bigmaho Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Hi All, Office Depot is selling 7" analog/digital tv's with built in lion batteries for $40! RCA i/o, detachable antenna, 1/4 female thread at the bottom, decent picture. They also have 3.5" tvs for $20, but they don't receive analog (ie, Canatrans) transmission. The 7" is a great deal. I already cleaned out one Office Depot. It's called the 'Digital Prism". There's also a 9" for $80 but I haven't tried it. I'm sure they will only last a few weeks but what the hell. Best, Billy Sarokin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I checked the Office Depot online, the store near me, and they have 2 in stock. I think I will get one since I really don't have any monitors with tuner anymore. My main monitor is an Ikan 7" with 2 video inputs --- I switch between 2 cameras on the one monitor rather than having 2 monitors. The cheapie monitor only has 1 video input (but does have the tuner that I need). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 thanks Billy. I just grabbed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 graham, did you get the same price as billy? on office depot's website they are listed at a higher price. -greg- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 In store sale price is 39.99. 2 year warranty is $5.99. Can't get it online or shipped for that price I think. Call stores in your area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Schuck Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I just left the Office Depot in Burbank and they have six left at the $39.99 price. Bob Schuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 of course with CA sales tax of almost 10%, and the CA $10 TV tax, the price goes over $50!! Pico Beverly had a couple left this afternoon, but call first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Linkow, C.A.S. Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 I bought 2 of them and my buddy bought 1. $39.99 each plus $8.00 California recycling fee plus tax. Came to about $102 for the 2 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Thanks for the great tip! Yes, the online price is $79.99 and the in-store is now $99.99. But I found them up at the clearance table near checkout. I asked the price, and they said $39.99. I got the last 2 from DT Mpls Office Depot. So check the clearance bin, or ask if you don't see them in the regular spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Heheh. I wonder if Office Depot is suprised how many of these were sold today! I too picked one up. I actually had to run to the city to pick up a hard drive from someone right across the street from the only Office Depot in Manhattan! What luck! Now to rig up a mount for it. -Greg- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Now to rig up a mount for it. It has tripod mount on the bottom! This will help. I am thinking of attaching an adapter to an arm attached to the cart. It also has a little foldout leg for sitting on a flat surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I have the Insignia version of the same monitor, since discontinued. There are lots of very similar items around (probably all built in the same Chinese factory, but with different bevels). I think I'll try to find a pair of these Office Depot items to serve as back-ups. These TV's won't be around for long, and are very useful. I use an external shark-fin for good Modulus reception, and powered by the 9v outputs on my PowerMax Ultra. The internal battery life is rather poor. I am using mine currently in conjunction with 2 RedByte down-converters I purchased for this show. The image quality and brightness is quite good. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Richter Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I use an external shark-fin for good Modulus reception Robert I tried to use the antenna output of the Zaxcom RX4900 which is a loop through of the attached shark fins but with poor results. Anyone used the same rx antennas for audio and TV? Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Went last night to both my local Office Depot and they were already out of stock of both 7in and 9in despite the clerk on the phone telling me they had plenty in stock so buy them soon if you want them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmaho Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi Matthias, I'm guessing that the 4900 rack is only tuned for the block the radio receivers are working on so if you are trying to receive tv broadcasts out of that block it wouldn't work well. Billy Sarokin I tried to use the antenna output of the Zaxcom RX4900 which is a loop through of the attached shark fins but with poor results. Anyone used the same rx antennas for audio and TV? Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Went to local store. Got 6 in a row and returned them all. They had a lot of dead pixels and insane bleed from the right side. The last one I kept had no dead pixels and a very little bleed. So be careful selecting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Richter Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi Matthias, I'm guessing that the 4900 rack is only tuned for the block the radio receivers are working on so if you are trying to receive tv broadcasts out of that block it wouldn't work well. Billy Sarokin that makes sense. But would have been a nice add feature ... It´s now confirmed by Glenn that the output is filtered according to the block one has choosen. And of course the modulus should transmit NOT in the same block as your wireless. Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Linkow, C.A.S. Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Went last night to both my local Office Depot and they were already out of stock of both 7in and 9in despite the clerk on the phone telling me they had plenty in stock so buy them soon if you want them. If you go to the Office Depot website and look at the weekly ad for week 5/2 through 5/8, you will see the monitor/tv on the front page. From that ad, you can order it online for the $39.95 price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Darryl, when you click on it, it shows you 79$ as price... must be some internet quirk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Just did a battery test with my Canon 5d connected to the video in. 2hours and 45 minutes contrast 50% brightness 50% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Thats how much I payed for mine. If you go to the Office Depot website and look at the weekly ad for week 5/2 through 5/8, you will see the monitor/tv on the front page. From that ad, you can order it online for the $39.95 price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Linkow, C.A.S. Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Darryl, when you click on it, it shows you 79$ as price... must be some internet quirk... Yes, it is quirk. Evidently you can't get this price online until 5/2/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 The monitors I'm currently using on the cart are consumer units that each pulls about 400ma. These Office Depot units pull about 500ma if you remove the rechargeable battery, otherwise they draw more current since they're also charging the internal battery while the unit is plugged in to external power. The biggest deal, I found, is that these monitors put out a lot more RF spray than the ones I've been using, which emit very little. I have the monitors mounted directly below the tray of Lectros, so this is an issue for me. Just thought I'd pass this on. John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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