OT: Teleprompters

birdcat wrote on 9/12/2008, 7:11 AM
Hi Kids -

I need a teleprompter in NY City next week for one day (taping my company's president).

Questions:

1) Does anyone have a decent but inexpensive rental house in the city they can point me to?

2) In lieu of rental, what are decent software solutions (run on the laptop with external monitor) for <$300.

Thanks.

Bruce

Comments

farss wrote on 9/12/2008, 7:30 AM
Plenty of free suitable software around, just Google "Teleprompter Software". From my experience prompters are less than useless if the talent doesn't have the experience of working with them. Download some free software and have a go reading from scrolling text yourself.

Bob.
msrpro2 wrote on 9/12/2008, 7:47 AM
Try DvcPrompt.
riredale wrote on 9/12/2008, 8:12 AM
Read this.
richard-courtney wrote on 9/12/2008, 8:32 AM
Are you renting the cameras and/or studio? Ask them first many times the have
them but you didn't ask about them.

Does it need to be on camera or can a laptop and/or large monitor be placed
next to / under the camera (return video display) on a stand?
In case you can't find one in time.

Mirror Image is a company that makes those clear panels in front of podiums
that you see political candidates read from.
Coursedesign wrote on 9/12/2008, 9:04 AM
You may possibly be able to get an inexperienced person to do an OK delivery using a teleprompter, if you have a prompter operator keeping it easy for da man to follow.

Cheno wrote on 9/12/2008, 9:40 AM
Bruce,

For $350 you should be able to get a prompter & operator there in NY - so much less hassle IMO.

http://www.productionhub.com/directory/listings.aspx?cat_id=61&state_id=3185

whole listing of them here.

cheno
birdcat wrote on 9/12/2008, 9:54 AM
Thanks to all for their suggestions.

We are on a very tight budget ($200 would be a large number for a prompter rental right now - I do video for my company at my expense on my consumer gear, and they pay me well to program computers so I can afford this expensive hobby).

I downloaded a copy of PCPromptLite and it looks like it will more than meet our needs (my laptop with a large monitor).

Again, thanks to everyone for their help.