WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.960 just barely fits 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:10.940 and it does look oh my god oh 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.940 what zabek is this 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:18.420 today we're gonna be looking at the zebek try screen 2. it's like an extra 00:00:16.020 --> 00:00:21.840 two displays that uh attach onto your laptop allowing you to have the triple 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:25.260 screen experience which is amazing because nothing's more frustrating than 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:28.980 getting really used to having multiple monitors and then having to go work on 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:32.700 your laptop for a long amount of time and it's just brutal having to you're 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:39.420 always fiddling with your Windows and stuff like this this allows you to maintain a semblance of portability 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:43.920 without having to deal with having a tiny screen and I'm pretty excited about 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:47.760 it so let's take a look let's what do they say on the back of the box about 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:51.840 the zbex try screen is it zbek or zebek I don't know so the future of work 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:55.140 reimagined the zebex try screen 2 adds two additional screens to any laptop 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:59.460 maximize productivity without sacrificing portability time to free 00:00:57.180 --> 00:01:02.640 myself let's open it this is a fun presentation 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:05.580 looks like right here they have a QR code for like a quick setup guide that's 00:01:04.619 --> 00:01:11.460 nice wow welcome to the zebek family I'm part 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:17.760 of it so what we have in the box is here the screen the screens itself inside we 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:19.580 have a user guide with a QR code so if 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:25.500 you want to if you don't like paper additional accessories and cables two 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:27.299 HDMI mini HDMI two USB a to USBC USBC 90 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:33.720 degree pass-through charging adapter a velcro cable tie two USBC two USBC 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:35.880 cables and a USBC extender 00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:38.820 oh and look at that some stickers 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:43.380 there's a little bit of background to the ShortCircuit if a few months ago on 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:46.799 Linus Tech tips we covered a product called the quumsy P2 Pro and we were 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:51.060 pretty excited about it because it was like this product that had for so long 00:01:49.259 --> 00:01:54.600 had been like hinted at with a phrasers like project Valerie or whatever well 00:01:53.579 --> 00:01:58.920 you'll see in that video is that we found that there was another company called portable that was uh doing a 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:03.479 Kickstarter at the time and they were basically a scam artist is what we've deduced apparently they haven't shipped 00:02:01.860 --> 00:02:08.819 anything I haven't looked up recently if they have clumsy was able to you know 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:10.619 deliver a product however we got an 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:15.420 email from the CEO of zebek who wanted to tell us his side of the story clumsy 00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:20.459 has allegedly infringed upon zebex patents two of them so they have active 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:25.620 lawsuits going on right now this doesn't mean that that clumsy actually did that 00:02:23.459 --> 00:02:29.400 but there's a tendency for these no-name Chinese manufacturers to find like a 00:02:27.900 --> 00:02:33.120 good idea on a Kickstarter and then they can ramp up production and get to Market 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:36.780 before that Kickstarter can actually go through it so lots of times you'll see 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:40.020 companies do things like they'll make a product for another company and then 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:45.120 sell it out the back door as their own product the CEO of zebek told me about 00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:48.900 how their first manufacturer was actually doing this so they had to move 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:53.160 and find another manufacturer clumsy basically just found their product 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:56.760 copied it as closely as possible while making enough changes to kind of get 00:02:54.540 --> 00:03:01.200 away with it but clumsy even went so far as to use these guys's manuals they 00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:05.340 would like actually just put in the zebek manual and it would have a link to 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:11.640 zebex support So when people had problems with their clumsy monitors 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.959 they would go and clog up zebek like it 00:03:11.640 --> 00:03:17.280 would