Marshall V-R70P-HDA or Panasonic BT-LH1700W for Field. Anyone familiar w/ both?

[Lars Wikstrom]

The Marshall one is on my list. I saw them at the DV Expo and they had it mounted on an HVX-200 and the image looked nice and had a sharp focus. The Panasonic ones would work to but you can moount them on the camera and if you move around it is nice to be mobile.

-Lars

[Arnie Schlissel]

I wouldn’t really compare the two. The Marshall has only 480 lines, the Panny is closer to 800 lines. Also, the Panny has 2 SDI ins & outs plus all of the analog i/o, the Marshall only has analog.

What do you want, a monitor you can mount on the camera or tripod, or a monitor that you can have nearby?

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[Aaron Wells]

I have the Marshall – use it to check focus, lighting, and composition – very happy with it.

[Barry Green]

I’ve used ’em both, it’s hard to imagine two more different products. The Marshall is a small on-camera monitor with admittedly low res (800×480) but it does very well, perhaps the best HD monitor at its price point.

The Panasonic 17″ is twice as expensive, 4x as large, twice as much resolution, has a built-in waveform monitor and split-screen capability, and is just better in every way. But it’s also twice as expensive and 4x as large! So if you need an on-camera monitor, the Marshall is the only one between these two. If you want a field monitor, the Panasonic is much better, but it’s more expensive and bigger and heavier.

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[Bud Solem]

Your comments are very helpful. To use the Marshall, I also need a V mount battery, charger, Noga arm, case – around $2,100 total. The Panasonic with case, Anton Bauer power option (I have batteries and charger) and tripod stand will be about $3,500. But I’ll have a better (and more bulky) field monitor plus an HD studio monitor. It is good to hear that both work well, but I think “The Panasonic 17″… is just better in every way” is what I needed to hear most.

[Lars Wikstrom]

Just be careful using that on location. My equipment gets beat up every now and then and I can see a scratch happening on a nice monitor like that.

I also had to decided between the 2 that you are and diceded on the Marshall. Since I shoot outdoors alot and and move around to get many shots the 17″ was not realistic also I could see myself scratching it. The Marshall also has the ability to use a AC plug which is like $15 and then add the battery option later.

Depending on how much you shoot and where you shoot it that 17″ sounds like a pain to take from my studio system to location and back again.

So I bought the Marshall.

Good Luck : )

-Lars