Monitor advice

[Marcelo Julião Paiva]

I need a good reference monitor for color grading. The problem is that my budget is ridiculous....

U$3,000

What are some good options on that price range? Oh, well... Good is difficult but at least decent.

Right now, I am between a Dreamcolor and a Flanders Scientific 17". Are there any cons on using the Dreamcolor as a reference monitor? I mean it is a computer monitor not a broadcast monitor...

Any input is welcome!!

:cheers2:
Cheers,
Marcelo

 

[Guidofilippi]

Panasonic 1710?
17", just under 3,000 in USA... very good results, tested against Sony monitors several times more expensive...
Just saying...
Guido

 

[Kaku Ito]

I've seen many LCD displays including professional and mastering models and for the price point, DreamColor provides the best cost vs performance. I was able to adjust the DreamColor very close to the Sony Master monitor BVM-D24 and TVLogic's XVM-245W.

Panasonic works great especially looking at interlaced video, but in my opinion, it looks too greenish (to us Asians at least).

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Some guys are talking about panasonic plasma 11 Series...
i did not play with, by the way.
Otherwise I have a Panny 1710, and i liked so much.


Best Regards

 

[Marcelo Julião Paiva]

Does anyone have more info on the panasonic 1710?

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Try this:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1044587

I like Panny on SET...

The best custo beneficio...

Regards

 

[Greg M]

I need a good reference monitor for color grading. The problem is that my budget is ridiculous....

U$3,000

What are some good options on that price range? Oh, well... Good is difficult but at least decent.

Right now, I am between a Dreamcolor and a Flanders Scientific 17". Are there any cons on using the Dreamcolor as a reference monitor? I mean it is a computer monitor not a broadcast monitor...

Any input is welcome!!

:cheers2:


Cheers,
Marcelo

Flanders makes some very nice monitors...not really grading monitors but for the $$ a great option. I would consider stepping up to the 23" at $4999 it is a better display.