7 Portable Hdmi Battery Monitor

7 frames/second with 18b battery. Lightweight. No cons so far.

7 inch Monitor Case. Rugged design, multiple layout options.

..first 24 hours..used only 7%..couldn't ask for anything better...

Monitor is used everyday. lightweight and portable. Monitor can be use with AC or battery.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I ordered this to use to connect a portable monitor to a long, thick hdmi cable. The long thick hdmi cable was too unwieldy to use with the portable monitor, but the hyper thin cable works perfectly.

I needed a larger, yet portable monitor for use with video switching and streaming. The Shinobi 7 has both HDMI and SDI inputs, and looping outputs, and fits my needs perfectly. In particular, I need a good multi-view monitor, without the size and weight of rack-mounted components. The Shinobi runs a very long time on NP-F batteries, or an AC power supply.

This is for those that have the need to access the usb and HDMI ports while recording:charging the battery or connecting the GoPro to a portable monitor for framing or viewing while recording.

I've wanted a battery-powered sdi/hdmi monitor for at least 20 years. This one is affordable and I used it four times on the first shoot I took it on trouble shooting video lines. So handy. I'm glad I finally got one.

Purchased this monitor to attach to a Sony FDR ax53 video camera. I chose this one because the charger and battery was included. The monitor connects using the hdmi that came with the camera, but it'll work with an hdmi to micro hdmi cable. Right out of the box, the battery was charged at 50%, and I was able to use it right away. One thing to note, the sony camera wont allow the display on the monitor to show image during recording if it's set to 4k. Once you change the video setting to 1080, the image will be displayed during recording. Also, tested this monitor on the zoom Q8N, and it works just fine.

This little monitor is a real boon for those who work with HDMI and SDI feeds, especially in a TV broadcast or film production environment. It also makes a great viewfinder for a DSLR and a handy little go-anywhere monitor for diverse uses, e.g. checking SDI outputs of satellite IRDs, chasing SDI at the tailboard of an OB truck or checking HDMI outputs for complex home entertainment systems or commercial installations. You pay a little more for the SDI input/output option, but if you work in professional broadcasting you must have it and for the money it's well worth it. The first pleasant surprise was the feel and heft of it. It has a metal chassis which feels just right and inspires confidence. The screen is viewable over a very wide angle, and all the various parameters such as safe-zones, peaking, vectorscope, display of audio levels, zebra, blue-screen etc should be enough to keep any demanding DP or director happy. The variety of DC input options is useful. Tolerating up to 18VDC input via the broadcast-standard 4-pin XLR socket, it can also use Sony F970-style batteries (my choice), Canon 5D batteries via the supplied battery mounting-plates, and (most usefully) the ubiquitous Anton-Bauer V-mount batteries via a special adapter-plate. Professional users will find these power-options especially handy. The supplied accessories are comprehensive and genuinely useful as well. The aluminium tilting-frame made for easy mounting on my DSLR cage-rig and the viewing-hood made use in bright sunlight a lot easier it just velcros into place. The clip-on battery mounting-plates make changing to a different style of battery a snack. The hot-shoe mount made it perfect for a DSLR video run and gun situation, or use on a stabilising-rig. This thing is versatile, and that's important when you're buying gear for daily use in different production-areas. This monitor deserves a place in the kit of any professional or semi-pro videographer or cinematographer.