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Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 09:30:40 -0700
From: Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AE] 4K in AE - gonna need a bigger desk
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You could go the way of a traditional edit bay and have that large 
monitor mounted on the wall behind the desk. I think I would go blind 
with that much monitor that close to my eyes.

     -Rob

On 5/6/2013 7:47 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote:
> Well, I got one of the cheap  ($1200) Chinese Seiki 50" UHD TVs - first unit
> was bad. Little tricky to get it to work as a desktop monitor but
> replacement is up and running. Let me just say, I think 4K, both as a
> display and as a TV is underrated. I'm much more blown away then I expected
> to be. Since much of what I work on is 4K and greater, it makes a dramatic
> difference in evaluating frames and shots.
>
> This link should be viewable for non-FB users:
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=186471358172912&set=a.13547872327217
> 6.29929.135474616605920&type=1&theater
>
> This photo is clipped but also surprisingly, color and contrast are decent,
> actually pretty good for a cheap LCD (10-bit panel) and there is an
> accessible service menu if you have color probes and skilled calibrator. But
> even a pass with a WOW disk and blue filter gives decent results. Not a
> grading monitor for critical client grades but not a piece of crap either.
> Cost savings seem to come from basic Chinese TV build quality, crappy audio,
> bare bones menus, no feature set beyond TV, tuner and standard inputs.
>
> stephen van vuuren
> 336.202.4777
>
> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
> http://www.sv2dcp.com/
> http://www.sv2studios.com/
>
> A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a
> progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the
> meaning, all that comes later.
> -Stanley Kubrick
>
>
>
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