screw zebek over so they had to deal with like all of this extra like BS 00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:23.400 just because clumsy was using it I had a lot of issues with it you can go see that video on last tech tips Linus liked 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:26.819 it but uh it did it did things but it didn't do anything particularly well and 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:31.019 it seemed like a very first generation product what I'm hoping is that the 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:34.440 zebek tri-screen 2 also being at the second generation of this product has 00:03:32.940 --> 00:03:37.800 ironed out a lot of those Kinks so we're going to take a look at that today it 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:41.180 comes folded up like this I'm trying to figure out how I even open it there's a 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:46.200 kickstand here okay and that comes out 00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:50.580 ah okay 00:03:47.940 --> 00:03:54.239 interesting so you would take your laptop 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:56.940 just take this MacBook again so what the clumsy would do is that it would like 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:02.879 you have a button it would extend outwards and then you could just kind of Ratchet and adjust it to the exact 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:06.540 dimensions of your screen this one does not 00:04:03.959 --> 00:04:10.860 have that kind of ratcheting mechanism so I believe that that's what this strap 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:14.459 is for but I don't know how it would stay maybe there's stickers or something 00:04:12.540 --> 00:04:17.579 already I'm noticing one thing that I like about this and that's that your 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:23.220 screens are protected when they're closed when they're on the back of your laptop 00:04:20.340 --> 00:04:27.360 they're not exposed to the rest of the world like they were with the Quincy 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:31.259 which was like just freaking stupid oh 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:33.000 I see I wasn't supposed to take this out 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:36.180 mistakes were made okay 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:39.600 so this elastic band is going to do is that it is that it's gonna make this so 00:04:37.979 --> 00:04:43.020 that it stays tight to your laptop it prevents you from pulling it out 00:04:41.340 --> 00:04:47.220 super far and it would just fall off so what I will do is I'll take it I'll 00:04:44.580 --> 00:04:52.560 extend it we'll place it on the top of the laptop 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:54.180 and as you can see it's pretty heavy 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:58.500 your laptop hinge is not going to be able to handle this on its own which is 00:04:55.860 --> 00:05:02.400 why they include this kickstand it kind of flimsy though do you see that bend 00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:05.940 that's a lot of flex there I wish it was metal you actually will need this to be 00:05:04.380 --> 00:05:09.600 the full length this is kind of having the is 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:12.660 there another one on the other side no this is kind of having the same issue as 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:14.960 like the Nintendo switch kickstand where it's like 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:22.139 boom baby here we go oh yes and it 00:05:20.820 --> 00:05:26.639 curves in another stupid thing about the clumsy monitors which they're like we 00:05:23.880 --> 00:05:32.400 have 270 degrees of uh movement but uh the 270 degrees was like from here to 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:36.120 like here whereas this actually has a way to pull it in so I'm not so wide 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:40.560 like because then I can still have the screens but I'm not taking up a ton of 00:05:38.520 --> 00:05:45.360 space all right so let's get her plugged in so this is already showing why they 00:05:43.020 --> 00:05:48.660 give you so many goddamn cables is because if you're in a scenario where 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:55.020 you're on an older laptop like this MacBook and you don't have the USBC 00:05:51.979 --> 00:05:55.919 you'll have to adapt to the USB type A 00:05:55.020 --> 00:06:01.199 which is great that they give you adapters but before we get plugged in let's learn about our sponsor secret lab 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:04.500 thanks to secret lab for sponsoring this video secret lab chairs are designed to 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:08.940 keep you comfortable for those long nights of work and play they're Titan 00:06:06.479 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like this adapter which I guess will allow it to be USB a 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:59.520 to an HDMI and a USBC and then what's this 00:06:56.340 --> 00:07:00.840 the USB-C 00:06:59.520 --> 00:07:04.560 a arrangement from the display menu That's 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:08.539 not in here all right the MacBook we're going 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:13.319 elsewhere oh we tried getting it to work on this 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:17.039 thing real quick but it was having troubles there are drivers we just 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:22.440 