Equipment Protection Guide
SmallHD Cine 18 — Cases & Transport Protection
The Cine 18 is the classic video-village and DIT monitor: big, bright, and shipped constantly. It is also exactly the size class where soft cases stop working.
- 18-inch 4K high-bright
- Video village standard
- 3 dedicated builds
- AKS space available
About this equipment
The SmallHD Cine 18 is an 18-inch, 4K high-bright production monitor found at video village, DIT stations, and gaffer carts on working sets. At this panel size the monitor stops being hand luggage — it moves on carts and in trucks, alongside stands, yokes, shades, and power.
An 18-inch panel concentrates a lot of replacement cost in a thin sheet of glass. Every build below is a hard ATA-grade shell with CNC-cut foam holding the monitor face-inward, and most include an accessory bay so the whole station travels as one piece.
Choose protection by workflow
Occasional moves, vehicle transport: foam inserts and padded protection in a case you own.
Travel and carry-on workflows: compact hard-shell builds sized to airline limits.
Constant shipping: ATA shells, modular replaceable foam, fleet-matched layouts.
Purpose-built around your exact package and workflow.
Start a custom project →Cases built for this equipment
SmallHD Cine 18" 4K UHD Monitor Case. Additional space for accessories
SmallHD Cine 18" 4K High-Brigh Monitor Pelican case
SmallHD Cine 18" 4K High-Bright Monitor Pelican
More builds in this family
- SmallHD Cine 7 Touchscreen Monitor
- SMALLHD CINE 24" 4K
- Smallhd Cine 13 UHD 4K High Bright Monitor Case
- SmallHD Cine 7 with AKS in pelican 1520
- SmallHD Cine 7 + Bolt with bracket for shade
- SmallHD Cine 7 with RX bracket and small rig handles
- Smallhd Cine 7 with Bolt 6 in Storm IM2300
- SmallHD Cine 7 with RX bracket in Storm IM2700
- SmallHD Cine 7 with bolt Touchscreen Monitor Pelican 1550
- SmallHD Cine 13 in Pelican 1440
- SmallHD Cine 13 in Nanuk 940
- SMALLHD CINE 24" 4K (Case has wheels and pull out handle)
- SMALLHD CINE 24" 4K (Case has wheels and pull out handle) Larger AKS
- SmallHD Cine 7 with accessories Pelican 1500
Transport knowledge
Padded sleeves protect against scratches, not against the twist and point loads a truck ride delivers to a large panel. High-bright panels are heavy for their area, which makes corner drops in soft cases especially lethal.
An 18-inch monitor case exceeds airline carry-on allowances. Fly it as checked freight in an ATA case or ship it ahead; insure to replacement value, since carrier default liability will not cover the panel.
Our Cine 18 layouts with AKS compartments carry the shade, yoke, power, and cabling. One case to the village, one case back — nothing loose in a bin.
Where to buy the equipment
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Frequently asked questions
As checked baggage or freight in a hard ATA case, yes — not as carry-on. The builds here are designed for exactly that trip.
The catalog builds include accessory space; if your kit needs more, we adjust the layout on a quoted build.
Made to order, typically shipping in 7–10 business days. New layouts are quoted per project.
Related equipment
Multi-unit and matched case sets are what we build best — one engineered layout, every case identical, re-orderable for years.
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