Needed: color correction monitor & control surface

[Desera Price]

Monitor: HP DreamColor LP2480zx (with HP DreamColor Calibration Solution)
Control Surface: Tangent Wave Panel

 

[Marc Wielage]

I'm not a fan of either. I don't think the Dreamcolor is ideal for color-correction. There are far better monitors that will calibrate more accurately, though they'll cost you more money.

I've used the Wave before, but I think the later Tangent Elements is far better -- provided you can budget for it. For less money, I think the Avid MC Color is a better choice than the Wave. There's several good choices out there.

 

[Scott Balkum]

The Tangent Element is far more efficient of a layout and expandable.

 

[Von Thomas]

I rent the Flanders CM 250, you cannot beat this for color accuracy. I also rent Tangent Element Panels.

Von

 

[Marc Wielage]

I agree with Von -- the FSI monitors are terrific values and are actually reasonable grading monitors.

 

[Dermot Shane]

i use the older dreamcolor every now and then, if you have a good one it's reasonably accurate, but as they age the good one's are getting harder and harder to find, so in 2015 the Flanders LCD is the popular option

you don't say what core software you are planning on using, the surface choice is related to gradeing software,some are no-brainers, if you use Baselight, then the awesome mapping to the artist color makes that the first choice (well actualy fourth after blackboard, blackboard2, and slate) , and if you use Nucoda, it only supports Elements, but does so brilliantly

if you are using Resolve, none of them are very good, but for me the least worst is artist color, fewer things are mapped than Elements, but the things that are mapped are more useful, but this is partily personal choice too, but there's no good option IMHO, only the least bad...

 

[Will Keir]

I'm looking for a monitor that can double jobs.

1) Video Village, Directors monitor
2) Grading/DIT monitor

1080P is going to have to do. Any ideas?

 

[Von Thomas]

The FSI CM 250 can easily do that.

 

[Will Keir]

The FSI also has a battery plate built in the back?

The FSI CM 250 can easily do that.

 

[Von Thomas]

Yes, I used a block battery last week when we had a quick insert outside the studio.

 

[Will Keir]

That's a nice option. At only 50 watts, how long does a dionic 90 run it for?

Yes, I used a block battery last week when we had a quick insert outside the studio.