didn't want to go and install all of them we didn't want to go through the rigmarole of doing exactly what they've 00:07:20.099 --> 00:07:29.759 laid out for us in the instructions uh this is a 14 inch HP Elite folio here's 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:34.500 the downside if you have an ultra slim like laptop that does not have very many 00:07:32.039 --> 00:07:38.819 ports this is going to take up two of them 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:42.060 hey it says that back on both sides oh and it worked automatic it's just 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:47.280 it's already on it was that easy actually um the screen sizes are not correct this 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:52.319 one's like a little bit off on the sides but that we can fix that real quick by 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:56.340 adjusting our display settings and then we're gonna adjust oh I should set up 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:59.580 screen capture now I don't have OBS on this do we 00:07:57.419 --> 00:08:04.500 have OBS on here already oh we're switching again 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:07.680 get on there little doggy okay so we're just getting the display 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:11.699 set up the nice thing is that it is like recognized immediately as a display I 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:14.819 can adjust the brightness using this using the tops of each display and 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.720 that's nice that they have individual brightness because if you're say you're 00:08:16.860 --> 00:08:21.720 sitting in the sun there's a bit of an angle battery life's always a concern 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:27.900 this is going to start sucking a lot of battery this is probably using like pulling 10 watts like 5 watts each out 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:31.680 of your battery so that's really gonna have an impact on how long you're gonna 00:08:30.419 --> 00:08:37.919 be able to use your computer so this is kind of the thing that you might want to be using your laptop plugged in for so 00:08:35.339 --> 00:08:42.779 as speaking of charging you can actually use the screens as a pass-through to 00:08:41.099 --> 00:08:46.620 charge your laptop in case you're in the scenario like with the elite folio that 00:08:44.760 --> 00:08:51.959 we had earlier where you only had two USBC ports so you're not totally stuck 00:08:49.800 --> 00:08:58.019 you can still charge with pass-through charging probably at a lowered speed so 00:08:54.720 --> 00:09:02.160 each display is 10.1 inches and Is 1920 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:04.440 by 1200. their LCD IPS displays they 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:07.980 have a 60hz refresh rate 180 degree screen rotation 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:11.519 I mean that sounds about right adjustable brightness we also have other 00:09:09.779 --> 00:09:18.000 settings in the on-screen display color temperature you have HDR on these no 00:09:15.839 --> 00:09:23.459 how yeah their variance and brightness is not huge here's a discipline this is 00:09:21.839 --> 00:09:26.940 disappointing you know I was talking about like quick portability and being able to just kind of lift up and move it 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:32.700 wherever because of the plug being down here 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:36.240 it prevents you from being able to slide in the laptop while keeping 00:09:34.800 --> 00:09:41.959 everything plugged in so if I want to like move I have to take this out 00:09:38.760 --> 00:09:41.959 and then this out 00:09:42.839 --> 00:09:48.540 and then and now I can go but like at least it's 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:52.500 still like okay I'm done I can throw it in a bag but it would have been really nice if 00:09:50.880 --> 00:09:56.399 these could have stayed plugged in so like if we had them on the outside I do 00:09:54.480 --> 00:10:01.019 understand how that would introduce a lot of extra cable length to have to go 00:09:59.459 --> 00:10:06.120 around the other side and that again would be its own set of issues 00:10:04.800 --> 00:10:09.540 um so it's a trade-off that they had to make I'm neither here nor there on it I 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:15.000 think it's fine I will say the size is 00:10:11.820 --> 00:10:17.459 being 10.1 inches is kind of small 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:21.959 I know it allows for extra flexibility if I've changed it to HDR and now all 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:25.260 the colors on this are very wonked my battery is running low I might want 00:10:23.339 --> 00:10:29.220 to plug in my PC see as I said it does consume battery quite quickly 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:32.940 I was at 20 when I put this on and attached it and now it's gone 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:38.220 yeah I don't know if I'd call this HDR but it's actually quite a good looking 00:10:35.760 --> 00:10:42.600 display I don't hate it this is like so this is like a lot of this is what I 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:47.040 wish the clumsy monitor did it takes a lot of the issues I had with that in 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:52.560 terms of its fit and finish it's usability 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:54.420 just unplugging this and sliding in this 00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:57.000 