What are cheaper monitor options for peaking?

Hi. A budget of 500-700$ is certainly available for my client. The problem I've seen that you need all kinds of accessoiries like batteries, sunhoods, etc. Nikon Akkus could be beneficial I guess.
 
Wanna go really cheap? The Marshall VLCD50 (5" HDMI) is often on ebay for $200-$300. The original model uses 4 AA's and has available battery plates (canon, Panasonic, nikon, etc) and the "A" model has built-in plates.

It's a really nice screen, false colors, peaking, blue-only, 1:1 (set peaking and 1:1 as custom function buttons for ultimate focus). 5" screen and no pass-through, but I've kept one around for years, very handy. I often use it with the main camera LCD for framing, and keep it on 1:1 and peaking to check focus at the same time. Very good viewing angles and you can calibrate it to bars.

Some DSLRs (first gen Canon, T2i, 5D, etc) have so much aliasing that peaking shows about everything as in focus and you need something like eyebrow hairs to keep an eye on (this is true for plenty of high-end monitors though unless they have adjustable peaking). Video cameras and better DSLRs are much better. For a non-SDI monitor, it keeps up with many high-dollar screens. Marshall makes some so-so consumer-ish screens, but their professional stuff is very good.
 
I have a D800 and used the Marshall VLCD50 (pre "A" model). As Michael, states, it is a nice little field monitor for critical focus. But do get the "A" model with built-in battery plate because the consumption of AA's is ridiculous...I could only get ~45minutes from the AA's.
 
I thought I need a 7" for good peaking. If a 5" is sufficient how about the sony? I can't find this marshall anywhere here.
 
reygun said:
I have a D800 and used the Marshall VLCD50 (pre "A" model). As Michael, states, it is a nice little field monitor for critical focus. But do get the "A" model with built-in battery plate because the consumption of AA's is ridiculous...I could only get ~45minutes from the AA's.
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I got mine before the "A" - I use rechargeables, and also a panny plate which was about $25. I use the smaller "cube" panasonic batteries which are cheap and give me an hour+ (they really beat DSLR batteries), and switch to AA's if it goes south in the middle of a setup. Before I got the plate, I got pretty disciplined about turning the thing off often, a habit I've kept til this day... if I'm not using a battery rig, I can often go all day without changing monitor batteries, seems to be the most power hungry thing I've got.
 
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