CuePro Prompter Teleprompter

A great option if you're looking for a super basic teleprompter. Works great with any smartphone teleprompter app. I used it with a Kindle Fire app for a bigger screen without having to purchase a more expensive tablet. You feel like you're assembling a 4th-grade science fair project (or possibly one of those cereal box prizes that involves cutting dotted lines on the box to make part of the prize yourself) when you're putting it together, but the thing works and it's super cheap. You literally have to fold cardboard pieces together and use included metal paperclip style clips to assemble it. If you're good with saving some serious money and don't mind it being on the cheaper side, I recommend this.If you're wanting something heavy duty for heavy use, this isn't for you. They don't claim that it's heavy duty and they don't claim that it's superior to anything really. For what it is, it's an easy 5 out of 5. I was surprised at how simple it was, but even more so, I was surprised at how easy it was to use once set up. If you're a hobbyist just looking to save hundreds and get some projects done in a pitch, this is totally worth it. I used it for one for-fun project on my own and it worked exactly how I had hoped it would. Would I use it for a client project? It depends how well I knew the client. New client? Definitely not. It doesn't feel professional at all. Would I use it as a hobbyist to save some money and literally have the same end result as the expensive versions? Definitely.

As long as you understand this is a "you get what you pay for" item, is a good value. It is a teleprompter made it out paper, cardboard, glad and wood. It works just fine.

First impressions:Fundamentally speaking you're comparably getting about what you pay for with just the base and glass alone. Beam splitter glass is difficult to find not in bulk at a reasonable price, or with free shipping, OR already cut to a useable size and shape, and this one is designed with smooth rounded corners and an indicator circle for which way is forward. The base is lightweight but sturdy, with a tripod mount on the bottom, a beveled groove for the glass to set into at a perfect 45 degree angle, and a second groove for the box/hood to set into that isn't remotely deep enough to actually do a damn thing, (more on this later).The box/hood is where my enthusiasm for the product wanes. It's paper. Whatever they say in the description to the contrary is bullshit. The box/hood is made out of paper. It's very good quality paper, but it's paper nonetheless. It's heavy paper, almost the weight of a cereal box, but again, it's still paper, and it looks like construction paper. I assumed when purchasing, but now can't imagine that this is what they were referring to as fiberboard, a cursory google search clearly shows nothing but industrial quality wood composite materials akin to "chip board" or "particle board" when searching fiber board, this is neither. Either the listing is intentionally misleading, or whoever is in charge of sales needs to reevaluate their definition of paper. It is true however that this product does not contain cardboard, because while cardboard is made from paper, paper, like the paper the box/hood is absolutely made of, is not made from cardboard.After testing:Performance wise it works, I was able to clearly read the reflected text without the camera picking it up. The wide opening in the back of the box/hood was only a problem in 1 of the 3 test recording I conducted where there was a source of bright light directly behind the camera, in the other 2 tests this opening was not an issue. As other reviews have stated, covering the back of the camera, or otherwise shielding it from such a light source, would eliminate this issue. NOTE: I was using a tulip style lens hood in conjunction with the prompter, which would have helped block out light, your experience might differ.There is some slightly offset ghost text if examined closely, the kind you would expect when using normal glass not beam splitter glass, but it is feint and not really a concern from a distance.Color wise there is concern. The listing doesn't give any information about the iron content or reflection ratio of the beam splitter glass. Colors, vibrancy, and overall dynamic range of my test videos were severely distorted by this glass. This leads me to suspect that this glass is very low quality with a high iron content. Other reviewers will probably say "you get what you pay for," but this is hardly an excuse or a defense, especially when beam splitter glass of much higher quality can be purchased wholesale quite cheap, and the rest of the prompters overall materials are similarly low quality and it's design poor.As previously mentioned there is a groove in the base for the box/hood to set into, unfortunately this groove is much too shallow to actually protect it from getting knocked out of place, and the box/hood is otherwise not held in place by anything. I could theoretically make modifications to fix this, but I didn't buy a $25 cereal box to start cutting and taping it to do what it should already be able to do. The jossling might not be so much of an issue for someone with a cameraman, but if you're filming this yourself, you'll need to interact with the camera. The box is big, almost completely obscuring the lens of my Lumix G7 fully flipped out, this isn't particularly a design flaw mind you, prompters tend to be big, but in conjunction with it's flimsiness becomes a problem. I need to reach around the box to start recording, or to interact with the touch screen, and the slightest bump completely knocks the box/hood out of place.Further more, despite what the diagram might lead you to believe, the box/hood only sits on top of the beam splitter glass, there is no other interraction between these two components, neither one secures the other in place in any way.Final thought:In the realm of pre-built teleprompters this is the reigning champion of cheapness. In price, and also the quality. Again, getting what you pay for isn't an excuse or a defense because this product category is drastically overmarked in general. Take the parrot teleprompter for instance, there is no excuse for that product costing $99+, but at least the parrot is an actual lens attachment that doesn't completely block access to your camera or fall apart because your talent sneezed at a distance of 10 feet.I'm returning it.

They outright lie in the description.Cheap quality. Hood and back is made of thin cardboard...base is made of pressed wood. Glass isn't safety glass. This won't last even when handled with kid glove.For $44 they could have least include rail mounts or made the hood & back of durable plastic.Going back...DON'T BUY.

It's okay, kinda fragile. Don't buy if you plan on moving it around a lot.

This works great. I used it for a shoot at my company and my VP's didn't complain at all. In fact, they were appreciative that I brought it (it traveled well). The glass is easy to read it works as described.While it is fantastic for the price, there are a couple of caveats:1. It is a smaller screen than our normal teleprompters. That will limit the distance that you can place this from the talent.2. It has a slight haze to it (even after cleaning). More than the more expensive teleprompters. Make sure you either set a customer white balance and/or make sure you color correct in post.3. I lost a little clarity on the shoot, but shooting in 4K, it's not material.4. Make sure you have a black cloth to put over the camera to limit additional light coming in from the back.5. The circle that the camera shoots through, combined with the small glass, makes me shoot tight in order to avoid catching the ipad of the frame in the shoot. Combine that with needed the text to be legible and you have a slight balancing act.All those caveats are for the videographer. I still gave it a 5 because my talents were very happy with it and after editing, I created a film acceptable to a Fortune 50 company.

the right price and works great. Just s little concern how it will wear in time since it is just card board.