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second monitor advice
I need to repair or replace my old reference monitor, and I am trying to decide which way to go.
My Flanders Scientific (LM1760W) has been very useful and color-accurate, though the image is relatively small at 17.3″. Its internal power board has stopped working.
I am using a Mac Studio, with a Blackmagic UltraStudio HD Mini, whose SDI-out fed the Flanders.
Question: My Flanders may cost as much as $480 to repair. Should I replace it with a newer monitor, and if so, which one would you suggest? My priorities are: capable of being fine-tuned for color fidelity, price, and size (no larger than approx. 27″).
Thank you!
Bob Cole
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3 Replies
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Tempted to just send you mine for the shipping cost, as I fired it up once since the last Calibration check (Atlanta). Retirement has this effect – that you wind up with a bunch of equipment that you will never use again. External GPUs, Grade monitors, a room full of hard drives, etc.
The stumbling block here is that the last time I sent it to Atlanta, I was charged Import / Export Duties (both ways!) as the customs officials refused to acknowledge that my owned-and-used device was not part of a new purchase and that the item was being transported for maintenance.
“You can’t fool us”, they said. “You’re trading items for an upgrade.”
Country of Origin… Proof-of-Ownership… they did not care. And not only US customs guilty, yes, Canadian customs basically said Pay Up, what’re you going to do about it… Thought so…”
To the main thread, so many good Organic and QLED consumer monitors now available that with some Calman software and a C6 probe, you would be good to go.
Done it several times since.
JPO
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That sounds ridiculous. I’m so sorry. True Customs story: Ahead of me in line was a young family who were watching as the customs officials literally tore into their suitcases to look for ??? while their toddlers squirmed in their parents’ arms. Customs started quizzing me about the camera equipment I was bringing back to the U.S. I said, “It’s for a documentary about a Scottish immigrant in the 1750s who came to America as a young bookkeeper …” That’s as far as I got. The agent’s eyes started glazing over, and she practically shouted, “That’s okay, go ahead.”
Thanks for the info about Calman. I looked them up, and that solution would cost thousands of $$$. Did I understand you correctly?
Bob c
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AS per KKK’s of $$$;…yes it might. I turned the acquisition into an investment by offering calibration services, and of course save on fees by doing it myself, sometimes forever if the monitor is stubborn. The net has to be calculated against the alternatives. Either choose a Very Expensive grade monitor, and there are some terrific 4K HDR options, or close-enough consumer that has the option to set up your own custom performance. The issue is that consumer-grade doesn’t guarantee corner-to-corner linearity among other things. It will be tricky and will require more-often attention. I chose to treat that as an operating expense, and then as a profit centre as most individuals don’t have either the skill or confidence to do it.
JPO
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