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price drop HP DreamColor

Wow!

So was it ever figured out if one can use the $1000 Blackmagic card that has the HDMI to drive 10bit color to this monitor?

$3500 total to add true 10bit color monitoring (unlike the faux stuff that Eizo advertises) would be really nice.
 
Shawn Nelson said:
Wow!

So was it ever figured out if one can use the $1000 Blackmagic card that has the HDMI to drive 10bit color to this monitor?

$3500 total to add true 10bit color monitoring (unlike the faux stuff that Eizo advertises) would be really nice.
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Shawn -

You can drive this display via DisplayPort - 10bit right off of the GPU with the new Nvidia card that is about to be released for the MAC.

But you didn't hear that from me ...
 
Shawn Nelson said:
Wow!

So was it ever figured out if one can use the $1000 Blackmagic card that has the HDMI to drive 10bit color to this monitor?

$3500 total to add true 10bit color monitoring (unlike the faux stuff that Eizo advertises) would be really nice.
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What about BM's HD-SDI to HDMI converter for $500? That could be a good option for those of us who have the older card or an AJA card.

Matthew
 
wayno said:
sorry...........:pinch:

BTW - do you like it. we are thinking of getting one
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I was joking. I only just placed my order last night, after the price drop. It is scheduled for delivery on 10/2.

Besides using it for post-production, I am hoping to use it on-set connected directly to my RED via HDMI. This will be my only other monitor besides the RED 7" LCD.


HP Quick Release Kit ALL------EM870AA------29.00

HP LCD-CALIBRATION KIT------KZ300AA------349.00

HP LCD-HOOD KIT------KZ301AA------129.00

HP Promo DreamColor LP2480zx------GV546A8#ABA------2,499.00


Sub Total: 3,006.00
Freight: 48.31
Estimated Tax: 150.30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Order Total: 3,204.61
 
I do know the feeling of buying a monitor before a price drop though.

I bought one of the first 30" Apple Cinema Displays for $3,300. The price dropped pretty quickly on that one.
 
So what's the word on the dreamcolor for grading? how does it compare? good? great? what can i do with it? thanks!
 
calibration for macs, dual link DVI, DCI-P3 profile

calibration for macs, dual link DVI, DCI-P3 profile

I bought one of these recently.... it looks great and is literally perfect for CC'ing broadcast stuff... BUT... does anybody know how to get the calibration software to work with a mac (only ships with a pc version), or do you have to hand calibrate everything through the menu on the monitor if you're not on a pc? Also, there seems to be a lot of back and forth about what port to use... I've got an ATI card and I'm running this currently through dual-link DVI, which according to this link:

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

means I should be getting full 10 bit color, right? Or am I missing something? Not only that, but running it through DVI also means that you can use all the color space profiles that ship with it, as opposed to HDMI where these options are not available for whatever reason... it would seem that Dual-link DVI out to this monitor should solve every problem, right? Please tell me if I am overlooking something. It also means you can do all your redcine renders through this monitor, which has been awesome and a huge help in processing. This is the only affordable monitor I've seen that allows you to use Redcine and actually know what the hell you're getting on a first light.

Finally... has anyone tested the out of the box profiles that come with this monitor? The Rec-709 seems strangely off and I can't figure out why... I'm also extremely curious about how accurate the DCI-P3 profile is? It would make my life hugely easier if it was close enough to be usable. If it isn't accurate, and someone knows how to make it accurate, I'd be eternally grateful if you'd post how. I know these are a lot of questions... but this monitor has a lot of potential, and I want to make sure I'm taking advantage of all of it. Thanks.
 
So can verify whether the panel in the HP Dreamcolor is an 8-bit or 10-bit panel?

According to Martin Euredjian (which I would point out is a competitor; but I would trust him and he's probably right)
In the case of the Dreamcolor display, as Wes has already clarified, it is, in fact, an 8 bit display with FRC-based dithering. We always jump on new technology, and this was no different. We contacted LG --who manufacture the panel for HP-- and quickly learned that it wasn't a real 10 bit panel but rather an 8 bit with built-in FRC.
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http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=275625
 
So, is HP actually completely lying in print and on their website when they say:

"A full 30bit pixel is sent from the DreamColor Engine to be displayed on the HP 30-bit LCD panel with no dithering or frame rate control." ?

This quote is from page 5 of THIS LINK

HP says there is no FRC (frame rate control) and no dithering in their panel...

So, it would appear that either HP is making an intentional false and misleading statement about their product or... highly disturbing to me either way.

regards,

John T.
 
Come to think of it, that's a pretty nasty trick from HP.

Were the initial buyers compensated? Or at least - notified?

Companies behaving like that can make me never buy any of their products ever again.

Even if they're selling me the moon for...

... my 2c.
 
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