Sony debuts trio of Luma LCDs for the pros

While we're busy playing Minesweeper and messing around with Vista's Flip 3D, some people have to actually get things done while staring at their LCDs for hours unending. For those stiffs, Sony is announcing its newly redesigned Luma professional LCDs, the 20-inch LMD-2030W, which sports an HDMI input for video production types, and the LMD-2450W / LMD-2050W 20 and 24-inch displays, which feature regular ol' DVI ports and 10-bit processing. The 2450W sports a 1920 x 1200 resolution, while the 20-inchers go for 1680 x 1050. All the displays include support for composite and component video, and the two DVI setups even include wave-form monitoring and audio level meter display. No word on pricing, but we're guessing all this professionalism won't come cheap. You should be able to pick one up in May.

[Via PCLaunches]

[cibyr @ Mar 4th 2007 5:35AM]

g0t buttons?

[Skymist @ Mar 4th 2007 6:44AM]

I've seen airplane cockpits with less buttons than that thing.

[Jeffrey Frady @ Mar 4th 2007 7:05AM]

Boycott Sony.

[andrew @ Mar 4th 2007 7:20AM]

are you just stupid, or retarded?

[Andy @ Mar 5th 2007 4:20AM]

Are you an idiot, or deliberately offensive?

[Ludovic @ Mar 4th 2007 8:18AM]

Hey this looks like a pretty solid offering.

If Sony continues making products like this one I might start buying computer screens from them.

[Mike @ Mar 4th 2007 9:29AM]

For the intended pro market, these new all-in-one designs are far better compared to the old Luma two-piece setup. True, they'll probably be in the $3,500+ range of the existing models. But I can see the various video inputs and size appealing to broadcasters and others in the video industry. Agree, Sony seems to be getting their act together again.

[shimman @ Mar 4th 2007 10:22AM]

so, what's so great about these screens other than hdmi inputs & other analog inputs?


btw, it appears that sony's xbrite is missing on these monitors; does this mean sony also thinks that xbrite is as bad as i think it is?

another thing; can the height be adjusted? what about the pivoting?

[Jeff @ Mar 4th 2007 2:06PM]

Oh hey, wow, a 20" LCD with a lower resolution than the one I bought four years ago. Where do I sign up?

[Sean O @ Mar 4th 2007 4:58PM]

I work in post production. Sony and Panny have had "professional" LCD monitors for a few years now. They're a complete joke. The contrast ratio is undoubtedly no better than consumer priced LCDs, making them unsuitable for color grading - essentially making it's 10-bit capability useless. They can't display NTSC or PAL natively. The 20" model can't display HD natively. Some may find the built in waveform and vectorscope convenient, but it offers no real use since software takes care of that job now.

Pros use CRT monitors. Period. But if they don't do color grading or SD and can get by using an LCD, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to fork out 4 times as much money for a supposed "professional" model.

[Eh @ Mar 4th 2007 6:22PM]

10 bucks says these things still cost less than Cinema Displays.

[E71 @ Mar 4th 2007 9:19PM]

Don't you love it how they (Sony) conveniently miss out important details like response time...

[gk @ Mar 4th 2007 10:12PM]

call me when it has HD/SDI BNC inputs.....(2.5Mbit/sec)

[George Bennett @ Mar 4th 2007 10:14PM]

Sorry...2.5Gbit/sec