You’ve probably seen portable displays before—some sleek, some gimmicky—but none quite like this. Meet the Splay Max from Texas-based Arovia. This isn’t just another screen you toss into your backpack. It’s a 35-inch display that folds down into something the size of a headphone case. And no, this isn’t wizardry. It’s just good old clever engineering.
Technically speaking, Splay Max isn’t a traditional monitor. It’s a projector with a built-in, collapsible soft screen that stretches out to a glorious 35 inches in display mode—a good 11 inches larger than its predecessor. And if you feel like going full cinema mode, ditch the screen and project up to 100 inches on a wall, tent, or random surface in the wild.
The display itself is full HD (1920×1080), glare-free, low blue light, and made with some award-winning nanomaterial, which is a fancy way of saying it’s easy on your eyes.
It has a rechargeable battery, built-in speakers, and auto keystone correction, which saves you from fiddling endlessly with tilt angles. Also, it plays nice with tripods. Whether you’re out camping, working remotely, showing off slides in the field, or binge-watching with popcorn in hand, the Splay Max feels like it was made for your kind of chaos.
Splay Max is now live on Kickstarter at US$799, which is nearly half off the retail price of US$1,499. It’s compact, it’s clever, and it saves your eyeballs from squinting at tiny screens ever again.
Images: Arovia Inc.
