BT-LH1700 monitor or HDMI?

[Gary Adcock]

[tmvc] “if there’s a significant difference in getting the BT-LH 1700 panasonic hd monitor or getting a hdmi enabled screen and card (“

the Panny 1700 is a pro HD monitor, nothing with HDMI can currently be considered Pro in this price range. also not too many HDMI monitors actually can handle 24p content.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Galen Yeo]

hi gary

thanks. saw the pana 17 inch monitor today. it was adequate, but have you compared with the sony?

cheers

[Gary Adcock]

[tmvc] “thanks. saw the pana 17 inch monitor today. it was adequate, but have you compared with the sony?”

that would depend on which sony monitor.

if we are talking the NEW Sony monitors – no comparison there (at 5x the cost)- but if we are talking Sony consumer displays or the older Luma units- the panny wins hands down

I also like the less expensive JVC 24in units also.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[John Fishback]

We recently got the 17″ Panasonic monitor for our field package. We also have a Matrox MXO hooked up to a 23″ Cinema display. Side-by-side they look identical.

John

Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.8 QT7.1.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5 (FCP5.1.2, DVDSP4.1.1, Comp2.3, STP1.1, Motion 2.1.2)
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neuman U87s, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Galen Yeo]

Thanks. The Matrox MXO is touted as being a replacement (along with a HDMI input monitor) to a pro monitor…is that a legit claim? Can you make the same adjustments via the monitor and software?

[John Fishback]

V2 of the MXO software allows monitor adjustment/calibration. But, read the user guide carefully so you set everything up properly. As I said above, side-by-side, the MXO connected to a Cinema 23 looked identical to my Panasonic BT-LH1700WP broadcast monitor.

John

Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.8 QT7.1.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5 (FCP5.1.2, DVDSP4.1.1, Comp2.3, STP1.1, Motion 2.1.2)
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neuman U87s, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Galen Yeo]

thanks very much.