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Computer Monitor as a Reference Monitor?
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FYI my Sony PVM CRT is dieing too, so I bought a 2030 Luma LCD a couple of months ago, it took a lot of tweaking but I got it to a point that I am really happy with and it works great. No client or station complaints. What’s really cool is that through my Kona card it looks great in SD and HD modes.
Have a wonderful day.
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“I’ve read one article in an industry Mag where the editor said his $500, 24 inch DVI input monitor, calibrated with a “Spider”, attached to a second Video card in his Mac Pro, was just as good, if not better than the Big dollar options out there?”
I would be interested in reading that article. Where did you see it?
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To all that responded to this post Thank you. And, thanks for the added laughs as well.
Chad, I think the article I reference came from DV, but I’m not sure. I still read as much as possible a number of different industry mags.
Bob, Please rest assured that all four of our FCP HD Suites are well equipped. The only problem is that our high dollar Sony CRT reference monitors are starting to die of old age.
I appreciate the Pan model number and Walter’s reference to the AJA Hi5’s. I’ll check them out.
But please don’t stop responding.
I’ve lasted 32 years in the business doing a great deal of listening and learning.
You guys are all great. Especially BOB.
From the other Bob,
Thanks,
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Walter:
the Panasonic TH42PH11UK that you and Bob mention….
You use it as a reference monitor?
the AJA hI5 … ? I have a BMD with HDMI out – will this suffice?
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[Arnljot Bringedal] “the Panasonic TH42PH11UK that you and Bob mention….
You use it as a reference monitor? “
As the second monitor. We have regular broadcast standard CRT and LCD panels in our suites, soon to be all LCD. But when the clients watch the shows for review, we pretty much only watch the plasma screens.
We have the 8, 9 and 10 series. We don’t have the 11 series as those are this year’s model, but they’re all the same thing, just new numbers and more options.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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I use a PH9 as a client monitor, and IMHO properly calibrated they’re 95% of the way to being ‘reference’. Certainly good enough to give a client (and me) a good idea. I use my secondary JVC DTV1700 HD CRT as ‘reference’ but the PH9 is very close.
Fed with good material, SD is very good on it too – surprisingly so for such a big panel (I have the 42) but if it’s under par (cruddy DV for instance, or a mutli-generation artefact riddled dub) it can be ruthless. personally I don’t mind that, it can show up poor material and make the client realise why good stuff is important!!
HD is great too, with the caveat that you aren’t seeing full 1080. But again, I’m happy with the compromise. You can pick up some bargain secondhand PHs from AV buffs who’ve junked them from their home cinema setups in favour of full HD panels.
Jason
(Still scared of BOB)
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Jason,
Could you give me more specific info on the monitor you referenced? The PH9 is that the IBM?
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you,
The other Bob
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Bob,
The PH9 is the Panasonic pro plasma panel. They’ve made incremental changes and each year a new one comes out, but essentially they’re the same panel – there’s very little difference between a PH7, 8, 9 or 10. Please bear in mind that these are panels – no speakers/tuner module – and as such you need to make sure (especially if you buy secondhand) that it has the correct input modules. Mine came with the component module (my primary input) as well as HDMI. As standard AFAIK it has a composite in. You can always get the boards but it’s good to have them included.
Also – the suitability of one of these will depend on the room you house the suite in. Mine is about four feet away on a back wall. I wouldn’t want it any closer, and ideally I’d move back a couple of feet if I could.
HTH
Jason
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