bright green monitor

[Jay Truesdale]

Here is a potentially useful bright green monitor for cheap:

http://www.affordablehomeelectronics.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=88427

Fry's has it for $129, and the monitor is actually bright green (not b/w as in the picture), with a day/night switch to make it even brighter.  The box claims it is 600 lines of resolution and it appears to have RCA inputs in the back.  Could be worth checking out.  I certainly spotted it across the store and thought "Whoh, that looks like a steadicam monitor!"

 -j

[Brad Jefferson]

You may also want to check Sams Club.  They have the same model for $94 (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=333130&pCatg=89641).

[andreas kielb]

I bought that monitor as well and use it together with a visualux green filter to improve contrast.
It's quite good though the intensity can't compare with a real steadicam green screen monitors.
Well, I only saw a gpi pro and a 3A monitor working in direct sunlight which are in a different league regarding performance and price...

The sunlight readability of this monitor is about as good as my Panasonic TC-7WMS1 TFT (which has a very good anti-reflective coating but did cost me 500 Euros as demo model). What I mean is for the price this monitor is a good choice and that it can be used it in direct sunlight...

[Scott Watts]

You may also want to check Sams Club.  They have the same model for $94 (http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=333130&pCatg=89641).

How could one cheaply and effectively mount and power a monitor like this on a Glidecam 4000?

[Tom Wills]

For powering, you'd generally need to find a 12v battery system. There are many different types, many different battery chemistries, and many different price options. On the high end, you could go for something in the range of an Anton Bauer or IDX battery system, but that may be total overkill. You could also go down to something as inexpensive as 10 rechargeable AA batteries, but those probably won't last too long with a CRT monitor. I'd look around and see what you can pick up. The Li-Ion batteries that can be found on eBay for relatively cheaply do a fine job - I have 2 on my sled right  now.

As for mounting the monitor, you'd replace one of your stacks of washers with the monitor, and possibly one stack of washers with the battery (though you might have to leave some washers on the battery side - the monitor will probably be much heavier than whatever battery system you use). I'm not entirely familiar with the positions of the holes on the GC plate, but the general idea would be to run a bolt down from the mount of the monitor into the base of the rig, and then secure it off with a nut. On monitors that don't have a mount like the one above, you can use something along the lines of a ball head, which will allow for tilting of the monitor, and have a female thread in the bottom, and a male thread on top, which can be screwed into a mounting hole on the monitor.

Hope that helps.