So, since I shot my last video about this uh triple panel display, the box of
which is here, I've already done the unboxing. I have done two things. First,
I assembled it. And second, I realized
what the part number means.
MD multi-is 230 that is 23.0 in x3 * 3. So, it's
actually fairly self-explanatory. I guess if they released another one, it
would be called MD230X3
V2. That would be my guess. I could be wrong. Anyway, so we've got it set up
with the triple monitor stand. And I'm not going to let you look at the back
yet. I'm just going to let you bask in the uh triple monitor glory that is this
this setup. So, as I mentioned in the unboxing, it's about ow ouch. It's about
the width of my outstretched arms in terms of your your visible area. Okay.
The stand is a little wider than one of them. And it actually is height
adjustable, which is pretty darn cool. Okay. And uh where was I where was I
going with this? It's so freaking cool. So, we are going to run some games on
this at some point. I haven't decided whether it'll be on my Linus Tech Tips
blog or my NCIXCOM channel. So, make sure you're subscribed to both so that
you don't miss that because we're going to get some iffinity action going on on
here. And uh I did figure out what the little and yes, they are magnetic
strips. The little magnetic strips are for that I found in the unboxing.
They're to put on the sides of the monitor to cover up the kind of uh
industrial finish that this monitor has. So, cameraman, you can come around to
the back and don't catch yourself in the mirror there.
So, check this out. So, I this is sort of the comment I was making a minute ago
is that this setup is probably as close
as you could ever get to a custom manufactured just for you setup from
Samsung. Because you look at this, the fit and finish of it, while very
industrial, very rugged, very all of that, is clearly not mass-production. I
mean, this is like this is like stamped pieces of sheet metal with, you know,
like ventilation holes and then it's like screwed together and you drill
holes through it. It's like it's like it was assembled like uh like just custom
like they found a Samsung panel and they just like built an enclosure around it
just for this which is pretty sweet. So
I want to show you guys how the cable management works on the pack because
it's not simple. Okay, so first of all
you've got power. So uh you can daisy chain the monitors together so that you
only actually have to run a single power cord up to the entire setup. So, my
power cord is going into this one and then out from there to this one and then
out from there to this one. Here, back up a little bit so I can show you sort of the whole the whole look. Okay. I'm
using DVI on the two outside panels and
running the DVI cables over here and down. And then I have a DisplayPort uh
cable here. Okay. And then for USB, cuz
we do need USB, I've got the control pod plugged in over here. And the control
pod is here right now. So, that means you could sort of sit it right there in
front of the monitor. And then there is a control in and control out. So I plug
the control pod into control in and then control out into control in and then
control out into control in finally on the third one. Then the whole thing the
only way I was able to get it tidily and that is without sort of I I could do it
a little bit better if it was at home and I was going to be set up like this for good. But uh was to use some kind of
a tie around the bottom here and run the whole whack of cables down the back. So,
what we end with end up with at the bottom is two DVI, one power, and one
DisplayPort to get this whole honken thing running.
Uh, I think there was something else that I still wanted to say. Oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah. I haven't shown you guys the hinge. So, the hinges, as you can see,
I've adjusted them. Come have a look from top down on these. So, as you can
see, I have adjusted them so they are at their full 30° angle, but you can also
run it completely flat if you prefer.
The setup for this thing actually to to put together the monitor itself took
very little time at all. I was done in about 5 minutes, whereas doing all the
cabling actually took me about 20 minutes. So, that's that's the
timeconsuming part. Here, come have a look at it from the front over here.
Make sure you don't catch yourself in the window because I know you're about to. Yeah, that's right. Uh, okay. So,
this is what it looks like if you run it flat. And then just for perspective,
here it is with my arms span again. So, you can see how long this panel thing
is. So, as I mentioned in the unboxing, you can actually set it up differently.
You can have them all um vertical if you
want, and then that's a that's a slightly different look. So, it'll be less wide, but more tall if you set it
up that way. So, thank you for checking out my detailed impressions on the MD230
X3. See, I bet I got it right even though I didn't cheat. MD230X3. Yep. And
uh yeah, don't forget to stay tuned because we are definitely going to be uh
seeing this thing in action.