LCD monitor what do you prefer?

[Walter Biscardi]

Havne’t seen a low cost LCD I would put into a suite for a client to look at. Low cost Plasma, yes. Look at the Panasonic Pro Plasma series. They start around $1,000 or less for the 37″ model. Those have great color reproduction.

Just keep in mind you want the client about 6 feet away from the screen once start getting into those.

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[Shane Ross]

You can get the Dell 2407 24″ monitor..computer monitor, but it has COMPONENT ins. I actually use one as a client/preview monitor myself. and switch to the HD CRT when I color correct.

and I connect to it via COMPONENT from my Kona LH.

Shane

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[David Roth weiss]

I agree with Walter, plasma is a much better bet, and Pany does as good a job as you’ll find anywhere, and at a great price too. As far as SDI is concerned, Pany makes an SDI card for their pro series monitors, but they are not cheap, at $1400 to $1600. There are SDI to HDMI solutions that are less expensive however.

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[Walter Biscardi]

[David Roth Weiss] “As far as SDI is concerned, Pany makes an SDI card for their pro series monitors, but they are not cheap, at $1400 to $1600. There are SDI to HDMI solutions that are less expensive however.”

Sorry I missed that part. We run Component to our Panny’s. Didn’t feel like spending the extra money for an SDI card.

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[Mark Arenz]

What about these new flat-tube monitors I’m seeing? Samsung & LG are starting to make tube TVs that are about 1/3 as deep as traditional tube monitors and theoretically they would handle SD material much better than plasma or LCD and true interlacing. Plus, they’re dirt cheap- $600 for a 30″

[Tom Brooks]

We have the pany plasma (TH37PH9UK) and it’s useful, especially for the 720 60P projects for which it hits a real sweet spot. It does what I consider a decent job with SD interlaced material–in other words, it does a pretty good job of deinterlacing and scaling.

One thing I have recently found strange about the plasma is that a large white background displays as a definite gray. Smaller white areas are fully white, but when you try to display a whole screen full of white, it’s about 80% gray. Is that normal, or are we missing something in the setup? It’s calibrated to bars and we use the Standard setting with all the dynamic stuff turned off.

[Chris Borjis]

[Tom Brooks] “when you try to display a whole screen full of white, it’s about 80% gray. Is that normal,”

Thats not normal.

You should experiment with modes (cinema is what i use) and
color temps (I use normal)
There may be some other tweaks you have to do.

The blacks are more stable on the 10G models (this years) than the 9G models. My 9uk at work has a kind of black flutter in certain dark scenes of movies or shows, yet my 10G model at home doesn’t have that problem.

[Tom Brooks]

Tried Cinema. No difference. Have been using Normal color temp. I’ll look into it a bit more and then it’s off for warranty repair if it looks bad. Thanks.