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Amazon.com : Convergent Design Odyssey 7Q+ OLED Monitor & Recorder, HD/2K/UHD/4K Recording over HDMI or SDI : Electronics[^]
I ended up coming across this because I googled "convergent design" which is a term my son came up with for D&D campaigns where no matter how you start, the various things players do end up converging on the main theme.
But now I have no idea what one would use this product for!
The description is quite the fascinating read, which reminds me a bit of what I used to do in the 1980's when I was working with B&W realtime image processing, LUTs, histograms, etc.
Quote: The Convergent Design Odyssey7Q+ is the most advanced, most capable, most versatile monitor/recorder in the world. The Odyssey7Q+ can record HD/2K/UHD/4K via SDI and HDMI. It can record RAW (with Record Options), uncompressed DPX and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ). The Odyssey7Q+ features an OLED 1280x800 monitor with true blacks, accurate colors, extended color gamut and a 176 degree viewing angle.Along with the best image in the industry, the Odyssey7Q+ also features an extensive array of image analysis tools, including an RGB waveform, RGB Histogram, False Color, Pixel Zoom with finger drag, three-mode Focus Assist and monitoring LUTs.The unique Multi-Stream Monitoring mode allows up to four HD video inputs to be viewed at once in a quad-split view or to be live-switched between in full screen. The Odyssey7Q+ weighs a little over one pound, is just one inch thick and can run on any power source from 6.5-34 volts. Monitoring The Odyssey7Q+ features a 7.7" OLED screen with 1280x800 resolution. The OLED display provides true blacks and accurate colors. A full complement of image analysis tools include a waveform (luma or RGB parade), a histogram (luma or RGB parade), zebra, programmable False Color, Pixel Zoom with finger drag, a three-mode Focus Assist and LUTs. The included LUTs provide proper viewing of the LOG and RAW modes available from numerous popular cameras, with programmable LUTs coming in the future.
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My guess is that the screen is just a disguise to hide the real reason for a significant share of the buyers of this device: For pirating copy-protected material.
You may have noticed that even though lots of devices have HDMI output, the only widespread devices with HDMI input are displays, which may be considered dead ends. You can't capture it. You will need equipment defined to be in the "professional" class, with a corresponding professional price tag. For an amateur pirate copist, it is too expensive. (Of course it is not for the professional one!)
Of course this recorder has a lot of legal uses in a professional environment, but I would expect them to buy the majority of their equipment through professional channels rather than Amazon.com.
Many years ago, DAT (Digital Audio Tape) was expected (by some ...) to become the successor of Compact Cassette. They had a copy protection system that allowed a consumer to make one generation copy of a recording, but the copy was marked as "No copy allowed" - even for your own recordings made through a microphone. If you plan on doing a lot of cut&paste, in several steps/generations, that is clearly not satisfactory, so I seriously considered spending three times the money on buying a "professional" DAT-machine that allowed you to ignore the copy protection. Fortunately, I hesitated so long that it was clear that DAT would be a flop, before I spent my money.
When I saw this product, I immediately remembered those pro DAT decks, and the devices you could buy to filter out the copy protection codes.
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Well, I wouldn't, but it reminds me of a conversation I had with a model I know.
Since the plague hit, she has been doing "remote photo shoots"*. She was of the opinion that the photographers she was working with couldn't record video of the sessions -- only take stills. If I recall correctly, she did say that she could enable or disable the photographer's ability to record video, but that the software would also tell her whether or not the photographer was recording it.
I do know that some online meeting software will do that sort of thing -- alert all participants that someone is using the recording ability of the software.
I told her that I was sure that recording her feed without her knowledge and consent was possible with little effort, but she seemed unconvinced. This device proves that the ability exists in an off-the-shelf package.
