**Portable Monitor Review: X-Panel 4**

The X-Panel 4 is a portable monitor designed specifically for the Steam Deck, a popular gaming handheld console. This compact device offers an immersive viewing experience on-the-go, making it an ideal accessory for gamers and tech enthusiasts alike.

One of the standout features of the X-Panel 4 is its internal battery, which provides power to the monitor over a USB Type-C connection. The battery itself is a 65 watt, 10,000 milliampere-hour unit that can add up to two hours of gameplay to the Steam Deck's battery life. This feature allows users to take their gaming session on the road without worrying about running out of juice.

The X-Panel 4 also boasts 35-watt pass-through charging, which means it can charge both its own battery and the Steam Deck's at the same time. This convenient feature is a big plus for those who plan to use the monitor with their device while on-the-go. The monitor's design features two USB Type-C ports on the rear of the unit, providing a clean and sleek aesthetic that sets it apart from other portable monitors on the market.

The X-Panel 4's display is another highlight of this device. With an IPS panel, HDR 400 support, and a wide color gamut, this monitor offers excellent image quality for gaming and multimedia consumption. The viewing angle is also notable, making it easy to share with friends or family while playing games on the Steam Deck.

In addition to its impressive display capabilities, the X-Panel 4 also supports freeSync technology over USB Type-C and HDMI. While freeSync support is currently only available on some devices, this feature would be a welcome addition for those using other Steam Deck-compatible displays in the future.

For users with Android devices or other compatible systems, the X-Panel 4 can be used as an external display via HDMI or video signal output. This makes it an excellent accessory for desktop work, photo editing, video editing, and coding applications that require a larger screen real estate.

The author of this review has found the X-Panel 4 to be a valuable addition to their Steam Deck setup. They have been using it extensively in multiplayer gaming sessions with friends and family, as well as for general gaming and multimedia consumption. The device's compact size, battery life, and impressive display make it an excellent choice for anyone looking to upgrade their on-the-go gaming experience.

**Comparison to Other Devices**

The X-Panel 4 is part of a growing market of portable monitors designed specifically for mobile devices. Samsung Dex, Motorola Ready, Huawei's unknown device, and Lenovo's desktop mode are all notable mentions in this space. Each device offers unique features and capabilities that set it apart from the competition.

While each device has its strengths and weaknesses, the X-Panel 4 stands out for its slim form factor, USB Type-C ports on the rear, and impressive display quality. For those looking for a portable monitor with excellent image quality and convenience features, the X-Panel 4 is an excellent choice.

**Conclusion**

The X-Panel 4 is a portable monitor that has exceeded the author's expectations in every way. Its internal battery, pass-through charging, and compact design make it an ideal accessory for gamers and tech enthusiasts on-the-go. With its impressive display quality, freeSync support, and versatility as an external display device, the X-Panel 4 is sure to be a hit with anyone looking to upgrade their mobile gaming experience.

