobile Monitor paired to a netbook or another system packing a low-performance CPU.

Road warriors who want a portable display that can hit the road as easily as a good business notebook should take a good look at the Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor. It's easy to carry, affordable, and looks dapper in its leather-like carrying case and stand. While we recommend you purchase the power adapter to maximize the brightness, the Toshiba monitor is a cut above the Field Monitor Pro, a 15.4-inch alternative that costs $90 more, weighs nearly 1.5 pounds more, and performs poorly with less powerful notebooks. If you're to multitask on the road and look professional doing it, the Toshiba USB Mobile LCD Monitor is a good value.