Grading Monitors - any recommendations?

[Fabian Weber]

After ditching a lot of OLED, Plasmas, LCDs and different panels when building 4 new grading suites, the TVLogic 325W ended up as our choice. Also because the price is such that it is replaceable.

I wasn't involved in the process, but we tried pretty much everything and ended up with this and a dolby panel. Price made that decission kind of rational...

Interesting - how much is the TVLogic 325W?

[Fabian Weber]

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-mon...oduct-PVM2541/

These rock! but! the only problem with them is no other TV in the world has blacks like it... So what ever you grade on this you will not see the same on any other monitor you view it on.

The only monitor close to these are the new LED MAC screens.

Thanks for the input Mark - i vary between the "Sony PVM2541" and "EIZO CG232W" ...

[Gunleik Groven]

Interesting - how much is the TVLogic 325W?

Not sure, really...

here's the productsheet:
http://www.tvlogicusa.com/product/product.php?idx=68

But I think in the ballpark of 12k Euro...

which would be about right when comparing to this:
http://www.preco.net/tvlogic/tvlogic_prices.html

[Jerrod Cordell]

So I'm looking for a monitor on the low end of the price spectrum. ~$500 or so.

Which do you believe is a better option? The Dell u2410, or a 24" Apple LED Cinema Display from Amazon?

EDIT: Or the older 23" Apple Cinema Display?

[Lauri Kettunen]

I wonder how many will end up using Red projector as a grading "monitor".

[Maz Mawlawi]

I would also seriously consider the hp 24inch dreamcolor if you are on a tight budget...

[Gunleik Groven]

I would also seriously consider the hp 24inch dreamcolor if you are on a tight budget...

Having a couple of those, not for the main rooms, but - personally I think they can be very nice.
Not comparable to the TVLogic, of course...

[Jerrod Cordell]

Yaaaa the Dreamcolor sounds nice but the $2500 is a bit steep right now.

Anyone have an opinion on NEC monitors? It looks like they have a nice 23" for around $700 and it says it comes with calibration software.

[Hrvoje Simic]

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-mon...oduct-PVM2541/

These rock! but! the only problem with them is no other TV in the world has blacks like it... So what ever you grade on this you will not see the same on any other monitor you view it on.

The only monitor close to these are the new LED MAC screens.

The principle of reference monitoring, whether it's audio or video, is getting the most accurate representation of the material worked on, not to match the platform of every consumer, which is practically impossible.

What you mention as an issue is a factor which lies in the hands of a colorist.

[Marcus Struzina]

Just wondering if anyone knows if 10 bit monitoring is possible on an EIZO CG275W via thunderbolt ( ie without Blackmagic box etc ) from a macbook pro.
I'm thinking of using this for a Resolve pregrading DCI workflow. ie to grade as close to DCI P3 as possible, do all the secondaries etc , then do a
a final correction pass in a calibrated projection suite.
Does this sound workable?