[Martin Euredjian]

> eCinema are all dramatically more expensive

Bob, FYI, we just dropped the price on our FX24 to under $4K. We feel that this is a great value as this monitor is regarded as being better than others in this price range (particularly in viewing angle and colorimetry).

It’s pretty amazing when you consider that we are a small company in Valencia, CA and we actually manufacture our monitors in the USA and not in China.

Martin Euredjian
eCinema Systems, Inc.
http://www.ecinemasystems.com

[Martin Euredjian]

Walter (and others),

The DCM23 was very well received at IBC 2005. The monitor was seen in use at about a dozen different booths, including our own. Some of the most prominent users were: daVinci, Assimilate, Avid, AJA, Bandpro and Film + Data Technologies.

It is probably very significant to note that, out of five demo stations at daVinci’s booth, four were equipped with DCM23’s. The fact that daVinci is trusting 80% of their show to our new monitors might just be an indication of what this new technology offers.

Although there are other salient points, two of interest to the DI community are:
– The most accurate colorimetry possible today with LCD’s.
– Operation at true video frame rates rather than computer (60Hz) rates

At our own booth we were able to show the DCM23 fed directly from the newest Nova HD/DI scanner (thanks to Film & Data Tech). Much like NAB, we setup an accurate viewing environment within which the performance of the display could be evaluated.

Some of the most interesting comments we heard actually came out of the daVinci booth. One such example was a colorist who, after a 40 minute demo, was told that he had been looking at eCinema’s new LCD-based monitor. He stood in disbelief and had to inspect the DCM23. During the demo he had no reason to question the image as coming from anything other than a BVM-series CRT.

Just to clarify, the display package isn’t $20K, it’s $16,500. This includes a calibrated surround light to be used in constructing the best possible viewing environment.

Martin Euredjian
eCinema Systems, Inc.
http://www.ecinemasys.com