What HD Monitor to buy?

[David Roth weiss]

Richard,

Let me suggest plasma rather than LCD, and the Panasonic Professional series is always a good choice. Check out http://www.visualapex.com for some of the best prices and service on the Internet.

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Matthew Nelson]

This was one of my to do’s at NAB this year. I too have no budget for a 25K CRT HD reference. So I looked at three models the Sony Luma LMD2450W, the Panasonic BT-LH2600W, and the JVC DT-V24L1DU. I liked the JVC the best. The image was as good or better then the other monitors. It is 1920×1080 native which the Pani is not. It comes with HD-SDI inputs standard, all for less then 5K. I’ve seen the JVC online for $3500. I was impressed. Pani does have a 120hz monitor that was really clean but the $$ jump wasn’t worth it to me.

Matt

[Walter Biscardi]

Panasonic Pro Plasma series. There are no consumer LCD panels out there I would recommend or purchase for myself right now.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Michael Belanger]

I think most of us are at odds right now as far as monitoring HD signals. If you are color grading you may want to move up to Cine Tal or E cinema products…. both good but LCD and pricey but the Cine Tal has great scope you can put into them making them quite cost effective.
The Panasonic Plasmas at NAB were quite remarkable and some folks from L.A. I met had said many were using those even for color correction not just for plain monitoring.

The JVC mentioned was also quite nice … and reasonable at this point in time. I do know some folks who do strictly color work and opted for the JVC over others even the 25K Trimaster from Sony. I am told Sony may be reducing prices on the Trimaster at some time and had some people indicated to me that the Trimaster was a little over rated and pricey.

Hope this gives you some insights.. For a two year solution I’d go for the JVC

Mike Belanger
Dandelion Editing

[Erik Naso]

I purchased the JVC DT-V24L1U two weeks ago and I’m very happy with it. Out the door $2000.00 from Amazon next day with prime. I dont think you can get a better or equal HD LCD for the same cost as the JVC. I opted to not get the HD-SDI model. That one is $1500.00 more.

Erik

[Walter Biscardi]

[Michael Belanger] “If you are color grading you may want to move up to Cine Tal or E cinema products…. both good but LCD and pricey but the Cine Tal has great scope you can put into them making them quite cost effective.”

Actually TV-Logic out of Korea makes the most cost effective, color grading LCD for both HD and SD that I’ve seen. It’s about $8,000 for the 24″ model and about $4,000 for the 17″ model.

I did a comparison of that model vs. the Sony CRT HD monitor we use right now in my blog.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Michael Belanger]

Yes… saw the TV logic as well. Once you add the glass in front it does shoot up in price. Can’t recall if it included the scope or not but the one I saw with scope…well the scope simply wasn’t as accurate as the one from Cine tal but of course the price isn’t the same either.
Problem is that they are all 8 bit and they do have off axis issues.
The sony PVM monitors native 16×9 are quite nice but as you know are very expensive (if that is the one you are referring to) The CRT will have better color from my experience and very good off axis support. These are hard to find and really only have 1k or so lines of resolution whereas the LCD and Plasmas do have full resolution.

The technology I was astounded at was the FED stuff… no strobing and great off axis imagery and very good color rendition… just not available yet.

So I assume you are not a big fan of the JVC or its counterpart at Ikegami?
No scopes on those for sure but half the price of TV logic … TV logic had much better glass filter than JVC which was just plastic .

Mike B

[Russell Lasson]

I looked at the JVC at NAB and while I liked the colors, the off axis viewing was a major problem in my opinion. So if you’re using if for color, you should really be straight on when looking at the monitor.

I really thing that 2-3 years from now the options will be much, much better. I’m probably going to stick with my Sony PVM20/L5 for a while longer (depending on what jobs I have).

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
Provo, UT

[Chris Borjis]

[Russell Lasson] “I really thing that 2-3 years from now the options will be much, much better. I’m probably going to stick with my Sony PVM20/L5 f”

agreeing with you 100%

I only color correct on the PVM crt I have.

The panasonic plasma is nice to look at but nowhere near accurate for proper picture correction of a show.

[Michael Belanger]

Russell

Totally agree with you Russell.. So my take is to have at least a two year solution.
TV logic would be nice or maybe just making the JVC/Ikegami do for now. I have two 20m4U sony crts with smpte phosphor but even with the 800 lines of resolution you will still see the interlace lines even if downconverting from HD. How will you make your sony monitors work for you in HD work.. downconvert through ???

Mike B