Reverse Upgrade: Unboxing the 2026 aigo14 Portable Monitor

Preface

A year later, I'm back buying a portable monitor again~

The aigo14 I bought last year was a decent experience, and it was also the only portable monitor that offered DDC/CI support, which left a pretty good impression on me, so when I saw they released a 2026 model this year, I ordered one again.

This time, though, I was slightly disappointed.

The price is ¥278; the one I bought last year was 276, pretty much the same.

Packaging

The packaging is still the same as last year's.

Back

Pretty much no difference, still this red design.

Maybe there's a difference in the serial number?

The Screen Itself

The biggest difference this time is that the stand has been redesigned.

Last year's stand was hard to pry open; the new stand is indeed easier to open, but why does it look so ugly 😂

The back still retains screw holes, making it convenient to mount on a stand.

The Stand

This stand supports rotation, so you can easily set the screen upright.

Adjusting the angle.

Overall, although this stand is ugly, it's reasonably practical.

But does everyone remember how I used it before? Placing the portable monitor on the laptop keyboard for a dual-screen effect.

Like in the picture below.

Previous portable monitors had basically flat backs, so placing them on the keyboard was no problem, but this new aigo14's stand has a very large protrusion that presses the keys when placed on the keyboard, basically ruling out this usage.

Usage Experience

In terms of color, it's basically the same as the one I bought last year.

But this year's model surprisingly doesn't support the DDC/CI protocol, so you can't adjust this display's brightness directly from the computer.

That's really not right—last year's still supported it.

It's not completely hopeless, though. I later learned how to adjust brightness on displays that don't support the DDC/CI protocol. Of course, that's a story for later, and I didn't test it on this aigo14 at the time.

I'll introduce this method in the next article.