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From: "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com>
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Subject: RE: [AE] 4K in AE - gonna need a bigger desk
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 13:25:59 -0400
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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.

I considered that - but I actually need it close for looking at the detail.
Plus overhead I plan to put a grading monitor (probably plasma). But it may
render me blind :)

stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

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-----Original Message-----
From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of
Robert Houghton
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [AE] 4K in AE - gonna need a bigger desk

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.13547872
> 327217 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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