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molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a hand held viewer. I like doing tutorials. I always print them. I would like to be able to copy them to my USB stick and put it in some kind of viewer with a screen that I could scroll and do the tutorials that way.
I think it would be soooooooo handy. I don't want something that is going to cost an arm and a leg, just something simple....

Thanks in advance, Molly :mrgreen:

gerard82 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:17 pm **(#2)**

What you need for that is a "beamer".
They come in lot of different prices and max screen sizes.
They're not cheap.
Where I live you can rent them.
Gerard.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12851

Short of a Nook, or Kindle, I'm not aware of any cheap viewers Molly. I know that there is now a color version of the Nook, but not sure about it's quality. The cost of the iPad takes it out of the offering of course.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

thanks Lyle. I would like to be able to bring up the tutorial and watch it on something that has a USB cable to plug into one of my usb ports.... Maybe there isn't such a thingy. I could go over to BestBuy tomorrow to see if they have anything like that.
I have so many tutorials printed that I am running out of room to store them lol.....

2-ton · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:32 pm **(#5)**

If you get a router then whatever you get might not need a usb cable.

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

This is a nifty product I was looking at - a USB monitor/touchscreen:
http://www.mimomonitors.com/products/mimo-720-s

Alternatively, you can get an older android tablet fairly cheaply now:
http://www.focalprice.com/CE037B/WM8650 ... Black.html

-Rob A>

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks RobA,
Would I be able to put the tutorials on them instead of printing them all? If so, that is probably what I am looking for...

merrak · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:08 pm **(#8)**

I wonder how hard it would be to build something like that out of an old laptop. There's a thrift store around here where you can pick up old computers for $5 - $20. Throw Linux on it and you have a decent machine for light tasks. It'd probably take quite a bit of know-how to build it -well- (rugged enough for practical use).

merrak · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:34 pm **(#9)**

Oh! One more thing you may want to think about. At some point it will be cheaper to upgrade to a dual-head video card and just have two monitors.