InnoView Portable Monitor review: Passable performance at a crazy-low price

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The pricing for portable monitors has dipped with incredible speed over the past five years. 15.6-inch 1080p portable monitors, like the InnoView Portable Monitor, are available on Amazon for well under $100.

Pricing that low might leave you skeptical. Is a display this cheap worth buying? Or will it end up as e-waste?

Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best portable monitors for comparison.

InnoView Portable Monitor (15.6-inch) specs and features

The InnoView Portable Monitor has a 15.6-inch 1920×1080 panel based on IPS technology. The monitor doesn’t support Adaptive Sync, but it does claim to support HDR (more on that later). Connectivity includes an HDMI port and two USB-C ports.

• Display size: 15.6-inch 16:9 aspect ratio
• Native resolution: 1920×1080
• Panel type: IPS LCD
• Refresh rate: 60Hz
• Adaptive sync: None
• HDR: Yes
• Ports: 1x HDMI, 2x USB-C, 3.5mm audio-out
• Audio: 2x speakers
• Additional features: Carrying case and stand
• Price: $89.99 MSRP ($60 to $80 typical retail)

But the headliner is, of course, the price. The monitor’s $89.99 MSRP is low to begin with and, like many monitors listed on Amazon, it almost never retails at MSRP. The price tends to swing between $60 and $80, with an all-time low of $59.99 (as of July 2025).

InnoView Portable Monitor design

You might expect a portable monitor that retails for as little as $60 to look cheap. And, well, it does.

The InnoView Portable Monitor looks like something other brands would use as a first-pass prototype to test a panel before they go deeper into production. It’s constructed with simple, flimsy matte-black plastics that have a generic, barely-there texture.

However, InnoView compensates for that by shipping the display with a kickstand case that wraps most of the exterior. It’s not attractive, either, but the added layer of padding and scratch protection reduces my concern about long-term durability.

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And you’ll want to keep the case attached, because it’s also the stand, and the monitor is rather useless without it (unless you bring your own stand, of course).

The stand folds to keep the display in place and has several small bumps that keep it fixed at different angles. That means the range of tilt options is limited, though, which can prove annoying.

InnoView Portable Monitor connectivity

While the InnoView’s design is compromised to hit a price point, the same isn’t true of the portable monitor’s connectivity.

It has one full-sized HDMI port and two USB-C ports, both of which support DisplayPort for video input and USB Power Delivery to supply power to the display. Most modern portable monitors have the same inputs. In fact, the full-sized HDMI is a slight advantage over some slimmer models, which instead use the less common mini- or micro-HDMI input.

InnoView doesn’t ship the portable monitor with a USB power brick, so you’ll have to supply your own or connect the monitor to a device with USB ports that supply power. The monitor ships with one HDMI and one USB-C cable, at least.

InnoView Portable Monitor menus, features, and audio

The InnoView Portable Monitor’s menu system, though basic, is better than I expected. Users access and control the menus with the volume and power buttons on the monitor’s right side. While this arrangement is awkward, it’s commonly used by portable monitors, and the InnoView’s buttons are responsive.

If you’re looking for extra features, however, the menus don’t provide much. You’ll find support for a 4:3 aspect ratio, audio settings, and basic color image adjustments (like color temperature), but that’s it.

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The InnoView’s speakers left me pleasantly surprised. They’re a bit quiet even at maximum volume but provide clear, distinct sound that rarely sounds muddy. The speakers are acceptable for podcasts, video calls, YouTube, and ambient music at low volumes, which is more than can be said for other portable monitors.

InnoView Portable Monitor SDR image quality

The InnoView Portable Monitor’s low price point sets low expectations for its image quality. And it’s not the best, to be sure. Still, the InnoView provides an acceptable experience for office productivity and web browsing.

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The InnoView hits a maximum sustained SDR brightness of 269 nits. That’s not bright but, as the graph shows, it’s typical for a budget portable monitor. The InnoView is plenty bright in rooms with some light control but will start to look dim when used near sunlit windows or in rooms with harsh overhead lighting.

While the monitor’s brightness is modest, it’s aided by an effective matte finish. Reflections are kept to a minimum, becoming noticeable only when an overpowering point of light is placed opposite the display.

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The InnoView’s contrast ratio is either mediocre or good, depending on your perspective.

It’s certainly not a contrast-rich display when compared to all computer monitors sold today. Alternatives with an OLED panel, like the Viewsonic VX1655-4K-OLED, will provide a richer and more immersive experience.

But that Viewsonic is at least six times more expensive than the InnoView. When compared to other more expensive portable monitors, like the Arzopa Z1FC and Viewsonic TD1656-2K, the InnoView just slightly lags the pack.

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Color performance is where the InnoView’s extreme budget price is most noticeable. The monitor has a narrow color gamut that spans just 64 percent of sRGB and less than 50 percent of both DCI-P3 and AdobeRGB. As the graph shows, those figures are low even for a budget portable monitor.

In practice, the narrow color gamut makes for a flat, dull, and lifeless experience. It’s not a problem for browsing documents or writing in Word, but movies and games will look far less alluring.

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It’s a similar story in color accuracy. The InnoView’s color accuracy isn’t terrible, but it’s not great. The image often has a distinctly artificial look expressed in odd depictions of blue, green, and cyan hues.

The monitor’s push towards blue is also represented in its default color gamut of 7500K, which is way off our target of 6500K and indicates a cold, sterile image. However, the monitor’s gamma result hit our target of 2.2.

Sharpness is a perk. The monitor’s 1080p resolution isn’t remarkable but works out to a pixel density of just over 140 pixels per inch across the 15.6-inch panel. That’s not too far behind a 27-inch 4K monitor (at 163 ppi) and far better than a 27-inch 1440p panel (at roughly 109 ppi). Text, video, and images all look crisp on the InnoView Portable Monitor.

What about viewing angles? They’re great. The InnoView’s IPS panel shows little sign of color and brightness shift when viewed off-angle from the sides or above. It will eventually occur, but the angles at which it becomes noticeable are so extreme that it’s hard to imagine a scenario where you’d use the monitor in that way.

The InnoView Portable Monitor’s image quality, though nothing special, feels more than adequate for a display sold well below $100. The monitor’s color performance is its biggest weakness, followed by contrast. Yet those flaws are countered by the monitor’s decent brightness, good sharpness, and wide viewing angles.

InnoView Portable Monitor HDR image quality and motion performance

The InnoView Portable Monitor lists HDR support and accepts an HDR signal, but that’s about it. As the monitor’s image quality results suggest, it lacks the brightness and color performance to deliver HDR. I don’t recommend using HDR on this monitor, as it will often look worse than sticking with SDR.

Motion performance is spotty, as well. The monitor has a 60Hz refresh rate. Adaptive sync support isn’t advertised, but a “Free Sync” setting is found in the monitor’s menu system. Unfortunately, it didn’t appear to function in my testing.

Is the InnoView Portable Monitor worth it?

The InnoView Portable Monitor isn’t an amazing monitor. It’s a usable monitor, however, with passable image quality and good connectivity at a rock-bottom price. Shoppers who care about image quality, motion clarity, or HDR should give the InnoView a hard pass. Those looking to spend as little as possible on a usable portable display, however, will find the InnoView Portable Monitor does the job.