Requires patience and tolerance.
By Spineanu
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2022-06-28
It's a difficult review to make because I don't want to say bad things.
(1)This teleprompter comes from a different era (the past). It's big ( great) feels solid, but clunky, heavy, made for bigger cameras, it comes from a time when you could dedicate a whole afternoon to do a talking head project.
(2) It has to be disassembled for transport and its 2 screws are not thumb screws, you need a hex key, you need to make sure you don't loose those in-between.
(3) the mirror isn't angle adjustable - if you want to frame for a low angle for example, you may have a problem. Its positive is that it's large enough to still catch some text from extreme angles
(4) the camera mount holes are right at the edge of the plate, all the weight of the camera and the lens hangs on the very tip of the mount bracket. Big oversight. See pic.
(4b) the mounting screws are a bit too short, the arm is thick, there's rubber padding too, the screw doesn't reach deep enough
(5) There's no height adjustment for the camera, you have the two arms positions, and while those might work 80% of the time, still feels limited. The other side of the camera arm will always be in the way, a useless appendix, and it's going to stab you in the neck if you want to look through the camera viewfinder.
(6) don't install the app from their website, you don't know what you'll get, install it form the Play Store.
(7) the remote has two buttons, they both do the same, play/pause.
(8) there's no fast forward, no going back option from the remote just play or pause. that's it.
(9) text scroll speed adjustments need to be made on the app
(9b) text color and background are preset to certain combinations, there's no option to independently choose one or the other.
(10) the most egregious of all, every time you start the app, a useless flash screen with self promotion holds you prisoner for 5 seconds, which you can skip, but in a run and gun world, it's misguided
(11) The hood is insufficient, doesn't cover the sides enough, doesn't drop all the way to the tablet
(12) for a bigger tablet, just at the capacity limit for the holder, it is really hard to put it in and get it out
(13) the phone mount, it's very likely that the holder grip will press some side buttons on the phone, you'll have to mount it off center, but at least the useful area is quite large on the mirror
(14) the corner of the table holder are a light grey color, they reflect in the mirror, design flaw, poor choice
(15) congrats if you bought it for 100 USD or less, it may do the job, but don't expect too much from it, you just bought an expensive two way mirror or 40-60 sheet of glass, I hope.
(16) this review was written within 2h of assembling it, without real life use, but not very optimistic about it, I have used other teleprompters.
(17) I kind of knew that I would have to rebuild this, that the only useful thing is the large mirror with the frame.
(18) Despite all this, it can work ! yes has some shortcomings, but it's better than nothing, but sure we aim for more.
100$ teleprompter should pay for itself in half a job.
For me it's a great DIY - tweak project.
Good luck !
Does exactly what it says
By Kelly
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-05-17
This teleprompter is great, it fits my iPad. Looking for a teleprompter that was able to hold my iPad pro was a difficult task and most teleprompters would start over $500. The remote is easy to use, allows you to adjust scrolling speed on the fly and works flawlessly. The reflection quality of the glass is great, very little visibility to what is behind the glass and the hood blocks out all rear light that could bleed through and impact being able to read lines. Highly recommend this teleprompter for quality and ease of use. Does not require a rail support system or a separate tripod.
Flimsy
By ludovic
Rated 2 out of 5
Date: 2022-05-06
Kinda disappointed with the angle of the mirror as its so tilted that you have to slightly tilt your camera, also there is like a 2mm gap between the mirror holder and the base plate, its super flimsy, the screws provided are too long i think..also the socks is so huge that its going to hang around and block your lens fov...
