advice on reference monitor purchase wanted

[Juan Salvo]

FSi does service and support in the EU market. They are probably the best value in your range.

I have and really like the Sony PVM-2541. But it’s limited viewing angle really just makes it good for an operator. Not a client monitor.

[Knut Jansohn]

Hi,

you might have a look at LG W2420R. It uses the same panel as the hp dreamcolor.
It provides hardware calibration with i1-pro, 10 bit panel, very consitent image, accepts 1080i, colorspace emulation.
Downside is no sdi.
But as far I can see it gives the best price-performance ratio.
A Monitor is as good as it’s calibration. So I recommand to leave the spider untouched and use x-rite i1-pro instead.

K.

[Pepijn Klijs]

Thanks for both replies!

I’m still thinking that FSI doesn’t give service in Europe, cause that’s what they told me at the last IBC 2011 in Amsterdam. BUt I just sent them an email to confirm this.

The LG W2420R does look interesting, but also raises two worries for me:
1. I know that dreamcolor users have to invest in another card to output the ‘right’ signal over hdmi. I believe it’s a decklink card.
2. Working a lot for television I still often encounter interlaced footage, which I can’t detect on a regular computer screen. I wonder how the LG works with that. It’s quite a crucial thing for me. Any experience with this?

So I’m still thinking to pick up the JVC DT-V24G1. Anyone ever worked with this panel?

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[Knut Jansohn]

[Pepijn Klijs] “1. I know that dreamcolor users have to invest in another card to output the ‘right’ signal over hdmi. I believe it’s a decklink card.”
Which video card do you use? Extreme 3d provides hdmi as well.
Extern sdi-hdmi/dvi converter is an other way. Maybe usefull with a plasma later.

[Pepijn Klijs] “2. Working a lot for television I still often encounter interlaced footage, which I can’t detect on a regular computer screen. I wonder how the LG works with that. It’s quite a crucial thing for me. Any experience with this?”
As written, no issues with 1080i 25. Looks pretty good. Lcd aren’t interlaced devices anyway. So the signal has to be rehashed by the electronic. The JVC like any other broadcast-lcd has to do that too.

[Pepijn Klijs] “So I’m still thinking to pick up the JVC DT-V24G1. Anyone ever worked with this panel?”
Yes I do, but can’t say that it gives a better image than the w2420r.
It is not as consistent as I would like to see. And it provides only 8 bit (with 10 bit ‘dithering’). Anyway if it’s well calibrated and you put it beside a BVM-L231 it will be hard for most people to see a difference in natural images.

[Teo Rižnar]

I would say no to JVC (I have in studio previous version of this 24″ panel) Sony OLED form my experiences, viewing angle is a bit better than JVC. But still I would go for good used CRT Sony BVM. You can get them in EU for that budget.

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[Pepijn Klijs]

Any specific reason why I should say no to JVC? What are the cons?

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[Pepijn Klijs]

[Knut Jansohn] “As written, no issues with 1080i 25. Looks pretty good. Lcd aren’t interlaced devices anyway. So the signal has to be rehashed by the electronic. The JVC like any other broadcast-lcd has to do that too.”

But on the Sony lcd’s at work I can clearly detect interlaced footage, so I’m assuming this will be the same with the JVC panel, right?

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[Knut Jansohn]

[Pepijn Klijs] “on the Sony lcd’s at work I can clearly detect interlaced footage”

Hm, do you mean that you can detect issues generated from wrong field dominance?
I’m not sure if that will make itself felt (I think so for both) but I could test that if you prepare a short sequence with such issues.

[Dennis Quintanilla]

Hi,
you’d better stay away from the w2420R! LG decided to discontinue this monitor and it’s nearly impossible to get a hand on a flawless unit or prepare yourself for a long and difficult quest. I can’t say about the Planar PX2491W. While being the exact same display maybe Planar addressed the 2420 issues by means of a proprietary firmware which I very much doubt tho. Otherwise once calibrated and provided that you can live with a pink hue shift on lower corners and you disable optimus on your quadro (resolve won’t like it but the 2420R will ask for it) this is one of the best monitors I’ve been working with. I know how weird it may sound but the 2420R is a very paradoxical display indeed. Surprizingly enough I can achieve an almost perfect calibration with an i1 display2 and unmodified matrices, easily on par with what I get on my Eizo 243w! It works for me and it will probably work for you too if you really want a 2420R but you might be inspired to look into a different direction. LG should stick with only making the hardware! Hope it helps. Cheers.

[Knut Jansohn]

I never had such issues with w2420r. Very consistent, no remarkable shadings.
Planar says nothing about showing interlaced video, specially 50 Hz!

In my opinion the i1-display2 is not convenient for an accurate calibration. In particular not for led-backlights! And it’s discontinued too 🙂

Next nominee: eizo cg232w, build for postpro, supports 1080i 50 – but a little bit out of budget.