MIMO UM730 USB Powered 7" Swivel LCD Screen Mini Display With Built in Webcam, Microphone & Speaker Output

by Satechi

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B001OXSEPK
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• Item model number: UM-730
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,416 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 3, 2009

Product Description

Powered by DisplayLink technology, MIMO UM-730 7" USB connected and powered LCD mini monitor is a friendly and affordable way to add productivity to notebook and desktop computers. It is ideal for dedicating visual workspace to applications that are used at a glance, such as instant messaging and calendars, also perfect for Gadgets and Widget applications like news and weather monitoring , Photoshop palettes and multimedia playback such as iTunes, digital TV, video conferencing, MP3s, photos and more. Using USB for both connectivity and power, MIMO UM-730 features a 800??400 resolution LCD and a complete videophone with 1.3MP Webcam, Microphone and earphone jack.

Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Hardware - Few Drawbacks, July 19, 2009

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D. Diskin (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm really happy with this little guy. It makes a nice second (or third) monitor without taking up space and being very easy to install. It was especially cool to have this as a second display on my laptop

The beauty here is that you don't need to fiddle with extra video cards. You just plug it in via USB and you're set.

I'm running Windows Vista on my desktop and laptop, and it installed without a hitch... although it was not immediate. Windows Vista found the driver online (automatically) so it took about 10 minutes before I was able to use it (yeesh). Still, not having to install anything from the disc was great, and the install process is painless.

The device looks great on a desk. The stand is very stylish.

The display is super sharp. 800x480 on something this small is quite a treat. I had to increase the font size of my IM client to be able to read it, but that was fine by me.

It's a 7" diagonal, which is about 6" x 3½". With the base, it stands about 8½" tall and is about 4" deep. You can also remove the base, and mount it to just about any compatible frame or hold it in your palm I suppose.

Video and graphics are very sharp, although I can't recommend this for high-quality video as the refresh rate (over USB) is just too slow. If you're watching YouTube it will be fine.

Whoever designed the packaging definitely deserves a raise, while the person who wrote the included manual needs to be fired. The manual is ugly and full of translation errors, but really you won't need it.

The built-in webcam works as well as any other webcam. I haven't tried the mic or headphone jack yet. Note that this model does not have built-in speakers.

The device driver lets you easily rotate the display (and physically, you just turn it, the stand supports it just fine). The driver also lets you set the display to "Mirror" mode which mirrors your existing monitor (and changes its resolution to 800x480).

There are three drawbacks:

The device requires TWO USB ports to function. It's awesome that this doesn't need AC power, but be ready to give up two USB ports.

If you want to use the microphone or headphone jack, you'll need to plug in two more cables -- one for the mic and another for headphones. The data is NOT carried over USB as I would have imagined. I think this is pretty lousy but perhaps there's a good reason.

The driver installed two extra processes that must run for the display to work, called DisplayLinkManager.exe and DisplayLinkUI.exe. Together, these take 24 MB of RAM. In my book, that's acceptable. Whatever that software is doing should be off-loaded onto the hardware.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little monitor, April 29, 2009

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DCN - See all my reviews

This review is from: MIMO UM730 USB Powered 7" Swivel LCD Screen Mini Display With Built in Webcam, Microphone & Speaker Output (Personal Computers)

Service from Satechi has been great. Ordered from Amazon, shipped from Satechi. I'm using this little USB monitor as a secondary monitor sitting right next to a main 21" LCD monitor. The 7" Mimo is used to view the feed from a Webcam we have setup in the lobby of our workplace. The setup was easy, picture is great. I love the fact that this thing operates on USB only. No graphics card usage, no power cord, nothing. The packaging for this monitor from Mimo was really cool. Couldn't force myself to throw it away. 5 stars.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MiMo, March 19, 2009

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Jeff Jensen (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

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This is a great product. Just what I expected. I use it daily to view my IM. This makes the use of my other two monitors more efficient and my work is more productive.