GH4 Cheap 4K DCI color grading monitor?

Jaime Valles

Jaime Valles

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Hey there,

I'm looking for an inexpensive color grading monitor for my GH4 footage (aren't we all?) and I found this:

http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Digital-31MU97-B-31-0-Inch/dp/B00OKSEVTY

What do yo all think? Would this work for color grading C4K footage from the GH4? I know it's not a Flanders Scientific or Eizo or Sony OLED monitor, but it's a 10 bit monitor with DCP-P3 Digital Cinema Color Standard and Adobe RGB over 99.5% as well, and costs less than $1000. What are the cons of using something like this for grading independent feature films?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 
Do you have a 10-bit workflow end to end? OS Software, NLE, graphics card, output style to monitor?

I do not have that LG, but it is one I liked when I was looking. But I lacked 10-bit path and got the Samsung 4K instead. It accepts C4K, but no pixel matched, and with black bars at top and bottom. Looks great calibrated though.
 
wwjd said:
Do you have a 10-bit workflow end to end? OS Software, NLE, graphics card, output style to monitor?
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Not yet, but it's what I hope to get in the near future. A Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K to monitor in 10-bit via HDMI from my Windows 10 Pro workstation using Premiere Pro. But if the monitor isn't up to snuff, then it's not worth the expense. Anyone have any experience using this LG monitor for color grading?
 
wwjd said:
Is the INTENSITY a "Graphics card" that outputs 10-bit?
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Video i/o devices have output 10bit for many years even going all the way back to the standard definition days. These were the typical way a monitor would be used with a system for grading. A proper broadcast monitor would be hooked up via Component, SDI or HDMI. They are video monitors and not really computer monitors.

The alternative method to get a full signal out of the system is to use the graphics card and a second computer which works but thats when you need a lot of 10bit parts in the chain for it to work properly. I currently use an Intensity for HD i/o of my FCPX system. I do not however have a 10bit monitor but if I did I would get a true 10bit output with a $200 HDMI thunderbolt device.

The main issue I have had with computer monitors in the past is they seem to rarely support a true 24p or 23.976p signal from these devices. Something to be aware of when buying a computer monitor to use as a HDMI video monitor. A proper broadcast monitor will have the proper frame rate support. I know there are some computer monitors that will take in a 24p signal but it isn't something typically listed in the specs and 99% of people that buy computer monitors do not use them this way so its very hard to get the info if they do support native 24p.
 
Anyone else use this monitor for grading 4K footage? How does the color hold up? Do you find it reliable as a grading monitor?
 
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