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Plasma vs LCD Question
I have a quick question.
Should I use our Panasonic 42 inch 11 series Plasma with an SDI card calibrated by technician or buy a 17 FSI for color correction. We are primarily using it for HDSLR and Sony EX1 footage @ 1080 23.98. We’re looking for a good monitor for color correction with DaVinci. We understand that more money gets us better quality but we need something during a transition period while we raise money for a better quality monitor.
Thanks All
m i c h a e l
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19 Replies
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Some say that plasmas need more often to re calibrate.
I’d go with 24″ fsi.
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Margus
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That has been my experience. It makes for a good client monitor but does drift over relatively short amounts of time.
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Thanks !
I was hoping that we could get away with the panny for a short period until we raise the funds for a 24 FSI. Probing the Plasma here in Los Angeles is relatively cheap. 300.00 a pop.
Thanks All !!
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Then you get also relatively cheap results i.e. not too good consistency in color accuracy.
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Margus
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Hey Margus
Think I could get away with a 17 inch FSI for a the time being?
m i c h a e l
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Probably.
You have to see all the inputs and color spaces if they will fit your needs.
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Margus
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If you sit in front of the screen alone or with one clients, the small FSI is enough, very color accurate for that money.
If you have more than 2 meters distance or more people to listen to, either go for the Plasma or a HP Dreamcolor.
Thats still the 2,500 range.
But yeah, 24″ FSI is wonderful 🙂A slice of color…
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Great info Sascha ! Thanks ..
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I’ve been looking at the 24″ NEC Spectraview Reference, they lack HD-SDI inputs but do have a 10b displayport connection. It’s a 10b display with a programmable 14b internal hardware 3D LUT. Reasonably priced at around $1500
Though I don’t know if it’s any good for grading with in Resolve. And I wonder, does one still need a BMD card for a 10b workflow? Or will any gfx card with a 10b displayport output (Quadro or hacked GTX) work just fine?
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Resolve will not output anything over the main screen, but the UI.
If you are looking into a 2nd dedicated grading display, you need the Decklink to feed it.
This also gives you sound.
And the sound and video will be in sync on the 2nd display too ( or only).A slice of color…
DaVinci 7.1.2 OSX 10.6.7
MacPro 5.1 2x 2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 285 / GT 120
Extreme 3D+ WAVE
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