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Rig of the Month

Posted 02/20/09 at 02:40:36 PM  by Tom Edwards

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If your laptop needs are limited to email and epic rounds of Bookworm on cross-country flights, plenty of machines will do the job. However, if you need to do something a bit more power intensive­, your options are much more limited.

Will Urbina couldn’t find a desktop replacement that suited his needs for video editing; everything available was lacking in some area—so he built the CinematographHD. And although this 82 lb. rig may stretch the definition of portable, we salute his no-compromises approach. The images here give a hint of what Will created, but to get the full picture, check out his build video at http://www.vimeo.com/1847710.

 
 
Will took the do-it-yourself aesthetic to the extreme, doing all his own welding.
 
 
 
 
 
The CinematographHD includes five hard-drive bays, a full ATX mobo, an HDMI capture card, and a Blu-ray burner. 


 
COMMENTS:4
TAGS: rig of the month, do it yourself welding, home made
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avatarWow

Submitted by Justin.Kerr on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 9:03am

Thats a pretty insane video. This guy has some serious talent.

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avatarWell

Submitted by AntiHero on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 1:09pm

Laptops won't be the only thing to hit a lan party and be setup and packed up fastest anymore. Makes me look less cool :(

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avatarLock?

Submitted by Asevening on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 12:52pm

This is great and all, but where's the Ken$ington lock slot?  I mean, it would be pretty easy to just grab 82lbs as you walk by and make a speedy escape.  As you can tell by now I'm being sarcastic, I have nothing but good things to say about this rig and you should keep up the good work.  Will Urbina, do not change a thing.

Signed,

ASevening

Dictated but not read.

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