**Purchase Information**

The X-Panel 4 can be purchased on Amazon or through the manufacturer's website for $140. For users interested in learning more about this portable monitor or have questions about compatibility and usage, the author invites you to leave comments below.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign pack here again today we're going to be taking a look at a really awesome 14 inch portable monitor known as the x-panel 4 and in my opinion I think this makes a great accessory for the steam deck or even your Android device that supports alt mode over USB type-c as long as you can get a video signal out of either USB type-c or HDMI you can use this monitor with that device but recently I've actually been using a portable monitor a lot with the steam deck basically setting it up with a larger display so we can do multiplayer on the same screen and it works out really well for desktop mode on the go and when it comes to this new x-panel 4 I mean it's definitely a really good looking panel it's coming in at 14 inches it's 1080P and it's an IPS display it also supports HDR 400 and freesync and this thing is super thin as you can see it's not much thicker than the Galaxy S21 here it's also super light easy to throw in a bag and it's got dual stereo speakers built in plus we've got a matte finish here so we don't get all of that reflection like some of these portable monitors on the market right now one important thing to note here with this monitor is it's not a touch display so you're not going to get any touch functionality out of it you can always opt to get one of those but personally I kind of like them without it because they do come in much cheaper and the viewing angles are going to be much better but inside of the Box we do get a detachable stand a USB charging brick a USB type-c cable for video and from whatever device supports video out of USB type-c and we've also got an HDMI cable full size on one end mini on the other now when it comes to ports on this monitor we've got that mini HDMI in we've also got USB type c video in in USB type-c power in plus a 3.5 millimeter audio jack over on the side another thing I really like about the x-panel 4 here is the USB type-c ports are actually located on the rear of the device now we've still got HDMI coming in from the side and a 3.5 millimeter audio jack but when you're using this monitor over a USB type-c video signal we're not going to see any cable sticking out of the side of this thing and I've actually been looking for a monitor like this for a little while just because it's a super clean look when you have everything plugged in but uh one thing I'd love to see here is HDMI on the rear unfortunately we just don't have it here so getting any kind of device connected to the x-panel 4 is super easy with the steam deck we've only got a single USB type-c port on the unit so we're going to plug right into here and keep in mind this is going to send video signal out and power to the monitor so we are going to be using a little bit of the steam decks battery but another great feature that the x-panel 4 offers is 35 watt pass-through charging so you could actually set this up with an external battery and keep the steam deck topped up and the monitor going for much longer and there's nothing else we need to do here with the steam deck it's automatically going to detect that external Monitor and with newer firmware on the steam deck it will default to the resolution of that monitor so we've now got the steam deck UI running at 1080p we can use the built-in controls on the steam deck but personally I like using an external Bluetooth controller and we've got dual stereo speakers here with the monitor itself but we can always default to the built-in speakers on the steam deck if you want to I mean it's really up to you I'll tell you that the steam deck speakers are a bit louder than the ones on this monitor here so that might be something you want to do but all you really need to do is head over to settings audio and you can choose that audio output and with this external display and newer firmware we've got the option to change the resolution we can just go to the default default it to 1080 and while we're playing a game we can actually get that resolution to go up to 1080 but keep in mind you know with the newer AAA stuff you might just want to keep it at 720 and since we now have a 16x9 aspect ratio display 720 is going to be the sweet spot here instead of 800p so right now the way I have everything set up the steam decks internal battery is actually taking care of the power for the monitor over that USB type-c connection but we do have 35 watt pass-through charging and a battery that I've been using since the steam deck was released was this one here I'll leave a link to it It's a 65 watt 10 000 milliamp hour battery and it does get the job done it'll add an hour and a half to two hours of gameplay to your steam deck which is definitely welcome and all we need to do is go ahead and plug this into the other USB type-c port on the rear of the Monitor and keep in mind you could always use a wall charger but to keep everything portable I've got this battery here just kind of stays with me when I'm traveling with the steam DAC and now we're actually sending power to the monitor from the battery and in turn we're passing through 35 watts of juice to the steam decks battery charging it up at the same time and since those USB type-c ports are on the rear of the monitor you can actually clean this up to make it look really nice while it's sitting there on the desk and this was really one of my big gripes about other portable monitors on the market all of those ports are just sticking right out of the side so you can never get something that looks this clean you've always got a wire coming right out of the side but overall this does work out really well for the steam deck and I mean the monitor itself does look a lot better than the built-in steam deck screen 1080p IPS we've got HDR 400 and it also supports freesync over USB type-c and HDMI and right now I don't think freesync is implemented with the steam Deck Over USB type c it would be really nice to get this in the future but just keep in mind that this little monitor does support it so if you've got another device that supports freesync it will work and yeah I mean we've got a really good color range here with this monitor I think these colors really pop on this thing and being an IPS display we've got great viewing angle and of course another big use case scenario for something like this would be desktop mode with the steam DAC just give you a much larger