Glide Gear TMP 50 Adjustable Smartphone Mini Teleprompter

I've spent many decades in media production and television systems and have even repped teleprompter products. I'm out of the TV biz and into online learning now and I needed a sturdy, light and not very expensive teleprompter rig for my DSLR camera. This does the trick for a nice low price. The build quality is much better than I'd expected. The rig is aluminum (not plastic) and nicely finished. Adjustment knobs are large and easy to get to. The mirror frame is thick, protective and also aluminum. Camera position is easily adjustable, though the sled could be longer to accommodate slightly bigger cameras and/or longer lenses.T he camera mount has quality rubber pads to hold your camera firmly and is thick enough aluminum that I'd suspect you'd be able to extend it with another aluminum plate to get that length for many longer lenses. The mount for the phone or tablet is also aluminum and is adjustable enough to fit my 7 inch tablet and one of the many old phones I have lying around (that I never seem to get around to selling). The aluminum here could be a little thicker; it's plenty strong to hold any phone or tablet, I'm just afraid I'll bend it someday if I kick over the tripod or someone runs into it -but I nit pick. It also comes with a very sturdy plastic rig for your phone. The 1/4 20 knob, not only tightens the rig to the prompter sled, it also has a 1/4 20 on it's bottom so you could use your phone on a tripod or fishpole without the prompter. A spring loaded sturdy metal clip holds your phone very securely and the rubber inserts at top and bottom protect it from marring. I saw comments about the cloth hood. The firmness of the hood here is such that you can push it where you want and it stays up out of the way of the lens and that's nice. It's also a sturdy material that will last. I do augment it with a thin black cloth to cover any gaposis. Not a huge problem. I've also paired this with a free teleprompter app (Proverb Teleprompter) made by some churchy outfit that allows me to upload text files and with the Parrot Telemprompter Remote I can advance and rewind the app fairly easily. It all folds up rather flat and fits in a canvas-like case with appropriate quality hard white foam. This is really a nice little unit for on-the-go prompting and for the price, it's that rare high quality, low priced bargain.

I like the solid quality of the product. Easy to use and fold. Great that this come with a bag. Good stuffs!

Have used this with phone and DSLR cameras, it works well with a few caveats: - The screws to lock the frame at the correct angle are fiddly and it's easy to accidentally get the hinge screws instead if you haven't used it for a while and forget which one is which. - It's hard to get a phone close enough to the frame, with today's big wide-angle phone cameras that does mean you're forced to use zoom to avoid getting the corners of the frame in view. No issues with a DSLR, the T-track works great for those. - The light exclusion hood is quite stiff and not quite big enough for a DSLR, meaning you often get a gap through which light escapes, making it hard to read the reflection on screen. I think this has gone through a few revisions as other people mention zips, whereas mine has toggle cords for securing it. That said it's one of the cheaper options out there, the glass is good quality with no in-camera reflections and it's solid once assembled with a standard tripod mount. It also comes with a good carry case that has just enough spare space to store a couple of extra cleaning cloths and stow the prompter with a quick release mount attached, making assembling the frame and sorting out the hood the only awkward bits of using it.

全体に剛性があるのと、後方のプレートに左右の溝が切られているため、スマホを利用した場合、スマホのカメラがスマホ本体の角にあるため、カメラを真ん中に持ってくる調整がしやすい。また前方のタブレットを置く場所も、幅広のプレート（アングル？）であるため、大きめのタブレットを載せても安定しておりたゆまない。さすがGlide Gearです。経験からくる細かな配慮があり、秀品です。このGlide GearのテレプロンプターとLuna Displayのテレプロンプターモードを利用してパワーポイントやワードのファイルを映すと、ほんとに簡単に視線のぶれない動画がとれます。視線がぶれないといかにもプロが説明しているという説得感が3割増しぐらいあります。プロンプターを複数購入しましたが、Glide Gearがおすすめです。なおこのGlide GearTMP50にはipad 11インチは利用可能でした。しかしipad12.9インチはちょっとだけ大きすぎて入りませんでした。ご注意下さい。

The only remotely decent thing about this junk — and that’s assuming it even holds up — is that the glass looks okay. Haven’t tested it yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that fails too. Everything else? Complete garbage. The only way you can even attempt to use this thing is by physically modifying it yourself — yes, drilling into it — which says everything you need to know. It’s not even close to being production-ready. Screws are stripped, holes are useless, and the whole thing feels like it could collapse if you so much as breathe on it. And to top it off, the so-called 3/4 thread is a joke. You can’t mount it properly on a tripod because some genius decided to put a plate in the way that stops the screw from sitting flush. You’d literally have to cut a hole yourself just to make it work. This is an absolute embarrassment of a product. Total waste of time and money. The only real regret is opening it too late to send it straight back.