iPad2 HDMI as field monitor?

[mentatDUKE]

Focusing, exposure, etc. Will it blend?

Thoughts?

 

[David Saraceno]

There isn't video into the iPad; just HDMI out.

 

[Terry_Lasater]

It's rumored that iPad 3 will be released by the end of the year. Maybe then...

 

[David Saraceno]

That would be nice, but the moniker at the revealing today was that 2011 would be the "year of the iPad2."

 

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

So it's turning into a laptop tablet, no?

 

[AndrewGentle]

You can do this with Teradek Cube
and could already do it with the original iPad

 

[arroway]

You can do this with Teradek Cube
and could already do it with the original iPad

"Call for Pricing"

Never a good sign.

 

[Pookie]

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[AndrewGentle]

Nobody said the solution had to be cheap...

 

[VGurcu]

Nobody said the solution had to be cheap...

So how do you explain the 1590 price tag then

(seriously though, it is not cheap, but a bargain)

 

[ryan brown]

So how do you explain the 1590 price tag then

(seriously though, it is not cheap, but a bargain)

what would be the benefits of getting it when you could get a dedicated HD field monitor for the same price?

 

[VGurcu]

what would be the benefits of getting it when you could get a dedicated HD field monitor for the same price?

2 words: Video village
On a set convenience of getting rid of cables worth every penny.
A second and more important benefit is HD transmission for live boradcasting. 1080 HD transmitters usally starts around 5K. (This one is nothing to do with Ipad of course)

 

[mjmcneese]

But for the on-camera monitoring purposes that some are looking for from an iPad, this Cube thingy is ridiculous.

Ya know...the iPad isn't the only tablet out there! Perhaps one of the Toshiba or Droid tablets will allow at least an HDMI in? Could be neat if it recorded an H.264 proxy, too?

 

[VGurcu]

But for the on-camera monitoring purposes that some are looking for from an iPad, this Cube thingy is ridiculous

Yes, if you are purely looking from a camera operator's pov who's simply looking for a field monitor. There is cheaper, proper field monitors built for the job.
I was simply looking at Cube's value as a transmitter, whether it used with an ipad or not.

 

[ryan brown]

Yes, if you are purely looking from a camera operator's pov who's simply looking for a field monitor. There is cheaper, proper field monitors built for the job.
I was simply looking at Cube's value as a transmitter, whether it used with an ipad or not.

I'm not saying this is the holy grail of solutions, but it is a huge step in the right direction: http://www.brite-view.com/air_synchd.php

 

[amata]

is this new tablet PC gonna work?

http://blog.unogadget.com/2010/12/airis-kira-slimpad-win7-tablet/

with 1.6G cpu 1GB ram 32GB SDD window7 and HDMI port

 

[mikkowilson]

Nope. It's still (like every single HDMI port I've ever seen on a computer that didn't have a dedicated capture card) a HDMI output only.

HDMI is a one-way connector (except for a little control data on the side); and there is no (mass market) reason to have a HDMI *input* on any computer.

- Mikko

 

[Jane55]

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