Gary Parkinson
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Can anyone recommend a High quality 1920x1080 HD TV that I can use as an edit suite monitor for color grading? Footage was all shot on a 500 and a 200.
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Not sure any HDTV will be of great use for color grading, though I calibrated my Sony Bravia and its pretty accurate to view my results from a TV standpoint.
Jim Carswell
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As Noel indicated you'll get your best and most accurate results from a professional broadcast monitor meant for this purpose. You can, again as Noel said, get by using a higher end HDTV such as the Bravia XPR or better.
Jim
Jim
Tomas Riuka
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If talking HD TV, there is nothing better than Pionner Kuro plasma, no lcd can beat that.
Hmm I dont really agree. But this may be just a personal choice, presently I think the Bravias (XBR) and LCDS are of much better quality than plasmas.
Matt Gottshalk
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I have the 24" JVC DT-V24L3DU and it rocks with my Kona 3.
augenblick
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I second Matt on the 24" JVC DT-V24L3DU
Peter
Peter
Tomas Riuka
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No LCD have as natural colors and good blacks as pionner plasma, not talking pioneer's extreme color calibration possibilities...
Matt Gottshalk
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The JVC's LCD does, it's blacks are better than my 17" Panasonic HD monitor.
Tomas Riuka
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i'm talking pioneer, not panasonic 
Well, I have a Panasonic 28" CRT, and has more dynamic range than any LCD or Plasma I have. Weighs a ton though.
Look, if you're going to a film-out, find the best you can. If you're releasing a DVD for corporate, industrial,etc., then use a monitor that best represents your clients TV. You know your clients LCD,etc. will not be setup to SMPTE specs. They'll usually be too bright and contrasty.
Kinda like the old days when I was mixing audio. I had a 5" speaker for the final mix, because the producer wanted the audio to sound good on a 5 incher, which represented a lot of audio systems at that time. Like CRT TVs and cars. But, at the same time, I had my studio JBLs for the larger venues.
So, if you're only producing webcasts, just stay with your computer screen. That's what your client will be veiwing. The gamma is different, so you need to correct for that medium. I usually have to lighten up the video for the wmv's made for clients.
The top Plasmas still have better contrast ratios than LCDs, but my CRT still beats them all. But, I did see one of the new LED backlight screens, and they were fantastic.
JohnnyD
Look, if you're going to a film-out, find the best you can. If you're releasing a DVD for corporate, industrial,etc., then use a monitor that best represents your clients TV. You know your clients LCD,etc. will not be setup to SMPTE specs. They'll usually be too bright and contrasty.
Kinda like the old days when I was mixing audio. I had a 5" speaker for the final mix, because the producer wanted the audio to sound good on a 5 incher, which represented a lot of audio systems at that time. Like CRT TVs and cars. But, at the same time, I had my studio JBLs for the larger venues.
So, if you're only producing webcasts, just stay with your computer screen. That's what your client will be veiwing. The gamma is different, so you need to correct for that medium. I usually have to lighten up the video for the wmv's made for clients.
The top Plasmas still have better contrast ratios than LCDs, but my CRT still beats them all. But, I did see one of the new LED backlight screens, and they were fantastic.
JohnnyD