AVD AV15HB LCD Teleprompter System

Audio Video Design's AV15HB LCD Flatscreen Color Camera Mount Teleprompter features:

• Dell laptop
• EasyReader prompting software
• Pilot Pro wireless remote scroll controller
• 15" (38cm), LCD (1024x768 hi-res) color monitor with 15-pin XGA input
• S-Video input
• Loop-through BNC composite video input
• Aircraft-quality, milled aluminum anodized hardware
• AVD's exclusive universal mounting system

The hardware side of the package includes a Dell Vostro A860 laptop with wireless remote scroll controller.  The A860 has a 15.6-inch screen, 2.06gHZ processer, 2gb of RAM and a 250gb hard drive running Windows Vista.  It also has a 3-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port and a PCMCIA slot.

Prompting is easy with AVD's EasyReader Pro software.  Features include:

• Single and dual-screen operation
• Support for background text colors
• Auto-scroll speed mode to support user-specified script duration
• Run-order management for multiple scripts
• Variable line spacing
• User-configurable hand controller button support
• Complete spellchecker
• Undo function
• Redo function
• Multiple script printing options
• All caps and all lower-case functions
• Find/search/replace function
• Two scroll-speed control modes
• Variable position indicator in scroll mode
• The ability to add bookmarks on-the-fly in scroll mode
• Turbo mode
• Double-byte font capabilities (Mandarin, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, etc.)
• Bookmark search in editor mode
• Selective bookmarks
• Multiple fonts/multiple font sizes in the same document

The lightweight, fold-down soft-hood is angle-adjustable and features a premium-quality 60/40 glass beamsplitter mirror. Image reversal for heads-up mirror display is done in the monitor and is accessible with the included IR setup remote.  Brightness is 1,800cd/m. Weight of the prompter is only 15 pounds (7kg) and the unit ships with two 3 pound (1.33kg) stacking counterbalance weights, all necessary mounting hardware and tools, and a 25' (8m) high-quality connector cable. Set-up is eay on any professional fluid head rated for 20 pounds (6kg), or more.

The system also comes with a Presentation Pilot Pro wireless scroll controller for the Easy Reader prompting software. Pilot Pro features slide control and slide hiding buttons, complete mouse control and a USB receiver you can store right inside the remote. There's no complicated setup or software to install, just plug in the USB receiver and start prompting.