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So I'm having some difficulty "cementing" the portable monitors info. I'm sure someone is going to link that one really long thread, but I read through it and I'm just looking for a confirmation that I have it right.


So it seems to me that the only way to be portable is to either:

1. Plug in a usb-c through mobo

2. Plug in a monster of a batterypack

3. Plug into an outlet through ac-dc


Problems (Hopefully this is where I will be corrected)

1. Usb-c can be used for power, but if so must be used for graphics, thus invalidating any GPU use

2. The batterypack route is expensive and you'll probably need at least 2 $100 batterypacks for multi-hour use

3. ac-dc is taking up another outlet and adds wires


So from this the easy option would be to go ac-dc, but that's not really what I'm looking for.

This is for a S4m portable desktop btw


Edit: Additional question. Is taobao the only place to pick up a ~15" monitor that doesnt suck? Everything that Im seeing under 20" on whitelist sellers is garbage