Christie cp2000-X

[Margus Voll]

Ask Ola.

https://www.colorist.no/suite/

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Margus

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[Robert Houllahan]

It is a 3-DLP Xenon lit DCI compliant projector, I can’t think of any reason why this is not top end gear for grading. The bulbs are expensive……

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

MAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.

[Ola Haldor voll]

I’ve done the finishing touch on a few short films on a CP2220
Let me say this : having a giant screen is both super awesome, and tiring on your eyes in the long run.

What I’ve done is output to XYZ directly from Resolve and feed the projector with two dual link HD-SDI. Works great right out of the box.

However, since I’m using a LUT in Resolve, the image will look bad on your PC monitor, unless you use some equipment between the video card and the projector that can convert to XYZ using a LUT, such as a HDLink. I’m not sure if they do two dual link SDI, so you might have to get two of them.

I had a session once with a client that lasted for 8-10 hours straight. My eyes were done by that time and I had an insane headache by the end of the day, so make sure you take some well earned breaks.

No matter how cool it is to use a projector, both for color accuracy and client appeal, I’m not sure I’d grade everything on it. Only for the final touch. I feel I can get very close with the Autocue anyway, and it’s mostly pulling focus towards essential areas of the screen and a bit of black level management after I’ve graded the sequence on the Autocue first.

I guess there’s as many answers and preferences to use of projectors as there are colorists, so don’t take mine as de facto.

Feel free to email me if you have further questions.

[Robert Houllahan]

How big is the screen? I would think that Grading on a Cinema size screen (as you have said) would be trying after a long session.

I think that is why most DI theaters are setup with smaller screens for projection.

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

MAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.

[Fred Ricci]

Thanks guys!
Hi Ola, thank you for sharing your experience. Yes, we have 2 Hdlinks, so using the XYZ lut with them won’t be a problem.
My concern its most with the Christie model itself, its an old(4-5 years) model and I was wondering if it’s worth the 15k€ they’re asking for it.
Thanks again for the lightning fast replies.

NEHALEM OCTO 2,26
GT 120
GTX 285
8 Giga RAM
SOFT RAID 8 Tera
Wave
Eizo 243 + Hdlink displayport
DAV, COLOR, FINAL CUT AND MEDIA COMP

[Ola Haldor voll]

Does it come with a lens for that price? And what about bulb and cooling?

You would also have to build a machine room for the whole thing, just like in any regular cinema. The cooling needed will make a big hit on the decibel meters.

When we’re in the machine room where the cp2220 is, we can barely tell what the other is yelling because of the noise.

But for that price, I’d actually like to buy one for sure. List price for a new unit (for the cp2220 in norway) is six times that price you got there. Building a machine room would just mean another room I could hide stacks of hard drives and noisy macs.

[Fred Ricci]

Hi Ola.
What is actually going on is that a facility I work for from time to time and already has a video projection and machine room, had this offer from another group that’s upgrading its projection room.
I got the mail from them yesterday, did some google research and then asked you guys for some advice.
I’ll keep you informed of the decisions we make in the next few weeks.
Thanks again.

NEHALEM OCTO 2,26
GT 120
GTX 285
8 Giga RAM
SOFT RAID 8 Tera
Wave
Eizo 243 + Hdlink displayport
DAV, COLOR, FINAL CUT AND MEDIA COMP