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well friends..i would want to know best monitors for grading... i have read that HP dreamcolor series is used by few friends here in community..how about Sony LMD series..any specific monitors...anybody can suggest me...

thanks in Advance
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Check out Flanders Scientific and TV Logic. Good price/performance ratios. e-cinema, cinetal, sony, Barco, etc all make high end monitors as well. You need to test though, as some of this goes beyond technical specs and price points.
 
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Thanks Fredrik and Steve..Steve can u help me select an particular model in Sony or Barco...well i don't want to moderately..
 
Fredrik Harreschou said:
Panasonic 12 series plasma. Unless you have SERIOUS amounts to spend, look no further. http://panasonic.net/proplasma/lineup/
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Er... only the 58" is worth considering. Unless you have DEEEP pockets to buy the larger panels. The 58" is $2500 though, so can't complain. Other than that, the 50" and 42" 12-series are only available in 720p panels! The 1080p PF11 series has been discontinued, but there are still plenty out there to buy. But I can't recommend them, they are two panel generations behind current. HDMI interface for the Pro panels is still v1.2a and 8bit only.

If you're going plasma, I recommend the new Panasonic TC-PxxVT25 series (V25 series in PAL countries). They have the current panel (13th generation) with far superior DR, contrast and black levels. 50" ships soon, 54" and 65" will ship later this summer. There *SHOULD* be new Pro series monitors using these new panels soon, but no official announcements yet. I'm hoping to see something at NAB. But honestly, the only features the VT25 is missing vs. the "pro" model is the interchangeable interface boards. IMO, I have a hard time considering a $2400 HD-SDI card when it costs as much as the 50" VT25 monitor or as much as the 58" PF12 monitor. That's nuts... The AJA HDMI to 3G HD-SDI is $550 and supports 1080p at all standard frame rates as well as both 10bit and 12bit color input w/ 10bit output.
 
There Are still no optinoal card for the pro series that support 10 bit HDMI?
Ps:is tgr pf 12th series a 10 bit panel?

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How do the Panasonic VT25 models compare to some of the Samsungs like the C7000 or the B8000 or B8500? Do you have any idea when the VT25 will be available? I believe Samsung also has some new models around the corner (9000 series I believe)...

Thoughts?
 
Dell Monitor

Dell Monitor

Hey guys,

What about Dell U2410, 24". Sounds like a quick solution with minimal investment...:banned:
 
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Fredrik Harreschou said:
Panasonic 12 series plasma. Unless you have SERIOUS amounts to spend, look no further. http://panasonic.net/proplasma/lineup/
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I agree but not in the smaller sizes. To improve it add a Davio, then you don't need to look further....

But Jeff is also right about the Panasonic TC-PxxVT25 series, They are interesting. I don't yet know if the TC-PxxVT25 series has the 'studio mode' facilities and 1:1 pixel mode. Studio mode increases contrast with out causing white out. Theres more info on this board to check out these features.
 
Dave Blackham said:
I agree but not in the smaller sizes. To improve it add a Davio, then you don't need to look further....

But Jeff is also right about the Panasonic TC-PxxVT25 series, take your pick
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Davio is unnecessary if you're feeding the signal from Scratch, which has monitoring LUT capabilities from 1d matrices to 3d cubes.
 
John Tissavary said:
Davio is unnecessary if you're feeding the signal from Scratch, which has monitoring LUT capabilities from 1d matrices to 3d cubes.
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Yes, thats quite right. What i should have said is the Pana monitor overshoot rec 709 slightly and dont have the tools to deal with profesional line up internal so some sort of out board means of apply a LUT is needed.
 
OK.. so after NAB, I'm ready to pull the trigger.. Now, mind you I am on a budget and my jobs are pretty low paying at the moment, but I'm hoping to upgrade my rid in an attempt to raise my prices.

Am I better off buying a Series 12 Panasonic with the HD-SDI card? or something along the lines of a Flanders Scientific 17" or 24" and if I go for the 24" should I get the 10-bit model (which is $10,000) or will I be fine with the 8-Bit panel in 17" or 24" for now then upgrade when the work picks up to a serious enough level where i need it.

Now, I know there's a big difference between the Panasonic and the Flanders.. but I really need both a client viewing monitor and a color accurate screen for grading..

Just trying to figure out where the best place to spend my money is at the moment in order to bring more clients and money in.
 
I see a lot minitors this is my list. For color reference real 10bit panel monitor
BARCO
CINETAL
Ecinema
EZIO
FS
TV LOGIC
 
Which is the least expensive from this list..

I have an HP Dreamcolor.. I think im going to have to get the HD-SDI to HDMI converter and start taking advantage of the 10 bit panel...
 
Another consideration is the ongoing cost of keeping it calibrated. Either gaining the experience yourself or hiring someone to come in.

Actually, this is something I would like to know about. How does everyone deal with maintaining calibration?
 
Do I want the Aja Hi5 or the Aja Hi5 3G to use with my Dreamcolor?
 
Auto calibrarion

Auto calibrarion

jimhare said:
Another consideration is the ongoing cost of keeping it calibrated. Either gaining the experience yourself or hiring someone to come in.

Actually, this is something I would like to know about. How does everyone deal with maintaining calibration?
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Barco is autocalibration monitor
 
jimhare said:
Another consideration is the ongoing cost of keeping it calibrated. Either gaining the experience yourself or hiring someone to come in.

Actually, this is something I would like to know about. How does everyone deal with maintaining calibration?
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I would love to know the best route to go on this. looking that the panasonic website, the plasmas look like that have some presets for "studio"... not sure if this has anything to do with it being properly calibrated. I would love to get a grading monitor that is under $3k.
 
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