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CinematographHD: Two Monitors In One Incredible Case Mod
Posted by Mark Wilson at 11:30 PM on October 8, 2008
When a video editor became depressed looking at his laptop, he did the only logical thing. He went to the garage, whipped out the welding torch and cooked himself up a portable system that could store a five-drive RAID0 array and two 22-inch monitors. Video is captured via unspecified HDMI-wielding video card and project output occurs through a Blu-ray burner. We don't know what the whole honking system weighs in at, but we do know that this 10-minute spark montage build video puts Rocky !, II, III and IV to shame:
I don't know about you, but I'm gonna go do some push ups. [Modders Inc]
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saeder
Posted 12:52 AM 9/10/08
A microwave on top of the fact that with those fans, drives and all that metal, there's gotta be a bit of vibration, and and all that fancy hardware crammed into a custom box but no Wacom?! And please, Rocky was far superior, that there clip was a few minutes way too long!
saeder
GTgeek
Posted 12:51 AM 9/10/08
Cool video, although I could only get 4 minutes into it before seeing enough. It's nice to still see people out there building things themselves to get what they want instead of settling for what's on the market. Maybe he can patent his design and sell them...if he wants one I'm sure others would be interested as well.
GTgeek
bagellord
Posted 12:49 AM 9/10/08
I like it. Something like this would be great in a college dorm where accidents happen involving air duster cans and dvd's.
bagellord
SpiffySteve
Posted 12:47 AM 9/10/08
Looks like a freaking microwave. I'm pretty sure with that those screens and heat fans, it has enough infra radiation to cook anyone after working on it for hours
SpiffySteve
MrBlahBlah
Posted 1:13 AM 9/10/08
wow that guy is my hero
MrBlahBlah
bosskev
Posted 1:10 AM 9/10/08
Ridiculous. In every way.
bosskev
Gonzie
Posted 1:28 AM 9/10/08
omfg seriously want. the keyboard and mouse stored underneath the thing is just plain awesome, just need wheels and an extendable handle and it'd be the a pretty awesome semi mobile workstation
Gonzie
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
Posted 1:19 AM 9/10/08
I did like the tray on the bottom for the keyboard... nice touch (although I think a drawer might have been better)
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
AceKicker
Posted 1:52 AM 9/10/08
That is absolutely beautiful. Not just the casemod itself, the video was kick ass too. Brings a tear to my eye.
Why can't I have my own metal shop?
AceKicker
xaksei
Posted 1:48 AM 9/10/08
*DROOL*
xaksei
yougottabekidding
Posted 2:09 AM 9/10/08
Overkill, and there's absoltutely nothing wrong with that. I agree with some others though, it needed the keyboard and mouse to be on a pull out tray and wheels and a luggage style extendable handle to cart it around with. Might as well have gone water cooled also, since this thing has to weigh a ton. All that being said, I wouldn't mind having that case so long as I wasn't completely stuck with having to use certain computer components. The diamond plate was a little too much though.
yougottabekidding
proxytoaster
Posted 2:04 AM 9/10/08
I got a Postal Service "Such Great Heights" video vibe from this, for certain. That kicks nine various types of asses. The slo-mo shots of the cutting and welding were pretty rad.
proxytoaster
stratboy
Posted 2:55 AM 9/10/08
@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse:
Yeah...when he rocked the unit back to reveal the keyboard/mouse stash area......I stood up and cheered.
Maybe the whole thing is impractical for the masses, but major props to the builder for building (nay, over building) exactly what he wanted.
stratboy
J. Nadeau
Posted 2:38 AM 9/10/08
@saeder: Blame it on an engineering background, but I really liked seeing the whole building process and wouldn't have minded more!
J. Nadeau
Chewbenator
Posted 2:38 AM 9/10/08
pshh that's nothing, how bout three monitors?! [img.photobucket.com]
Chewbenator
os_2
Posted 3:04 AM 9/10/08
I still like Rocky Videos better, but nice mod eitherway. Look like something the Army could use for their mobile command.
os_2
zarchitect
Posted 3:53 AM 9/10/08
Some serious PR thoughts went into this before the undertaking even started. Vid/camera set-up, cutting slo-mo action, much work. Good job on all fronts - case as well as production editing - though a little drawn out with the cutting and welding sequences just to fill the song(s).
zarchitect
saeder
Posted 8:02 AM 9/10/08
@J. Nadeau: I'll be honest, I loved what he did, from an engineering and technical standpoint, but my comment was more reflecting his job as a video editor... as someone whose worked in the post-production industry for a bit the 10minute clip was a bit much the way it was all cut together... now the cutting of his case, that seemed to work out quite well! Maybe he's missing his calling because that thing could hold promise...
saeder
Dakota Courtois
Posted 5:20 AM 9/10/08
Why is it the first thing I thought when I saw that was, "2 monitors... 1 case?"
Dakota Courtois
whistler40069
Posted 9:44 AM 9/10/08
Shows there can be some pretty good outcomes out of hobbies more than just sitting on a fat ass.
whistler40069
Edi_bOMB
Posted 12:16 PM 9/10/08
that video gave me like five orgasms... men orgasms... mengasms...
awesome
Edi_bOMB
SilverStar95
Posted 12:31 PM 9/10/08
Funny, I came up with just about that exact idea, a few years back. Right down to the thatched steel plating.
It'd make for an ultimate LAN box, since you'd only require one power adapter.
SilverStar95