FSI LM-2460w: Anyone used it?

[Nathan Pena]

Looking to buy a new monitor for my DIT cart, was looking at the Panasonic 2550, but have been hearing really good stuff about the FSI monitors. Has anyone used one, or own one, how do you like it? Thanks.

Nathan

 

[Alex Carr]

I love my 17" LED FSI monitor. Its got a few more features than a Panasonic.

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

I used the older 2450 and liked it a lot.

I also have used the 2470 in a suite, and its very very good.

Haven't seen the 2460 though. Its supposed to be the same panel as the 2470, but with a fluorescent backlight. (The 2470 uses RGB LED's for a very precise image.)

I have a firend who was also a 2nd unit DP for me that owns the 17" unit and loves it to bits. That's actually the first FSI monitor I saw, but we only played with it.

These monitor's are the real deal... and highly highly recommended.

I like them better than the Panasonic, JVC and Sony equivalents.

Can't wait to buy my own... but I'm aiming for the 2470.

 

[Nathan Pena]

So, just an FYI. I rented a brand new 2460W from Flanders for a week, intending to buy it but ended up returning it. The scopes and false color were great, and the monitor looked great, except, that the panels white balance was not great. In the center of the screen it was reading about 6400-6600K, but around the edges it got way cooler, all the way to 7100K at some points which resulted in the image looking noticeably bluer in the corners, even when taking the saturation completely down, it was still blue. I sent it back to FSI hoping it was just a random bad panel, but they said it was within normal white balance variation. That was a huge problem for me, other smaller problems, the scopes only run at about 12fps so they're choppy with a little lag, and there's some weird limitations like not being able to display TC and the scopes up at the same time. Also sometimes it would freeze up if you changed inputs too fast or function buttons.

So, all together a bit disappointing, have used the 1760W recently and liked that, would rather have that over a panny 1710. So, my question still remains, any thoughts on a good 24" monitor in the >$5000 range? I saw the newer 24" Verite JVC at NAB and thought that looked better than the Panasonic 2550. Any suggestions?