Color Grading on NEW Panasonic VIERA 60″ ZT60

[Laco Gaal]

at this price, you can get the Broadcast series, or the PF series.

[John Sellars]

I just got the 55VT60 for a client monitor (about $1800 online). Near perfect calibration.

[Eric Hansen]

John, are you using the built-in controls or an external box such as the Lumagen?

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Eric Hansen
Production Workflow Designer / Consultant / Colorist / DIT
https://www.erichansen.tv

[John Sellars]

All internal controls, using Virtualforge as the pattern generator. I’ve never seen any PF monitor come this close (not sure about BT’s).

[Mano Kneisser]

Hello,
between the 3 Panasonic displays, which one is the best solution for grading:
1- PLASMA TV ZT60 / $3,299.99 / 60″ (ZT is the best serie)
https://panasonic.net/avc/viera/eu2013_comparison/index.html#plasma
2- Studio LCD monitor BT-LH2550 / $3,509.00 / 25.5″
https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/BT-LH2550.asp
3- Plasma professional Display TH-50BT300U / $4,164.32 / 50″
https://www.panasonic.com/business/plasma/TH-50BT300U.asp

thank you

[John Sellars]

When you say semi-pro, do you mean without clients sitting next to you or looking over your shoulder? For the money you are talking about now, you may want to go Flanders for a little more. Peace of mind is worth a lot. Otherwise, I think the ZT is selling at a premium right now. Go with the VT (I think Alexis V. is using the VT as his MAIN monitor)

If you go with something others than the Flanders, be sure to have it professionally calibrated. I use David Abrams at Avical to “bless” my monitors, after I calibrate them myself. (I don’t have a $15,000 probe!)