Client Monitor

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I'm looking for a good client monitor (mostly using it with my FS7). I want something that has a native resolution of 1920x1080. It should be between 7" and 20" (7" I could throw on a camera if needed but at the same time 20" would be nice for multiple clients). It should be able to be powered off of AC power but also using LPE6's or VMounts (if it's a larger monitor). I don't really care about LUTS or it being a recorder, but it should have good color and easy to calibrate (don't want a consumer screen). Being rugged is a plus. Not concerned about price range, I just want to see my options for something that I'm describing. Small HD monitors don't have a 1920x1080 resolution and the only one that does is only 5"..too small

Thanks!
 
Something else to factor in to the purchase if not included, is a transport case. Especially for bigger monitors. Something I learned that the hard way.
 
You should also have some kind of re-clocking SDI distribution amp for long runs or multiple monitors. The little throw down Black Magic DA's should be fine for most uses, I know their convertors work well for our needs.

Anything that can add a LUT in the monitor might be increasingly important with all the cameras that shoot some kind of log.
 
If you're intending it for client viewing, I would suggest at least 17". I know guys that rave about the Flanders monitors. I've never been wowed by them, but don't let that sway you. You should look at them(all monitors you're considering) and judge for yourself. Remember, you want an ACCURATE monitor, not necessarily the one that "looks" the best. Most pro monitors, if they don't already have an A/B or V-mount plate built-on, have an XLR DC in port, so you can add a battery plate fairly easily. For a while, Panny had the portable HD field monitor market sewn-up, but that's not the case anymore. My first large HD field monitor was a 17" Panny, but it hasn't been used in years. I switched to Sony for my large monitor several years ago when they introduced the affordable PVM OLED line. They have refined and improved them over the last few gens(I think they are on #3?) and the chassis is very small and thin for a 17" screen and they have a great picture. I had mine calibrated at Abel and use it(and my calibrated smallHD DP7Pro OLED) as my reference monitors. The only downside, because the OLED picture is so good, what you see on screen(assuming you're not viewing uncorrected log) will probably look better than it will at ANY other point.

And something else to think about, split or quad viewing for multi-cam work. Panny had/has a quasi split screen system, but one of the pictures was frozen while the other was live(I don't know if they've changed to a live system on their newer monitors). I believe some of the FSI have split live image viewing(and maybe other manufacturers, too). Several years ago I purchased a Decimator quad-box and I use it all the time on two or more cam shoots. Very convenient for matching cameras, lining up shots and giving the producer, director or client(and yourself!) a view of everything on one place.
 
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