# Sliding Laptop Display Extenders The 'Slide' Lets You Easily Expand Your Screen Real Estate By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2021-12-01 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/display-extender References: [newatlas](https://newatlas.com/laptops/portabl-slide-dual-screen-workspace-extender-shipping/) & [portabl](https://www.portabl.com/)  A Belgium startup by the name of 'Portabl' is unveiling an innovative new display extender that is designed to make it possible for professionals to go about expanding their screen real estate by making use of a [pair of additional screens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uperfect-omega) to go with their core laptop display. The 'Slide' display extender comprises a pair of 13.-3-inch screens which, as its name suggests, slide out from its frame. The screens can be used in conjunction with a variety of computing platforms including Windows, Android, OSX, macOS and Ubuntu and offers a range of hardware connectivity options such as USB and DisplayLink. Priced at around $560, the 'Slide' display extender is a much-needed innovation in a professional landscape that is seeing an increased shift toward [working from home](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/espresso-pro-monitor), creating a need for better work-related display solutions that can be wielded in the home without taking up more space than necessary. Image Credit: Portabl ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.1/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 44% | Freshness: 11% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Computers](https://www.trendhunter.com/computers) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Sliding Laptop Display Extenders:** The 'Slide' by Portabl shows a disruptive innovation opportunity to expand the screen real estate for professionals while working from home. - **Remote Work Equipment:** The increasing shift towards working from home creates disruptive innovation opportunities in creating compact, flexible, and efficient equipment for remote professionals. - **Hybrid Displays:** Innovative hybrid displays like the 'Slide' by Portabl show disruptive innovation opportunities to improve the screen real estate of laptops and other computing platforms. ### Who This Affects Most - **Technology Industry:** The technology industry has disruptive innovation opportunities in the development of compact, portable, and flexible displays like the 'Slide' by Portabl. - **Home Office Industry:** The home office industry has disruptive innovation opportunities in creating efficient and compact equipment for professionals working from home, like the 'Slide' by Portabl. - **IT Industry:** The IT industry has disruptive innovation opportunities in developing hardware connectivity options like USB and DisplayLink, that make displays like the 'Slide' by Portabl compatible with a variety of computing platforms. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Magnetic Mobile Laptop Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dualscreen-laptop-accessory.md) - [Modular Quad-Display Laptop Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/quanvizo-extendpro.md) - [Side-Mounted Laptop Monitors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-pixels-trio-and-trio-max.md) - [Triple Display Laptop Accessories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/xebec-triscreen-2.md) - [Stacked External Laptop Screens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/duex-float.md) - [Size-Expanding Laptop Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/compal-electronics-infinite-laptop.md) - [Triple-Display Laptop Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/monduo-16-pro-duo.md) - [Stacked Display Monitors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dualscreen-display.md) - [Portable Multi-Monitor Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-multimonitor-solution.md)