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Just finished using a budget teleprompter and a free app about half an hour ago. Worked pretty well for the price. You have to spend time dialling the settings and I've never used a pro version but for the money it was great. Issues were build quality - heavy use for more than a year and I can see it falling to bits and there wasn't sufficient shielding for ambient refelctions. Using it outside I could see issues.
Tonts
Autocues/teleprompters.
I haven't used one in about 15 years. I often see iPads being used these days.
I've got a shoot next week which needs one.
I've potentially got a lot of shoots that need one later in the year.
I'm a buyer not a renter because I live in the middle of nowhere.
iPad and datavideo/ikan or whatever.
Hardware prompter like an actual Autocue (they've just announced their next gen version starting at about 2.2k+VAT but not sure it'll be around in time for my next shoot: https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/04/05/autocue-announces-new-teleprompter-range )
Are hardware prompters worth the money for sporadic use? Are they visibly easier to work with? I feel 'no' but can anyone with experience chime in? (Obvious answer of 'hire an autocue op with kit' isn't what I'm after).