Can I continue to use my PVM and BVM monitors with Resolve?

[Michaelmaier]

Ok. I guess the moderators lost my reply to Paul Provost as it was never posted. I guess I will have to reply again.

[Michaelmaier]

So the 20L5 is actually HD? Although I’m not sure mine is a 20L5/1. I have never heard of a /1. What’s that? Do I need this specific version to work with HD 24p (23.976)?

Also, what is the main difference between a 20L4 and 20L5? Would the 20L4 also work?

Last, I know the BVM-20E1E and BVM-20F1U are probably the best CRT Sony ever made and I know somebody who has both sitting around without use who said I can have one of them, for free. Would that be better than all the others I mentioned?

Thanks.

[Paul Provost]

I think the L4 is SD only. I think the L5/1 was the 23.98 capable one, and you probably have to test to see if it works as I believe model number plate does not clarify. As for the bvm, google for manuals.

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[Eric Hansen]

if you’ve never seen 23.98 on a CRT, it’s going to look weird and strobe, but this is correct. i would typically keep my L5 connected to the AJA Kona component output running at 1080i60, even for 23.98 material so the strobe wouldn’t drive me up the wall.

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[Michaelmaier]

In that case, if feeding it 60i, does it still need to be a L5/1? Or will a normal L5 work?

[Eric Hansen]

I don’t know. all my HD-capable Sony CRTs could play 23.98 footage. but i don’t know if they were /1 or not. Sony doesn’t typically indicate on the unit if it’s a /1 version or not. I had a Sony M2000/1 HDCAM deck and you wouldn’t know it was a /1 by looking at it. after i received it and it didn’t say “/1” anywhere, i had to call Sony to make sure they sent me the correct unit. if i remember correctly, it was an internal board upgrade. not sure what makes the L5/1 monitors different than the L5

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[Michaelmaier]

Thanks. Do you know if all 20L5 monitors are HD capable? Because I was just told that you need some extra card for that and I’m not talking about the SDI card. I thought they all were HD?

[Eric Hansen]

AFAIK, they can all take HD over component. my current 14L5 doesn’t have any boards and i use component and it will see 720 or 1080. it just doesn’t have enough lines to display full 1080, but you know that.

it does SD too 🙂

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[Michaelmaier]

Sure it’s not HD resolution. But 800 lines in a small 20″ size is enough. They say you need 24″ before you need full HD. Actually it’s 600 lines in 16:9. But it also becomes around a 17″ in 16:9 so it works the same.

Good to know even without the SDI card it will do 1080 via component. Although I’m thinking for sure only 1080i and not 1080p.
In any case I have an old Blackmagic SP card that sends 10 bit component HD which should work with it then. At least I think.

Is there a special SDI card for HD or all SDI cards for the 20L5 will do both SD and HD?

[Amir Qureshi]

Hi Michael,

I know I am diggin out an old thread, but was just curious, what did you end up doing?

Thanks.