[Jack Guthrey]

I’d definitely recommend an IPS panel. I’ve had Dell Ultrasharps for years and love them. The advantage of them is many input options – including analog video – so they become Swiss army knives. They also have a pixel mapping option so even if it’s a 1920*1200 you can do 1×1.

The fact that the Ki is washed out and the switcher is not makes me think that there is an issue of color space between the Ki and your TV. Many times new TVs will have some option of overscan and color mapping but who knows what they’re called in the TV.

How important is the physical size of the screen? I’d look into the Blackmagic Pocket Ultrascope – SDI and scopes.

[Jack Guthrey]

I’d personally go Arri (or that Aaton – very nice!) as more people know the camera so if there is an issue, you’ll get it fixed easier and will have a bigger support community in general. The SR1 has always been FAR from quiet in my experience though.

Personally, I never felt a need to have a camera – it’s the film costs that kept it out of my reach. $5k could probably get me 10 weekends with an SR3 body in the Nashville area as houses will basically give them away.

If you’re going to be renting lenses (with S16, I’d want something sharper than Super Speeds as well), might as well rent the body.