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Wide gamut monitor for FCP?
[I sent this question first to the Color forum, but since I didn’t get any replies, I am posting it here also]
I am considering buying the new HP lP2475W, mainly for editing in FCP.
The main reasons for this choice:
It’s an H-IPS panel: better viewing angles, which is important for me (when also someone other will watch with me)
It has a lot of video inputs, also for analog video (so I can play old DV etc. material). Besides it has pixel mapping, so old 4:3 material can be played back in the right aspect ratio.
It is a wide gamut display: I thought this would be fine for editing since have a better image in viewer and canvas than with a TN panel.I am a documentary maker, and the feature length film I’m working on right now will be color corrected elsewhere. I don’t have the equipment and the knowlegde to do it here myself – and on top of that: I’m a little bit color blind…(red-green deficiency).
Sometimes I will do a gig as assignment etc. and will finish it myself (with help of someone else, if necessary) at my own place.
And I want to be able to show people a rough cut of what I’m working on (playing it back in full screen or in the canvas).Up until now I was working on an old G4 DP450, but now someone lended me a G5 DP 2.0. My monitor was an Iiamya 17″CRT, and I had as an external monitor a professional Sony 14″PAL monitor. The last one has gotten a too dark screen and with 16:9 HDV it is way to small.
I thought that upgrading to a 24″ panel would give me more workspace and, if the monitor was good enough, also to give a relatively OK idea of the image, with enough color depth etc.
I will use it mainly for FCP,also for Photoshop etc. For my office work I have an old Windows PC with a plain ordinary Iiyama 22″ TFT.
After a LOT of searching I found this HP monitor and thought it was the best solution, till I read a thread about it, that said that for websurfing etc. it was not that good. The wide color gamut, 92%, seems to make colors in the s_RGB colorspace washed out, and you can’t get it adjusted in a satisfactory way, see
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17911883&page=8
(this is one page of several pages in that thread).So my question is: what is the best option if you want to use just one monitor (I hardly can’t afford this one, so an external monitor is beyond my budget now. I don’t know how FCP renders in a ‘normal’ panel versus a wide gamut one. I also am not yet familiar with the different color settings in FCP, since I used till now the external monitor (hooked up through my DV deck’s video output).
I searched several COW forums but could not find an answer to this question.
Thanks in advance,
Ciao,
Ton Guiking -
4 Replies
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Hi Ton,
If you type “Monitor” in the search window, you will find 6.119 related posts just in the FC forum.
You will find the answer and for sure some more interesting ideas and tips.
Just to add that I haven’t heard much about HP monitors for Mac-FC use. -
Thanks for responding. I’m not gonna say I had read them all, but after reading a lot of these I still did not find an answer. The thing is that – as far as I could see – all the posts are about an EXTERNAL monitor, whereas I am looking for a one screen solution (as long as finances force me to do so).
Best,
Ton G -
Hi Ton,
I know that many people have choose D’ell monitors instead of Apple. The closet to the Apple Cinema quality and much better price.
Here there is some comments about Samsung monitors.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/997891#997891
It seems that you can get an almost Broadcast specs when connected through a Matrox video card:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/995536#995569
Rafael -
Thanks Rafael, for your comments! Actually, my first choice *was* a Dell, the Ultrasharp 2408 WFP. However, a site that usually gives very good reviews, said about it:
“For office use, meanwhile, Dell’s 2408WFP is largely ideal. There is only one minor caveat, which is that smaller text is less legible than on most 24in models, and we noted red aberrations showing up in white text against a black background at anything below 10 pixels. (…)
Verdict
In conclusion, we have a monitor that’s not suitable for graphics professionals, but most other people ought to be well pleased.”
https://www.trustedreviews.com/displays/review/2008/06/03/Dell-UltraSharp-2408WFP-Widescreen-24in-LCD-Monitor/p5Since working in FCP itself means reading a LOT of small text, I thought this one would be less suitable. Maybe the Dell E248WFP (wide gamut) or Dell S2409W (16:9) could be a good choice. They do however have TN panels, so less broad viewing angle and have no analog video inputs.
The Samsung 245T that is mentioned in the posts you referred to is PVA, and wide gamut and has the video inputs. It is the most expensive one from all the candidates, though.
Thanks again!
Best,
Ton
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