area to work with so if you're doing any kind of work be it a photo editing video editing or even coding you've got a much larger display so you can basically see everything you need so yeah I mean the x-panel 4 is great for the steam deck and one thing I've been using this a lot with is just kind of multiplayer setting it up on the counter got this larger display so me and the kids can kind of just get around it and play up to four players with Ninja Turtles or any other game that does support it the next thing I personally use these portable monitors for quite a bit is Samsung Dex now Motorola also has their ready for which is really good I think Huawei has their own thing I don't know if we've got it over here in the states or not I've never been able to test it Lenovo also has a desktop mode that they're rolling out to their higher end phones now and you can always connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or you could use their built-in kind of trackpad as long as you can get the orientation correct yeah it does work and we've got multi-tap gestures here on this trackpad so we can go through and if you want to scroll through a web page or anything like that you'll be good to go and with more screen real estate here on the go it really does help out because there's a lot of work that I do with my Android device itself and having decks set up with a larger display really helps out and of course in Samsung Dex we can still run our favorite Android games and emulators but this time we'll be on a big screen so I've been enjoying the x-panel 4 and a bunch of different devices I do love the design here really thin form factor the fact that we have those USB type C's on the rear of the unit is a big Plus in my opinion and this thing is coming in at 140 dollars I think you can get it on Amazon or their website I'll leave some links in the description but as long as your device supports HDMI out a video signal over HDMI or video over USB type c be it alt mode from Android this portable monitor will work with that device but that's going to wrap it up for this one really appreciate you watching I kind of wanted to show this off this is the one I've been using for the past couple weeks and yeah I mean it's worked out really well if you're interested in learning more I'll leave some links in the description if you have any questions let me know in the comments below and like always thanks for watchingforeign pack here again today we're going to be taking a look at a really awesome 14 inch portable monitor known as the x-panel 4 and in my opinion I think this makes a great accessory for the steam deck or even your Android device that supports alt mode over USB type-c as long as you can get a video signal out of either USB type-c or HDMI you can use this monitor with that device but recently I've actually been using a portable monitor a lot with the steam deck basically setting it up with a larger display so we can do multiplayer on the same screen and it works out really well for desktop mode on the go and when it comes to this new x-panel 4 I mean it's definitely a really good looking panel it's coming in at 14 inches it's 1080P and it's an IPS display it also supports HDR 400 and freesync and this thing is super thin as you can see it's not much thicker than the Galaxy S21 here it's also super light easy to throw in a bag and it's got dual stereo speakers built in plus we've got a matte finish here so we don't get all of that reflection like some of these portable monitors on the market right now one important thing to note here with this monitor is it's not a touch display so you're not going to get any touch functionality out of it you can always opt to get one of those but personally I kind of like them without it because they do come in much cheaper and the viewing angles are going to be much better but inside of the Box we do get a detachable stand a USB charging brick a USB type-c cable for video and from whatever device supports video out of USB type-c and we've also got an HDMI cable full size on one end mini on the other now when it comes to ports on this monitor we've got that mini HDMI in we've also got USB type c video in in USB type-c power in plus a 3.5 millimeter audio jack over on the side another thing I really like about the x-panel 4 here is the USB type-c ports are actually located on the rear of the device now we've still got HDMI coming in from the side and a 3.5 millimeter audio jack but when you're using this monitor over a USB type-c video signal we're not going to see any cable sticking out of the side of this thing and I've actually been looking for a monitor like this for a little while just because it's a super clean look when you have everything plugged in but uh one thing I'd love to see here is HDMI on the rear unfortunately we just don't have it here so getting any kind of device connected to the x-panel 4 is super easy with the steam deck we've only got a single USB type-c port on the unit so we're going to plug right into here and keep in mind this is going to send video signal out and power to the monitor so we are going to be using a little bit of the steam decks battery but another great feature that the x-panel 4 offers is 35 watt pass-through charging so you could actually set this up with an external battery and keep the steam deck topped up and the monitor going for much longer and there's nothing else we need to do here with the steam deck it's automatically going to detect that external Monitor and with newer firmware on the steam deck it will default to the resolution of that monitor so we've now got the steam deck UI running at 1080p we can use the built-in controls on the steam deck but personally I like using an external Bluetooth controller and we've got dual stereo speakers here with the monitor itself but we can always default to the built-in speakers on the steam deck if you want to I mean it's really up to you I'll tell you that the steam deck speakers are a bit louder than the ones on this monitor here so that might be something you want to do but all you really need to do is head over to settings audio and you can choose that audio output and with this external display and newer firmware we've got the option to change the resolution we can just go to the default default it to 1080 and while we're playing a game we can actually get that resolution to go up to 1080 but keep in mind you know with the newer AAA stuff you might just want to keep it at 720 and since we now have a 16x9 aspect ratio display 720 is going to be the sweet spot here instead of 800p so right now the way I have everything set up the steam decks