Gimpel and Gumby to Papua New Guinea. That was our handles when we were younger, but it became 'going to png' We lived there for over 12 years and are back in the U.S. now adapting to live and viewing life through a much different lens. I rarely update my blog because I tend to be too long winded and I frankly don't know who wants to read this stuff anyway. I'm not sure if my thoughts help the world, but I'm putting it out there just in case it does.
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1/06/2014
Village Tech
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkVision-LT1421-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B005L2NA54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389070009&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+monitor+lenovo
This little USB (displaylink tech) powered monitor is awesome. Works on mac/linux/windows. Typically when we go into the village we have to carry a few external monitors for lip syncing the video dub we're working on. The recordist (me) needs a monitor (usually 2, the laptop for the audio software and an external for the video window), and the reader facing the recordist needs one.
This means we often have to lug around at least 2 large monitors with us. Thank goodness for LCD, carrying the big heavy CRT monitors is a thing of the past.
BUT still there was always this problem of power, and splitting. We'd have to split the VGA out to 2 monitors.
But now, with these USB flatscreens we have:
-no need for wall outlets
-super portable and light
-no need to split the vga out, just attach to usb port
I'm really liking these little units!