[Tig] what are we going to do (monitors)--Fox TV Station group in same boat

[Ted Langdell]

On Mar 30, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008, Daniel Perez wrote:
>> It is a frigging nightmare ... and I agree with Mike Most when he  
>> says
>> he'd prefer to se a better LCD HD monitor before a new 4K one not
>> usable for grading.
>
> For the prices they charge in this market, it seems that they should
> be able to produce a professional DLP or D-LIA rear-projection display
> device with 14-bit/channel resolution which is designed for desktop
> use (32" or smaller). Control electronics similar to that used for
> Digital Cinema can be used.  The screen material and lamp would be
> suitable for professional grading.  If the "lamp" can be based on
> LEDs, then the display would last for 20K hours or more.
>
> How come this approach has not been used?
>
> Bob

Maybe it's being tried in a lab somewhere... but kept under wraps  
until its more likely to be ready for prime time.

Fox Television Stations is in a similar situation as posters in this  
thread are.

In a Broadcasting and Cable article last week about what stations  
want at NAB...
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6546067.html

Earl Arbuckle, the Fox Television Stations’ VP of engineering tol B&C  
Fox needs to upgrades its monitors, but is weighing options. “Our  
monitor situation is in a state of flux,” he says.

The departure of CRTs has left Fox in a conundrum because the group  
finds that the alternatives don’t do as good a job of color imaging  
as CRTs did. “Our lab in Los Angeles has looked at these things, and  
unfortunately they all have some compromises compared to CRTs,”  
Arbuckle explains.

“We’ve looked at the solutions out there, and we feel that [flat- 
screen, rear-projection] D-ILA probably offers the best picture [for  
accurate color imaging] at this point in time. Still, LCDs are  
destined to be the mainstay of control room monitors, and we’ll  
probably be considering those for all of our new control rooms.”

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Ted.

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