First impressions on the Autocue monitor

[Robert Houllahan]

Great first review, it is interesting to get used to one monitor and then replace it with something new, that is always a shock!

It seems like there are more and more good monitoring solutions available these days. And all the panels of every kind seem to be getting more refined.

-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.

[Jose Lomeña]

Thank for the review Ola.

I’m very interested in comparison with OLED 2540, i saw it and contrast performance is impressive.

Do you know the price of autocue?

[Ola Haldor voll]

It’s about £6000

I heard I might get the chance to test a Sony OLED monitor this week to. I’ll do an Autocue vs OLED article later this week.

[Jose Lomeña]

Hi Ola!,

I tested today the sony OLED in my room. I’m very very disappointed. In my opinion, it is NOT ready for prime time… but… this monitor has the best blacks and contrast of the market, jeje.

[Ola Haldor voll]

I’m testing them both side by side in this very moment.

I’ve found some odd things. I’m not really sure which monitor to trust now. The Sony OLED has richer colors and deeper blacks. The latter was expected.

Yet, I have to set the Autocue to D-cine colorspace in order to make them look anything like each other.
I don’t know which monitor is giving the more correct image right now.

Will investigate.

[Ola Haldor voll]

Went back to REC709 and simply dialed up the saturation, checked it with the Color bar. Looks good and similar to the OLED. hmm.. I should get a probe.

[Jose Lomeña]

I don’t trust in the OLED. I measure white point with rec709 it has 6950º… I compare it with my CRT and my plasma, and it is warmer… but the white is 6950º… it can be true… I think it need recalibration of blacks and white points.
but…
My i1 display pro, didn’t work with this monitor. I can believe it!. The i1 don’t work because the black signal is too dark!. And for this reason I can profile it and know what are happening.

In the other part, the monitor don’t support 1080 24psf or 25psf correctly. Its like it work with only one field. For me its not a professional monitor. Its more like a consumer monitor with pro black and price.

Do you saw the small color angle of view?.. 90º?

[Ola Haldor voll]

Good point! I tested with a completely white image. The OLED is in fact a lot warmer by default.

[Gabriele Turchi]

what OLED are you guys talking about ?

the PVM or the BVM ?

g

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[Jose Lomeña]

me PVM 2541
Ola PVM 1741