On 30 Oct 2017, at 18:31, Steve Oakley <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

ya but sometimes you need to see all the pixels. if you don’t operate in a money is no worry environment, a good consumer 4K set + calibration and maybe a LUT box in the middle is probably the way most people will go. $2-$3K for a setup like this is doable for many folks. 

meanwhile pretty happy with the dell 27” 4Ks are being accurate enough for most things.

S

On Oct 30, 2017, at 12:11 PM, Robert Kjettrup <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

If you want to get a 4K reference monitor, then be prepared to pay big money. FSI is finallt about to release their first 4K reference monitor, and that goes for us$45.000 

http://flandersscientific.com/XM310K/

And if you look at the other brands, like Sony or TVlogic then its not anything less.

FSI best current monitors the DM240 (LCD) and DM250 (OLED) then they are both 1080 monitors, and i would argue that color accuracy and consistency is more important than resolution... or at least at the current prices it is :-D

They take an 2K input, and there is a firmware in beta that will make them take an 4K input, not that i would suggest you use that unless you have a backup reference monitor ;-)

2017-10-30 2:43 GMT+01:00 Teddy Gage <AE-List@media-motion.tv>:

Let me know what you think. Also in the market. May actually grab an FSI reference monitor too, since I've been doing more color and online finishing. Really hurt on my last project not having something with broadcast specs.

What's the opinion on getting a 1080p vs 4K? Since I'm using it for color but can do QA on a 4K LCD, is there any reason to get a 4K reference monitor? Prices jump a fair amount

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Jim Curtis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

So is mine, but my 30” Apple Cinema Display finally crapped out yesterday, so I weighed the value of the 27” BenQ PV270 against the slightly more future-open HP 31” Dreamcolor zx - $900 vs. $1330, and fewer pixels than the ACD vs. more, respectively.  I ordered the HP.  I should be getting it Thursday.  Wish me luck.

I have a 24” DreamColor already, and it’s been pretty solid.

I read some reviews on the PV270, and that looks mighty impressive for the price.  The same size DreamColor is ~$300 more.

On Oct 24, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Brian Maffitt <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

4K support is an excellent point. Fortunately my current gig is still a 1080p workflow.

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Carey Dissmore <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Solid advice from Steve. I’m actually looking to upgrade my 2012-vintage HD Extreme 3D card for something 4k capable. It will be a BMD product. 

The trend to 4k has definitely reached my mid-level marketing video-driven post business.

Current project load is something like this:

Source footage: 50% 1080p, 50% 3.2k or 4k (or higher)

Finished deliverables: 80% 1080p, 20% 4k

Carey

On Oct 23, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Steve Oakley <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

pretty much BMD is the main survivor of video I/O cards or interfaces. I have one of their HD ultra studios with TB and it works great… but its also a discontinued product. BMD thinned out their hardware line considerably at or around NAB 2017. used options are of course out there, but I’d probably go with  something that does 4K at this point.

S

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