internal battery is actually taking care of the power for the monitor over that USB type-c connection but we do have 35 watt pass-through charging and a battery that I've been using since the steam deck was released was this one here I'll leave a link to it It's a 65 watt 10 000 milliamp hour battery and it does get the job done it'll add an hour and a half to two hours of gameplay to your steam deck which is definitely welcome and all we need to do is go ahead and plug this into the other USB type-c port on the rear of the Monitor and keep in mind you could always use a wall charger but to keep everything portable I've got this battery here just kind of stays with me when I'm traveling with the steam DAC and now we're actually sending power to the monitor from the battery and in turn we're passing through 35 watts of juice to the steam decks battery charging it up at the same time and since those USB type-c ports are on the rear of the monitor you can actually clean this up to make it look really nice while it's sitting there on the desk and this was really one of my big gripes about other portable monitors on the market all of those ports are just sticking right out of the side so you can never get something that looks this clean you've always got a wire coming right out of the side but overall this does work out really well for the steam deck and I mean the monitor itself does look a lot better than the built-in steam deck screen 1080p IPS we've got HDR 400 and it also supports freesync over USB type-c and HDMI and right now I don't think freesync is implemented with the steam Deck Over USB type c it would be really nice to get this in the future but just keep in mind that this little monitor does support it so if you've got another device that supports freesync it will work and yeah I mean we've got a really good color range here with this monitor I think these colors really pop on this thing and being an IPS display we've got great viewing angle and of course another big use case scenario for something like this would be desktop mode with the steam DAC just give you a much larger area to work with so if you're doing any kind of work be it a photo editing video editing or even coding you've got a much larger display so you can basically see everything you need so yeah I mean the x-panel 4 is great for the steam deck and one thing I've been using this a lot with is just kind of multiplayer setting it up on the counter got this larger display so me and the kids can kind of just get around it and play up to four players with Ninja Turtles or any other game that does support it the next thing I personally use these portable monitors for quite a bit is Samsung Dex now Motorola also has their ready for which is really good I think Huawei has their own thing I don't know if we've got it over here in the states or not I've never been able to test it Lenovo also has a desktop mode that they're rolling out to their higher end phones now and you can always connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or you could use their built-in kind of trackpad as long as you can get the orientation correct yeah it does work and we've got multi-tap gestures here on this trackpad so we can go through and if you want to scroll through a web page or anything like that you'll be good to go and with more screen real estate here on the go it really does help out because there's a lot of work that I do with my Android device itself and having decks set up with a larger display really helps out and of course in Samsung Dex we can still run our favorite Android games and emulators but this time we'll be on a big screen so I've been enjoying the x-panel 4 and a bunch of different devices I do love the design here really thin form factor the fact that we have those USB type C's on the rear of the unit is a big Plus in my opinion and this thing is coming in at 140 dollars I think you can get it on Amazon or their website I'll leave some links in the description but as long as your device supports HDMI out a video signal over HDMI or video over USB type c be it alt mode from Android this portable monitor will work with that device but that's going to wrap it up for this one really appreciate you watching I kind of wanted to show this off this is the one I've been using for the past couple weeks and yeah I mean it's worked out really well if you're interested in learning more I'll leave some links in the description if you have any questions let me know in the comments below and like always thanks for watchingforeign pack here again today we're going to be taking a look at a really awesome 14 inch portable monitor known as the x-panel 4 and in my opinion I think this makes a great accessory for the steam deck or even your Android device that supports alt mode over USB type-c as long as you can get a video signal out of either USB type-c or HDMI you can use this monitor with that device but recently I've actually been using a portable monitor a lot with the steam deck basically setting it up with a larger display so we can do multiplayer on the same screen and it works out really well for desktop mode on the go and when it comes to this new x-panel 4 I mean it's definitely a really good looking panel it's coming in at 14 inches it's 1080P and it's an IPS display it also supports HDR 400 and freesync and this thing is super thin as you can see it's not much thicker than the Galaxy S21 here it's also super light easy to throw in a bag and it's got dual stereo speakers built in plus we've got a matte finish here so we don't get all of that reflection like some of these portable monitors on the market right now one important thing to note here with this monitor is it's not a touch display so you're not going to get any touch functionality out of it you can always opt to get one of those but personally I kind of like them without it because they do come in much cheaper and the viewing angles are going to be much better but inside of the Box we do get a detachable stand a USB charging brick a USB type-c cable for video and from whatever device supports video out of USB type-c and we've also got an HDMI cable full size on one end mini on the other now when it comes to ports on this monitor we've got that mini HDMI in we've also got USB type c video in in USB type-c power in plus a 3.5 millimeter audio jack over on the side another thing I really like about the x-panel 4 here is the USB type-c ports are actually located on the rear of the device now we've still got HDMI coming in from the side and a 3.5 millimeter audio jack but when you're using this monitor over a USB type-c video signal we're not going