this mechanism is not perfect on this side 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:01.140 um and I wonder how it's going to hold up being all plastic but like this is 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:09.480 the exact thing I would want this is exactly what I was kind of looking for the price is 500 which sounds like a lot 00:11:06.540 --> 00:11:15.240 but think about it like this you get not one but two ten inch screens and 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:19.140 you get this convenient form factor plus a ton of cables like they really wanted 00:11:17.160 --> 00:11:24.060 you to cover every single use case they didn't want you to be stuck without a 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:28.079 way to like a way to use this on your laptop I wonder if this would work with 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:33.660 some of the bigger 17-inch laptops like let's use this grain real quick hmm 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:41.040 lttstore.com it's water bottle drink 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:43.200 it's just she just barely fits 00:11:41.040 --> 00:11:47.279 and it does oh my God oh I do wish that maybe it was bigger 00:11:45.899 --> 00:11:51.180 than 10.1 inches I wish they went to like 12. I know that's not really the 00:11:48.959 --> 00:11:55.680 most common panel size what's limiting a lot of Manufacturers is that 00:11:53.459 --> 00:12:00.240 if you need a display you can't get it in just any size you want 10.1 inches is 00:11:58.560 --> 00:12:04.920 like a common tablet size so that probably made it a lot easier for them to get these displays what is happening 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:07.880 here whoa wait what the hell 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:14.360 how come they're both on the same one now these just come off of this rail 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:20.399 see how there's this this whole exit point 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:24.980 so when you push it back in I don't know it seems to not be doing it oh it 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:29.339 happened this one fell out 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:32.100 it seems like I mean there's other companies that make these there's a 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:35.640 company called like mobile pixel that I believe makes a similar product the 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:39.540 really hard part about this is not the displays for me I don't really care that 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:43.079 much about the quality of the display because this is kind of an office work 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:48.000 thing it's about the mechanism like this doesn't sit flat 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:51.600 you know like I use this once and now I can't get it in 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:57.000 flat okay if I press the bottom of it so if I go like this and I press down here 00:12:54.839 --> 00:13:02.100 then it lays flat I'm disappointed I'm a little sad 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:06.180 there's already like plastic and stuff rubbing off just from the few times I've 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:10.800 opened it you can see scrapes along the bottom 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:16.079 you can get a really high quality portable monitor for like 400 bucks like 00:13:12.540 --> 00:13:18.959 this ASUS Rog strix 15.6 inch monitor 00:13:16.079 --> 00:13:21.600 that's like designed for gaming and also has 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:27.779 the same kind of thing as a built-in kickstand yeah it doesn't suspend here 00:13:25.680 --> 00:13:31.860 but how many scenarios where you're using this thing 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:35.519 where you can't use a portable monitor like you don't also have enough table 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:39.300 surface for portable monitor maybe on like a train or a plane and maybe that's 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:42.660 a really this is really important to you try to portable monitor first if that 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:46.800 really doesn't work for you then maybe look into this what do you think is this 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:50.820 a dream worth chasing is this something that we need to see more of in the 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:56.579 market and it's just not quite there or is it a little bit of a nightmare 00:13:54.060 --> 00:14:00.839 I can answer that I'll be the judges there what am I looking at 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:07.019 it's another try oh God this again but this is the one from the company that is 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:09.000 suing clumsy oh yeah cool so we covered 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:13.800 it but it's uh kind of clumsy it's a funny joke it's 00:14:11.760 --> 00:14:17.279 kind of clumsy if you like this ShortCircuit tell your friends if you didn't 00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:21.300 like it shut up no one likes a whiner if you would like to watch another video 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:25.740 why don't you watch uh the one about the Star Wars TV that ploof did it's a Star 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:29.820 Wars on you TV 00:14:27.660 --> 00:14:34.330 what now I feel bad