DP1x Overscan

[Justen Nguyen]

In place of a red monitor, I use my DP1x to monitor through hdmi so that I can get all the on screen menus. I noticed you had to set the monitor out as dvi on the red. Otherwise it wouldn't fit the screen right. I thought it was weird that when I switched it to 720p it wouldn't fit the screen when the resolution was clearly about 720p.

Well after doing some reading I found out you have to manually set the overscan on the dp1x (this may be the same case for the dp6 not too sure). Here the values in case anybody wanted them. It'll save you some time.

HSTART = 442
HSIZE = 616
VSTART = 469
VSIZE = 559

Its a nice alternative if you don't have monitor on location, etc. and you wanted to run a feed without red meu displays for clients.

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Thanks Justin...
I'm waiting my dp6.
What about pros and cons on theDP1x??
best,

 

[Justen Nguyen]

Pros: good metal casing, solid construction, lightweight, slim form factor, it's attractive. Easily mountable with mounts on all sides of the monitor. Fairly big screen, and lots of accessories for the price. Especially stacked up to its competitors.

Cons:there isn't a battery indicator. Only a single light on the battery. Which is conveniently on the backside of the monitor. The light turns from green to yellow to red depending on certain levels of charge. But it seems fairly inaccurate and a percentage would much better as you'll be shooting and it'll just die on you. Also no indication of when a battery is indeed fully charged when you are charging them. The screen is alright, hardly any monitor is up to my standards though. With that said, I wish the pixels were smaller, up close I can see the lines in which they arranged. The image could be cleaner and sharper.

 

[Raphael Varandas]

Thanks Justin...fair enough
Best,

 

[Giuseppe Pugliese]

The cameras come with a RED setting menu which helps with all of that. Personally I own the DP1 and it is a great monitor for the money. The quality for pulling focus is very nice.

The only downside besides the battery issue of not having an indicator of level, is the menu buttons... it is "blind operation" buttons. They are BEHIND the screen, you use little bumps on them to tell which one is which, you never look at buttons, you feel for them... It is VERY annoying at first, you will constantly hit the wrong ones and make you want to toss the monitor. After you stick with it for a while, it gets to be easy and quick, but man, whoever though of having buttons so you cant see them has obviously NOT worked on a film set. We like to be able to do things quick and we are visual people. If I can't just find the button by looking at it, I'm going to go nuts.

Again it is a lovely image for the price, and the 2.40:1 aspect crops OR NATVIE viewing is what sold me on it. You can use real anamorphic lenses on a camera and the image can be stretched out to view the native 2.40:1 aspect. As far as I know this is the only monitor that can do this in any price range under $4,000 possibly even more. THAT is why I bought it. Now for RED it might be a different case depending on what you do, but this monitor I use for anamorphic lenses on a 2/3'' 1080p HD camera and works wonders.

The buttons will drive you mad, but play with it for hours and you'll finally get the hang of it. There will be times when I still hit the wrong one, and I just wanna kick someone. I really hope the next batch they make has the buttons on the front, I DO NOT CARE if the screen looks pretty with no buttons on the front, I wanna be able to USE the buttons, not spend my time finding them.

my 2 bits