I'm a recently retired illustrator. I used a Wacom 22" Cintiq pressure sensitive drawing tablet. It has a stand, so I have it on a wooden TV table. It originally cost $3000 (never mind the adobe subscriptions). I'm old and only been learning to play for four years. If I hadn't done that I might be looking for some design student to give it away to. It weighs a ton, but mine isn't going anywhere.

So, if you know a retired commercial artist, they might be looking for a new home for theirs... I still have the previous model that was like a mouse pad.

I know which display you have. My brother has the older model he uses for his graphics design and CAD work. That cost him about the same about 14 years ago. His requires a stylus though and no direct touch like yours.

I tried a monitor setup with pedals to turn the pages before I spring for a new touch-sensitive display. The problem I ran into is the display was a bit too far for me to see everything clearly even though it was much bigger.

So, if you know a retired commercial artist, they might be looking for a new home for theirs... I still have the previous model that was  like a mouse pad.

https://powermusicsoftware.com/

They also offer hardware setups as well.

I currently run their software, as well as the ancient e-Stand on a very old and very ancient Dell XPS18 tablet-PC which is more like an All-in-One. My XPS18 is now dying, and I've been on the lookout for a decent replacement. The problem with many of the All-in-One devices these days is the weight. Instead of keeping the weight down, they're now in the 6-8 kg range which is too heavy for the piano. Cambron Software's offerings appear to be much lighter.

Key Fumbler wrote:

How the other half live:
https://www.gvidomusic.com/

Sadly it was too expensive to have success and hence it failed and it's been discontinued:

https://www.gvidomusic.com/uploads/Noti...-GVIDO.pdf

In my opinion something like that should have been max $600 and with the option to buy a one-page version for max $300.

But yes, it looks very nice.

This looks identical to the GVIDO, and does have the single page option: https://www.padformusician.com/en/products -- still very expensive tough

Plenty of less expensive but too small ones such as https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2

The very rare large ones like https://onyxboox.com/boox_maxlumi2 are too expensive, IMHO

The only one which sounded reasonable to me (which I almost bought) is https://www.quirklogic.com/products/papyr

How the other half live:
https://www.gvidomusic.com/

Sadly it was too expensive to have success and hence it failed and it's been discontinued:

https://www.gvidomusic.com/uploads/Noti...-GVIDO.pdf

In my opinion something like that should have been max $600 and with the option to buy a one-page version for max $300.

But yes, it looks very nice.

dv wrote:

Is it stable on the music stand with that bulky stuff on its back?

Please report back here after you use if for a month or two, the size is decent, and the price not too bad. On the other hand I agree that if one needs just electronic reader, a regular monitor is best, and sometimes you can have those for nothing (or very cheap) on craigslist.

Yes, I've been using it for a few weeks now.  It's more stable than it looks!  I was a bit alarmed when I first opened the package (it wouldn't be great to travel with), but it turns out to be fine for home use.

I think a regular monitor would need to be cabled to my desktop computer and a power supply.  I don't want the cables.  Or am I missing something here?

Thank you. No you are not missing anything. That regular monitor will work only in a permanent setting in which the cables can be hidden/routed with a raceway (I may eventually do that for my DIY digital hybrid), so no good for going back and forth with the acoustic.

Is it stable on the music stand with that bulky stuff on its back?

Please report back here after you use if for a month or two, the size is decent, and the price not too bad. On the other hand I agree that if one needs just electronic reader, a regular monitor is best, and sometimes you can have those for nothing (or very cheap) on craigslist.

Yes, I've been using it for a few weeks now.  It's more stable than it looks!  I was a bit alarmed when I first opened the package (it wouldn't be great to travel with), but it turns out to be fine for home use.

I think a regular monitor would need to be cabled to my desktop computer and a power supply.  I don't want the cables.  Or am I missing something here?

I ended up buying a 14 inch Venturer Luna Max Android tablet.  The screen size is about 17.4x31 cm.  It's still widescreen format, not exactly what I wanted, but big enough that most scores are readable, and much cheaper than an iPad or Surface.

It wouldn't be great as a general-purpose mobile device.  It's a little on the bulky and heavy side, battery life not all that good, low-powered CPU, no rear camera.  And the screen resolution is only 1920x1280, a step down from the Chuwi Hi-2, but that bothers me less than I expected.  As something that I use only for score reading at home, it meets my needs well.

Is it stable on the music stand with that bulky stuff on its back?

Please report back here after you use if for a month or two, the size is decent, and the price not too bad. On the other hand I agree that if one needs just electronic reader, a regular monitor is best, and sometimes you can have those for nothing (or very cheap) on craigslist.

It wouldn't be great as a general-purpose mobile device.  It's a little on the bulky and heavy side, battery life not all that good, low-powered CPU, no rear camera.  And the screen resolution is only 1920x1280, a step down from the Chuwi Hi-2, but that bothers me less than I expected.  As something that I use only for score reading at home, it meets my needs well.

https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic...d-pianists

Since last year, new models with backlight have come out.

Got it on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/MatrixPad-S30-Oc...B083BRVG28

Bruce