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Old November 7th, 2002, 03:09 PM   #1
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Panasonic BT-H1390Y NTSC monitor - opinions?

http://www.panasonic.com/PBDS/subcat...bt-h1390y.html

Is anyone familiar with this or similar Pana monitors?

The street price on these is around $1k, but a couple of vendors have re-certified, warrantied demos for about $800.

This is at least $200 beyond what I had intended to spend, but the difference (on paper at least) between this and what I can get for around $500 is huge.

Any warnings or endorsments?

Thank you.

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Old November 7th, 2002, 03:54 PM   #2
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What will you be using it for? What type of projects do you do? If it is just for you it will be a great monitor. If you'll be using it to show work to clients then get a Sony. Most people prefer the phosphers (colors) that Sony monitors produce. I used to use Panasonics a lot, but clients could see the difference and I got tired of explaining it to clients.

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Old November 8th, 2002, 08:07 AM   #3
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It is definately only for my use at this time. I have no clients, and no immediate goals of seeking them out.
This is something that may or may not ever happen.

Maybe I should sum up where I am here... I really enjoy working with video. I have extremely limited experience doing so. Along comes some discretionary income, so I am putting together a reasonable prosumer setup and intend to have a great time with it. After I become very solid in the tools, technology, and craft, I imagine that I would also enjoy using this equipment to generate some revenue. The first 90% of the battle is won, in that I love the work.

If, however, that does not happen due to the market for such work in my area, limitations on my time because of other work, or (heaven forbid!) hitting some wall in developing my capabilities, I have been carefull to keep my spending to a point where I do not *have* to get a return on investment in order to rationalize the whole affair.

That said, if were to get a Sony within the aforementioned sane budget, it would need to be either PVM-14N5U at about $500, or PVM14N6U at a little over $600, the primary difference between the two seeming to be 16:9 switchability and additional inputs on the pricier model.

Do any of these three models make more sense than the others given that info? I will say that if don't get the Panasonic now (to take advantage of the price) I will probably be waiting quite a while to get anything.

It disturbs me on some anal level, though, that I don't have any accurate way to proof my work. The best TV I own right now seems to have some issues. Looking at the SMPTE bars I can not distinguish the lighter area of the PLUGE even with the brightness maxed out. The red push makes me desaturate the color significantly in order to get decent flesh tones. That leaves me with either the VGA monitor or the camera LCD as the most accurate displays...

Anyway, sorry to digress. You see where I am coming from, and I thank you (and all on the forum) for the excellent advice so far. What are your thoughts here?

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Old November 8th, 2002, 08:31 AM   #4
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Go with the $600 dollar with 16:9 You may not need it right away but when you do you won't have to buy another monitor.

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Old November 8th, 2002, 10:24 AM   #5
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Checking both Sony monitors on B&H website reveals that both models display only 4:3 aspect ratio. It seems the only difference, according to the description provided, is RGB input on the PVM14N6U. They list a used N6U for $429.
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Old November 8th, 2002, 12:29 PM   #6
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Hmmm...

Thanks for the heads up on the used unit... that might be a good deal for me. As far as the specs go, several
http://www.promax.com/Products/Detail/6108
other
http://www.dvwonline.com/products/sony/pvm14n6u.html
sites
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/sony-vid...14n6u14tr.html
describe it as being switchable.

I also found this http://bssc.sel.sony.com/Professiona.../pvm-14n6u.pdf document from Sony. I had trouble finding tech details on the Sony site, but this seems to confirm it. It looks like B&H just goofed.

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Old November 8th, 2002, 03:50 PM   #7
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Regarding phosphors...

In hindsight, this question seemed better asked in a new thread on the topic...

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...&threadid=4842

Sorry for the clutter.

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