Monitor Shootout
Here is some info of an informal flat panel Color correction / grading monitor shootout that some really great post house guys did recently. You can find the rest of the discussion on reduser.net
Monitoring Mini Test
Frank,
Thanks for coming to NAB last year. It was a privilege to be there with Red & Kevin.
With regard to the question that has no easy answer...ideal monitoring solutions.
We recently purchased a 2nd Pablo for our facility and thus needed to invest in a new monitor. Our engineering team headed by CTO Steve Beres, thought it would be interesting to test some of the industry's top monitors (larger than 22") in a sort of "in-house-mini-shoot-out." But his idea was to do it blind, in the dark and include everyone from colorists to DPs as well as impartial opinions like our vault staff, accounting, etc.
Steve and his team spent the better part of day calibrating each and every monitor to Rec709 with dead accuracy. He handed out 7-point evaluation forms and blanketed 6 displays so no one knew what they were evaluating. One at a time, the set of high, mid and low-end displays were blindly evaluated with price points that ranged from $3,000 to $26,000. The results were nearly unanimous and very surprising.
Our result averages are below.
In the end, it was that the new German monitor, Tamuz, that won our test hands down. Really amazing pictures and affordable at around 10K.
The HP was impressive and even scored high, but it is just horrible when it comes to brightness and black point. It is just way to bright for any form of accurate color correction. But take a look at a Series 11 Panasonic Plasma. It is an amazing monitor for the price.
Monitoring Mini Test
Frank,
Thanks for coming to NAB last year. It was a privilege to be there with Red & Kevin.
With regard to the question that has no easy answer...ideal monitoring solutions.
We recently purchased a 2nd Pablo for our facility and thus needed to invest in a new monitor. Our engineering team headed by CTO Steve Beres, thought it would be interesting to test some of the industry's top monitors (larger than 22") in a sort of "in-house-mini-shoot-out." But his idea was to do it blind, in the dark and include everyone from colorists to DPs as well as impartial opinions like our vault staff, accounting, etc.
Steve and his team spent the better part of day calibrating each and every monitor to Rec709 with dead accuracy. He handed out 7-point evaluation forms and blanketed 6 displays so no one knew what they were evaluating. One at a time, the set of high, mid and low-end displays were blindly evaluated with price points that ranged from $3,000 to $26,000. The results were nearly unanimous and very surprising.
Our result averages are below.
In the end, it was that the new German monitor, Tamuz, that won our test hands down. Really amazing pictures and affordable at around 10K.
The HP was impressive and even scored high, but it is just horrible when it comes to brightness and black point. It is just way to bright for any form of accurate color correction. But take a look at a Series 11 Panasonic Plasma. It is an amazing monitor for the price.
Monitor shootout Results
