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BT LH900 for SDX900
I know this is a Varicam forum, but I was wondering if the LH900 will be a good onset, on board monitor for use with an SDX900. We travel a lot and we need a small monitor that is portable and can be powered by AC or DC or right off of the camera. We also need 16:9 capability and was wondering if the LH900 will scale the image to fill it’s 16:9 screen with the anamorphic image that comes out of the SDX900.
If anyone has any experience with these two units together, please inform.
Thanks very much for your time and sorry to waste the precious Varicam web space with my precious SD musings.
Jeremy
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Frankly, I the image will be so-so. It’s not the LH900s fault… it has to scale the image to HD res. When I owned my SDX, I would only use a good portable CRT (Sony). I tried several LCDs, but they never did the trick. The LH900 is an incredible monitor (I own 2), but it is strictly for HD work.
My 2 cents… you mileage may vary.
Chris Bell
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Thanks for your input, Chris. I have a demo set up with Fletcher, hopefully I can figure this out. I don’t want to haul around another CRT with a flight case if I don’t have to.
Jeremy
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Jeremy,
Chris is dead on. A SD image sucks on this monitor it is strictly for HD and not suitable for viewing SD images.
Tony Salgado
Tony Salgado
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If your SDX has the SDI board installed, the LH900 isn’t that bad of an option. The picture is quite a bit better using the SDI input rather than the composite, though it’s still a little soft and mushy. It also looks better displaying 16X9 than 4:3 in SD mode. For your purposes, the monitor is small and light, the color is accurate, it can run off a camera battery and it fits in a small Pelican case. The built in wave-form is pretty useful too. I’m a big fan of this monitor, all things considered.
Just presenting an alternative point of view.
Chris B.
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Chris is correct in that any SDI signal viewed on a monitor capable of accepting SDI will look a hell of alot better than NTSC.
Tony Salgado
Tony Salgado
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Thanks Chris and Tony. I forgot to mention that we do have the SDI board and are planning to most definitely run SDI to this monitor. I am going to check it out this week. I have looked around it seems to be a nice balance of quality and portability. We will be shooting mostly in 16:9. Also, once we get our Varicam we’ll be set.
Jeremy
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SDI and 16×9 may actually be OK. I am curious to hear your report.
Chris Bell
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I am selling a Panasonic BT LH 900 that i bought for one of my Steadicam rigs but it did not work out as I planned. ie balance problems. I’m asking $3700 obo It’s only a couple of months old and has full warranty.
Cheers,
Andrew
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212.961.7171
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