Sony medical monitor?

[Chris Borjis]

as long as you have a way of feeding it component, it should work fine.

Though you could feed it s-video or composite you should always monitor component for extra precision unless you have SDI.

It appears to have 600 lines of resolution. Should work fine for SD Work.

[Arnie Schlissel]

There are only 2 differences between Sony’s medical & pro video monitors. The MD in the model number, & the rep that sells it to the distributors. Otherwise, they are identical in features & performance.

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[Chris Borjis]

[Arniepix] “There are only 2 differences between Sony’s medical & pro video monitors. The MD in the model number, & the rep that sells it to the distributors. Otherwise, they are identical in features & performance.”

3 I think.

They are white! 🙂

[Paul Nevison]

cool thanks

will be feeding it via SDI from my decklink HD pro card. mostly only doing SD work so no need for HD monitoring yet.

will take a bit of getting used to the white look!

[Chris Borjis]

[paulos] “will take a bit of getting used to the white look!”

if you were a fan of the original BattleStar Galactica series, the joke is that the white sony monitors came from the ship of lights.

[Rafael Amador]

Paulos,
You can not conect this monitor via SDI, because it have not SDI IN. You can conect it to your BM by RGB or Components.This can be a good general purpose monitor, but there are many diferences with a Pro (don’t say about a broadcast) monitor.
– 600 lines is not muh definition.
– You have not “Color off” so you can not make a good chroma adjustment.
– In the brochure they say nothing about the Color specs (only color temperature). A CRT
monitor for SD should acomplish the ITU601 standard. Sure, that is not important for medicine, but for color correction.
Cheers,
rafael

[Rennie Klymyk]

On a monitor of this vintage I would try to get it to try out for 3-4 days and don’t turn it off. If the picture is solid after that it will probably be ok. What’s it worth? I picked up a 20″ PVM-L2MD on ebay a year ago for $9.99 so I got it delivered for under $100.00. It’s a step up from a tv set of similar vintage but it’s no prize. Still if the price is right and fits the budget it is usable. Ya gotta do the best you can with what you got

How do you know the hours? I don’t think there is a clock on these. These have been out of production for years. Note the print date on the brochure (1997). Check the date of manufacture on the back. The “M” series was replaced by the “L” series at least 6-7 years ago. I had some M4’s back then or rather I got rid of them then. You had to take the shroud off to add the sdi options then drill out the ports for the bnc connectors. The “L” series had the BVM style option slots and you can add sdi, mpeg and firewire option cards on them. The “L5” are the HD capable multiscans that everyone likes but are discontinued. My “M4’s” had blue only as I recall but you can disconect the R&G and just feed it blue to set it up. You can also set up a monitor by dialing color down and using a blue gel(74 blue) or385 rosco or anything darker(as long as you can see through it). You only need a piece big enough to hold over your eye too.

Sony made these for offices and to haul to trade shows etc. There was a PVM-M4MD with 800 lines. The “MD” also had splash guards to keep out the blood, sweat and tears.

Sony’s ranking system-

SSM – Security System Monitor

PVM – Professional Video Monitor (800 lines were more for editing) Currently you can buy
PVM-L1, L2 or L3. You can read sony’s recomendation for each of these on dealers
web sites to get an idea of their intended uses.

BVM – Broadcast Video Monitor of which:

BVM-G (general broadcast use)
BVM-F (Fine) I forget sony’s actual term but fine is close.
BVM-E (Evaluation)

[Paul Nevison]

thanks guys,

I didn’t see the 1997 print date….I used to have a 20″ PVM L4 or L5 great SD monitor. seems that this might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

a company is selling of its post gear, cameras, decks and edit gear. Might not be what I’m looking for after all.

thanks for all the info

[Rennie Klymyk]

Perhaps I was a little harsh on my comments about it. I would add that Sony CRT monitors and tv sets rock and ruled the roost for the last 15 years. Trinitron monitors look the best over other brands imho. From what I’ve been reading on these posts of late the competion is gaining ground though and lcd and plasma are a totally different story.