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Sony rolls out three production LCDs
Sony's unveiled three professional-quality LCDs meant for video production and mastering. First up is the BVM-L420 (pictured), a 1080p LED backlit LCD specifically tweaked for more accurate black levels, meant for preview monitoring in control rooms or production trucks, 1080/24p. Next are two new LCDs in Sony's LUMA line, a 1280x768 17-inch and a 1080p 42-inch model, equipped with all manner of inputs and Sony's ChromaTru color processing for accurate colors. The LMBD-4250W comes in at $7,800, while the 17-inch model has a price TBD before it ships in April. The similarly without-pricetag BVM-L230 is due this summer. Read - BVM-L420Read - Luma
Panasonic's 17-inch BT-LH1760 production LCD costs $5000
It's a dilemma faced by nearly every photo / video editor on the planet -- stick with a huge CRT for that precise color accuracy, or make the jump to LCD for aesthetics sake? Fret not, dear worriers, as Panasonic has supposedly crafted a miracle solution with the BT-LH1760. This April-bound production monitor is essentially devoid of attractiveness, but it does offer up a 120Hz refresh rate, an IPS panel with a 1,280 x 768 native resolution and "faithful color reproduction with twice the response speed of other currently available professional LCD monitors." Furthermore, you'll find a built-in waveform monitor and vectorscope, pixel-to-pixel matching capabilities and a slew of inputs including DVI, auto-switching HD-SDI / SDI, component and VGA. Yeah, it's a pretty impressive array of specs for a 17-incher, but then again, most 17-inchers don't demand just under five large, either. [Via BroadcastBuyer]
