HGR Music 2488 video adapter - Top Notch

[TASCAM MAN]

Can't say enough about the folks at HGR Music. From the quick response to technical and availability questions through order processing and delivery, these guys shine! Steve informed me that prices will probably be going up on the next batch manufactured as the cost of components is rising. So I ordered two, one for my MKI and the Neo as well. They were nice enough to combine shipping as well, not an insignificant savings to the US from GBR.

Shipping took a while, but with the tracking info provided by HGR I finally located the parcel. Seems the US Postal Service had the package in an "unidentified safe location" for a week. Why it takes a week to get from NYC to Nashua, NH I have no idea. And the USPS ain't sayin'. Only took two more days to get here to Texas from there. So if you live in NYC you'll get your adapter from Great Britain in about three days. The rest of the country, good luck. Like I said, great service from HGR and the Royal Mail. The USPS,... eh.

Installation was easy, exactly as portrayed in the instructions. The adapters work just as advertised. All in all, I'm very pleased. It's great to be able to see the display with these old eyes. Now I just need to locate a couple cheap flat panel monitors. Looks like they don't even make 4X5 displays anymore. I've started haunting the recycle houses for scrapped units.

My recommendation is if you have a 2488, get the adapter. You eyes will love you for it.

Rick

This is the best thing that happened since mud pies WOW and did Tascam come up with this idea!?!??

 

[TASCAM MAN]

Can't say enough about the folks at HGR Music. From the quick response to technical and availability questions through order processing and delivery, these guys shine! Steve informed me that prices will probably be going up on the next batch manufactured as the cost of components is rising. So I ordered two, one for my MKI and the Neo as well. They were nice enough to combine shipping as well, not an insignificant savings to the US from GBR.

Shipping took a while, but with the tracking info provided by HGR I finally located the parcel. Seems the US Postal Service had the package in an "unidentified safe location" for a week. Why it takes a week to get from NYC to Nashua, NH I have no idea. And the USPS ain't sayin'. Only took two more days to get here to Texas from there. So if you live in NYC you'll get your adapter from Great Britain in about three days. The rest of the country, good luck. Like I said, great service from HGR and the Royal Mail. The USPS,... eh.

Installation was easy, exactly as portrayed in the instructions. The adapters work just as advertised. All in all, I'm very pleased. It's great to be able to see the display with these old eyes. Now I just need to locate a couple cheap flat panel monitors. Looks like they don't even make 4X5 displays anymore. I've started haunting the recycle houses for scrapped units.

My recommendation is if you have a 2488, get the adapter. You eyes will love you for it.

Rick

So can these be installed in the smaller hard disk recorders with REALLY small screens like the Tascam DP-02?!?! I would be in hog heaven just to have the size screen on the 2488 compared to my 1X2 screen on my DP-02!! So......do you know if they are compatible for other small screened recorders?!?? Please say YES !!

 

[TASCAM MAN]

Can't say enough about the folks at HGR Music. From the quick response to technical and availability questions through order processing and delivery, these guys shine! Steve informed me that prices will probably be going up on the next batch manufactured as the cost of components is rising. So I ordered two, one for my MKI and the Neo as well. They were nice enough to combine shipping as well, not an insignificant savings to the US from GBR.

Shipping took a while, but with the tracking info provided by HGR I finally located the parcel. Seems the US Postal Service had the package in an "unidentified safe location" for a week. Why it takes a week to get from NYC to Nashua, NH I have no idea. And the USPS ain't sayin'. Only took two more days to get here to Texas from there. So if you live in NYC you'll get your adapter from Great Britain in about three days. The rest of the country, good luck. Like I said, great service from HGR and the Royal Mail. The USPS,... eh.

Installation was easy, exactly as portrayed in the instructions. The adapters work just as advertised. All in all, I'm very pleased. It's great to be able to see the display with these old eyes. Now I just need to locate a couple cheap flat panel monitors. Looks like they don't even make 4X5 displays anymore. I've started haunting the recycle houses for scrapped units.

My recommendation is if you have a 2488, get the adapter. You eyes will love you for it.

Rick

My EYES would love it if I could add one of these to my SMALL SMALL SMALL window on my Tascam DP-02 !!! Think it would work on it??

 

[HGR-Music]

So can these be installed in the smaller hard disk recorders with REALLY small screens like the Tascam DP-02?!?! I would be in hog heaven just to have the size screen on the 2488 compared to my 1X2 screen on my DP-02!! So......do you know if they are compatible for other small screened recorders?!?? Please say YES !!

Hi Tascam Man,

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

Our existing VGA monitor interface is only compatible with the 3 versions of the Tascam 2488 and at the moment we do not have any plans to develope a module for the DP-02.

Best wishes,

Steve (HGR Music)

 

[TASCAM MAN]

Hi Tascam Man,

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

Our existing VGA monitor interface is only compatible with the 3 versions of the Tascam 2488 and at the moment we do not have any plans to develope a module for the DP-02.

Best wishes,

Steve (HGR Music)

Well thanks Steve but Im disapointed now!! The DP-02 really is a great machine that deserves a bigger screen. I just got me a 2488 NEO and the screen is big enough to get the job done for sure. Have you ever thought about doing it for keyboard screens? I have a nice Roland XP-60 that has a great sequencer in it and i have spent countless hrs. working with it squenching my eyes wishing it were bigger !! There are a lot of keyboards and digital recorders that deserve bigger screens......thanks and let me know when/if you ever put other hardware/software out for other recorders and keyboards thanks !!!
Kim