Really need your help on this one.

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Mimik

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As always dvxuser.com is one of my only trusted places for my headach.
Just to let you know I did some research but still am confused.
Ok I'm in process of buying production monitor under $1000 (the less the better) however I came across few brands sony, jvc, panasonic.
The problem is I have never used any of them, therefore I would need your advice if you have experience with any of these brands.

What I'm looking for is standard composit features I need, blue only, ntsc/pal 16:9/4:3 underscan etc.

so far I was looking at 14"-15" sony pvm14L2 which is slightly above my budget. So I would welcome anything below 1k.

I've been advised no to buy used monitors so I'm looking for a new one.

I would appreciate any help or suggestion on what might be the best deal for the buck.

Thank a lot in advance.

Michal
 
Re: Really need your help on this one.

I am going through the same headache myself. I built a video cart with racks (on casters) that will hold all the hardware in one place - all wired up and setup. I expect to put two monitors on the top. And, since the widescreen issue has been bothering me quite a bit, I have decided to get one standard and one widescreen/HD capable screen.

It used to be that the trinitron tubes of old (80's and 90's) gave the most most true to color screens. But nowadays, the flat screen mania has taken over. So I am looking at several SHARP models that have SVIDEO connectors - I expect to spend about 300-399 on the standard
and about 1200-1500 on the HD. The standard will be minimum 19" to a max of 27", the wide/HD about 36".

I decided its best to try to view my product how it will look in the real world - and a realword tv/monitor is the only way to go. By the way, I discounted LCD screens because I could not get any of them to adjust to a true color chart when I held it up against the picture.
 
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but it is still tv without underscan and not very liable for compositing. If you can spend 1200 on tv you might want to spend in on quality production monitor as well??

I have a low end tv but there is no way I could use it for color correction etc. even though everyone's tv might display different picture production monitor gives somewhat median avarage so you can be somewhat more safe how it will look on other tvs. that is just my amateur perception about what I'm trying to justify the $$$ for. hehe.
 
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The other option is using something like DV RACK or an actual o-scope to check the colors for you - that ay ou get "TRUE" readings, regardless of the monitor.

By the way, does this mean you are using all kinds of filters during the actual shooting or are you adding this in post?
 
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I actually do a lot of post production/broadcast design where I would need to correctly reference the colors my clients request etc.

I'm all set to purchase production monitor just dunno which one would be the best under 1k. :(

or should I go after all with used?? it's cheaper. :-/
 
Re: Really need your help on this one.

I'm in Dealware - and the pickings are mighty lean here - however - if you find a friend in the TV repair business - then used is the way to go. For one thing, they will tune the picture to optimum - and you have a ready source for repairs.

My personal thought was to get digital color frame - to post up on the screen as a compairson with the video frames - it shows similarities - and artifact problems - regardless of whether you monitor is properly adjusted (color gain/etc) or not.

To share a thought - recently, while checking out the ridiculous plasma displays - I noticed that the color correction on most of them is "auto" - that means if you are willing to part with lots of cash and are willing to trash it on about 7 years, plasma is almost a no brainer. Just a thought - and an expensive one at that,
 
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anybody knows how is the PVM14M2U??
I can get it for $900 brand new. Anybody has this monitor or knows how it performs??
 
Re: Really need your help on this one.

The Sony PVM-14M2U is a terrific reference monitor. It's pretty standard in the broadcast arena.
 
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