Field Monitor Recommendation

[RivaiC]

Hi Guys

Is there any production field monitor that you can recomended ? Somewhere around 17"-19" would be ideal and not larger than that, it will be too bulky and heavy. And also 9" small monitor.

Any ideas ?

[Emanuel A.]

Here is:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5170

Hi guys. I've been on DVXuser for a little bit now, and I have been posting about this project of mine. Someone at DVXuser suggested that I post this here also. I just don't know why it never occured to me. But here it is.

Ok Guys,

So after 9-12 months of trying to put this thing together and being ignored, stalled, and manhandled by the LCD industry, I'm finally proud to mention that I've pretty much finished my LCD. (really wished I would have been able to get this thing out sooner)

Here are the specs.

LCD Panel:

Features:
High resolution
Ultra-wide viewing angle
High contrast
Wide color gamut
LVDS interface


General Specifications:

Display area........................170.5mm (6.69") W x 127.9mm (5.06")
Diagonal Size .....................213mm (8.4")
Display Color.......................16,777,213 colors
Pixels..................................1024 (h) x 786 (v)
Contrast ratio......................500:1 (typ.)
Viewing Angle......................Horizontal 85°R, 85°L. Vertical 85°T, 85°D.
Polarizer Surface.............Antiglare
Luminance.....................350 cd/m²
(this is the panel with the regular inverter. I have a more powerful inverter, but no way of testing the actual brightness. Its definitely higher than 350 though)
Backlight........................Edge light type: 4 cold cathode fluo.
Controller Board:
Power....................................12v
Video Inputs..........................ARGB, DVI-D, Composite Video, S-Video, HD-Component (YPbPr), HD-SDI (optional w/1 or 2 channels)

HD-COMPONENT PORT :
Mode Resolution

480p/60 720x483
576p/50 720x576
720p/60 1280x720
720p/23.89 1280x720
720p/24 1280x720
720p/25 1280x720
720p/29.97 1280x720
720p/30 1280x720
1035i/30 1920x1035
1080i/50 1920x1080
1080i/50 1920x1080
1080i/29 1920x1080
1080i/30 1920x1080
1080p/25 1920x1080
1080p/30 1920x1080

COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO
System Resolution

NTSC 720x480
NTSC 4.43 720x480
PAL 720x576
PAL M 720x576
SECAM 720x576


Picture in Picture
Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, Rotate
Picture: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue, Sharpness
Aspect Size: 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, 2.35:1, 2:1, 1:1
Custom sizing: Under-scan, Normal, Custom (you kind of can zoom in on w/ this setting)
Blue Only (not sure if you can calibrate with this option, but its in the menu)
Auto Picture, Auto Color (I set my bars from the camera and this calibrate the monitor pretty well. Really like this feature)
Gama: 1.0/1.6/2.2

OSD: position and time to remain on screen, transparency (for menu)
Color temperatures: 5000k, 6500k, 8000k, 9300k, User
Monochrome Mode: color, red mono, green mono, blue mono.

Physical Box: (revision: almost forgot to post this)
size ......................8.5" wide x 6.625" tall x 2.5" deep
weight...................3.2 lbs with the (1) HD-SDI option
The good thing about this is the image. Its really superb. The next best thing is the Angle of viewing. I really haven't seen anything with that much angle of view. Which is good for when more than one person are relying on the LCD.

Here are the first pictures. Please comment and ask questions if you would like.
Note the RGB connectors on top will be BNC and not RCA as those shown. I will fix this. I also need to add stickers to label things or possible do silk screened white letters.

Thank you.

Luis Sinibaldi

[Emery Wells]

Im looking into the Sony Luma series:

http://bssc.sel.sony.com/Broadcastan...l_lcd_monitors

[RivaiC]

Sony Luma series looks very interesting. Thanks for the link

Thanks for small monitor info emanuel.

Regards

[Antoine Baumann]

Personnaly I think best field monitor are the CineTals, quite expensive but lots of options.

If you use the field monitor for checking focus, I would recommend at very least 23''

antoine.

[Carlo Rho]

I'm looking for ecinema new series, they're brand new FX23 looks like a good solution for field use but I'm still looking for list price. Someone has this info?
Ciao

[RivaiC]

Cinetal is reserve for online station. Not worth it for field monitor.

Or just used HDLink or any IO box and plug to HDMI or DVI based LCD. But i think i need at least an option so i can check over/under scan, blue channel checking and some others.

[Antoine Baumann]

Rivai, I don't agree with you. IMO Cinetal is for field while BVM-L are for studio.

antoine.

[RivaiC]

Maybe our opinion is different then. But hey, it's ok

Our Cinetal is sitting just fine in our online suite

peace

[Antoine Baumann]

Sure Cinetal is fine for online, but it has option very usefull for on set, like bundle with Speedgrade on Set, exposure mode to see where you are burning the high or losing details in the dark, it has also network connection for sending or receiving LUT or reference frame from the studio, etc...

And I don't think BVM-L has these usefull option for on set. That's why I think Cinetal is good for on set.

antoine.

and love