* Which is a whole ridiculous idea on its own.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I do know that some online meeting software will do that sort of thing
Isn't the results from the following google something that would capture the screen (not the software running) as a video? And any software running like loom would not be aware of it.
video screen capture software
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Looks like one of those monitors used in cinematography/movie making with recording capabilities.
If you look at photos/videos of movie sets you can see lots of screens around the set. The movie director has one, the director of photography has at least one, etc, and cameras have one too because professional cameras (think many thousands of dollars Hollywood studio non-portable cameras) usually do not have a built-in display.
Professional cameras usually do not have internal storage either. They usually record directly to external storage using a high speed link (traditionally Gbit firewire) so, that monitor is a kind of a two in one.
Sometimes, recording happens in multiple formats at once, say 16k and 2k. The high resolution 16k will be used to produce the end product while the low resolution 2k is used to produce dailies that can be used to check, among other things, if a certain scene works (might require reshooting due to light,etc, even if the actors were flawless) or can be used by the special effects team to quickly produce a rendering without the delay of working with high resolution images.
The monitor you linked allows daisy chaining of devices. It also provides some image analysis capabilities which can help composing a scene (histogram, etc) which will help determine the best locations for cameras, lights, characters, etc.
It is probably targeted at the entry professional level.
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Yeah, that was also one of my thoughts.
About twenty years ago my brother was trying to get into video. He bought a professional-level Sony camera and a stedi-cam rig. I think that such a monitor could be mounted on one of those.
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A YouTube video reminded me that Visual Studio is shipped with Blend. And indeed I have Blend for VS2022 on my system!
I just wonder what's it's good for? Why would I use it over Visual Studio and when?!
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I had the version that came with the other tools, such as the one that provided graphic tools similar to Adobe - maybe not as powerful, but more than adequate for WPF. It integrated well with Blend. Now that it is no longer available, Blend seems not a useful for me.
Once in a while I might use it tweak some WPF layout, but not all that often anymore....
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If I remember correctly it was sold in the past together with the Expression Design drawing program.
Blend is aimed at graphic designers that have no programming knowledge and don't understand Visual Studio.
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Guess it ain't for me!
I wonder if it has some advantages....
I think I remember it helps capture default template...
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I understand it's a better form designer for WPF and UWP. It doesn't support WinForms nor Xamarin Forms.
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I found it much easier to create all the CSS rules by hand than using Blend... It has an UI too complicated for me...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Quote: vMOX is doubling down and expanding its best-in-class engineering team. What's vMOX? vMOX is a profitable, privately-held pure-play managed mobility services (MMS) provider that enables enterprises to declare victory over complex IT challenges.
We’re partnering with them to help them find seriously talented remote Software Engineers across all levels of experience, interested?
Besides the buzzword bingo jargon (pure-play???), the "seriously talented...across all levels of experience" is quite the oxymoron.  Yup, I'm seriously talented as a football quarterback, nevermind I have no experience as a football quarterback.
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It's possible to have talent, but limited experience, isn't it?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I've known some people with loads of experience and no talent as well ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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HEY! I resemble that remark! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I just filled my Bingo card.
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Hi all,
like the subject states...
In our printers we always used the original toner cartridges, they cost a small fortune compared to the compatible ones from "who knows their brand"...
Do you always use the original ones (same brand from the printer itself)?
If you use the non original ones... what has been your experience?
Thank you all!
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Compatibles - but I'm only on my second set of toners anyway, so ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Me too, same Samsung laserprinter, similar experience with compatible cartridges, no problems so far 
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I use originals, but since I only replace the toner about once every year or so, it's not a big issue
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I replace them maybe all 3 or 4 years and I'm pretty surprised that everything works well 
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My mono I used knockoffs and had good luck with them.
A while back I got a color laser printer and haven't yet had to replace but I'm sure I can't afford the originals.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I think if you compare it to the cost of inkjet even originals work out cheaper unless you are printing quite often - the number of inkjet cartridges I threw away because they dried out a bit and just wouldn't purge properly ever again ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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