Which Monitor

[sceneeast]

Which Monitor to get:

New Dell: DELL ULTRASHARP 3008WFP 30-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

or

New NEC: 30-inch MultiSync LCD3090WQXi

[Alexis Hanawalt]

That NEC sounds great for video.

[sceneeast]

Thanks for your input.

Bob

[Jean Déraps]

You should look into the DT-V24L1U:
http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/f...l_id=MDL101671

[Manfred Lopez]

You should look into the DT-V24L1U:
http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/f...l_id=MDL101671

Do you know if the JVC is good enough for color grading?

[TCurren]

Do you know if the JVC is good enough for color grading?

Wow, loaded question. No LCD is good enough for color grading!

With that out of the way, I have done a lot of testing and I would say in the sub 5K arena the JVC is the best. In the 5 - 10K arena, TV Logic is the best. After that you might as well wait for eCinema's DPX monitor which does a true black (but VERY expensive) or the upcoming OLED or similar technologies.

Whatever you do, don't get suckered into Sony's BVM series as they are a ripoff.

my 02. cents worth

[TCurren]

PS: No matter how good an LCD looks, as soon as you get a little off axis, your picture shifts. So what you started on in the AM while you were sitting straight and tall won't match what you finished on in the PM. And don't even ask about what the client is seeing from off the side a bit because it isn't what you are seeing.

PS: Only trust your scopes!

[Manfred Lopez]

I have done a lot of testing and I would say in the sub 5K arena the JVC is the best. In the 5 - 10K arena, TV Logic is the best. After that you might as well wait for eCinema's DPX monitor which does a true black (but VERY expensive) or the upcoming OLED or similar technologies.

Whatever you do, don't get suckered into Sony's BVM series as they are a ripoff.

my 02. cents worth

Thanks for the rankings. I love posts like these. I wasn't even aware of the future existence of the eCinema's DPX monitor (one more thing to go google-crazy over). So it will have True blacks. I'd love to see that in action.

By the way, sometimes I wonder how exaggerated the need is for an absolute rock-solid reference monitor. At the expense of convenience, isn't it possible to use a really good LCD's limited range in conjunction with scopes to color grade? I mean the only real draw back of LCD is the blacks, right? That you can set with a scope. As far as the tinting and color distribution of your shots, can't properly calibrated LCD get close enough?

[Alexander Christ]

What do you guys think about the EIZO ColorEdge CG241W? http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/cg241w/index.asp

Specs: 1920 x 1200, 12-bit LUT and 16-bit internal processing, hardware calibration, digital scanning frequency is 47.5 - 63 Hz (so no jitter with 24p/25p), wide gamut 96% Adobe RGB, input 2x DVI-I, $2.350

EIZO is also launching a 30'' version: http://www.eizo.com/press/releases/pdf/CG301W_pr.pdf

[Jean Déraps]

Here's a review of the JVC monitor:

http://www.dv.com/reviews/reviews_it...leId=196602806