to see any cable sticking out of the side of this thing and I've actually been looking for a monitor like this for a little while just because it's a super clean look when you have everything plugged in but uh one thing I'd love to see here is HDMI on the rear unfortunately we just don't have it here so getting any kind of device connected to the x-panel 4 is super easy with the steam deck we've only got a single USB type-c port on the unit so we're going to plug right into here and keep in mind this is going to send video signal out and power to the monitor so we are going to be using a little bit of the steam decks battery but another great feature that the x-panel 4 offers is 35 watt pass-through charging so you could actually set this up with an external battery and keep the steam deck topped up and the monitor going for much longer and there's nothing else we need to do here with the steam deck it's automatically going to detect that external Monitor and with newer firmware on the steam deck it will default to the resolution of that monitor so we've now got the steam deck UI running at 1080p we can use the built-in controls on the steam deck but personally I like using an external Bluetooth controller and we've got dual stereo speakers here with the monitor itself but we can always default to the built-in speakers on the steam deck if you want to I mean it's really up to you I'll tell you that the steam deck speakers are a bit louder than the ones on this monitor here so that might be something you want to do but all you really need to do is head over to settings audio and you can choose that audio output and with this external display and newer firmware we've got the option to change the resolution we can just go to the default default it to 1080 and while we're playing a game we can actually get that resolution to go up to 1080 but keep in mind you know with the newer AAA stuff you might just want to keep it at 720 and since we now have a 16x9 aspect ratio display 720 is going to be the sweet spot here instead of 800p so right now the way I have everything set up the steam decks internal battery is actually taking care of the power for the monitor over that USB type-c connection but we do have 35 watt pass-through charging and a battery that I've been using since the steam deck was released was this one here I'll leave a link to it It's a 65 watt 10 000 milliamp hour battery and it does get the job done it'll add an hour and a half to two hours of gameplay to your steam deck which is definitely welcome and all we need to do is go ahead and plug this into the other USB type-c port on the rear of the Monitor and keep in mind you could always use a wall charger but to keep everything portable I've got this battery here just kind of stays with me when I'm traveling with the steam DAC and now we're actually sending power to the monitor from the battery and in turn we're passing through 35 watts of juice to the steam decks battery charging it up at the same time and since those USB type-c ports are on the rear of the monitor you can actually clean this up to make it look really nice while it's sitting there on the desk and this was really one of my big gripes about other portable monitors on the market all of those ports are just sticking right out of the side so you can never get something that looks this clean you've always got a wire coming right out of the side but overall this does work out really well for the steam deck and I mean the monitor itself does look a lot better than the built-in steam deck screen 1080p IPS we've got HDR 400 and it also supports freesync over USB type-c and HDMI and right now I don't think freesync is implemented with the steam Deck Over USB type c it would be really nice to get this in the future but just keep in mind that this little monitor does support it so if you've got another device that supports freesync it will work and yeah I mean we've got a really good color range here with this monitor I think these colors really pop on this thing and being an IPS display we've got great viewing angle and of course another big use case scenario for something like this would be desktop mode with the steam DAC just give you a much larger area to work with so if you're doing any kind of work be it a photo editing video editing or even coding you've got a much larger display so you can basically see everything you need so yeah I mean the x-panel 4 is great for the steam deck and one thing I've been using this a lot with is just kind of multiplayer setting it up on the counter got this larger display so me and the kids can kind of just get around it and play up to four players with Ninja Turtles or any other game that does support it the next thing I personally use these portable monitors for quite a bit is Samsung Dex now Motorola also has their ready for which is really good I think Huawei has their own thing I don't know if we've got it over here in the states or not I've never been able to test it Lenovo also has a desktop mode that they're rolling out to their higher end phones now and you can always connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or you could use their built-in kind of trackpad as long as you can get the orientation correct yeah it does work and we've got multi-tap gestures here on this trackpad so we can go through and if you want to scroll through a web page or anything like that you'll be good to go and with more screen real estate here on the go it really does help out because there's a lot of work that I do with my Android device itself and having decks set up with a larger display really helps out and of course in Samsung Dex we can still run our favorite Android games and emulators but this time we'll be on a big screen so I've been enjoying the x-panel 4 and a bunch of different devices I do love the design here really thin form factor the fact that we have those USB type C's on the rear of the unit is a big Plus in my opinion and this thing is coming in at 140 dollars I think you can get it on Amazon or their website I'll leave some links in the description but as long as your device supports HDMI out a video signal over HDMI or video over USB type c be it alt mode from Android this portable monitor will work with that device but that's going to wrap it up for this one really appreciate you watching I kind of wanted to show this off this is the one I've been using for the past couple weeks and yeah I mean it's worked out really well if you're interested in learning more I'll leave some links in the description if you have any questions let me know in the comments below and like always thanks for watching\n"