Re: 2K monitoring

There are several workflows that 'center cut' digital "2K" (to paraphrase an old saying..."The great thing about the 2K standard is that there are so many of 'em.) and monitor on a 1920x1080 display from an HDSDI output.

The typical 30" DL DVI display is WQXGA (2560x1600), which of course has enough pixels to show all the formats Tim W. describes...the color becomes the catch. There isn't a 30" WQXGA that has LED backlighting like the new HP DreamColor display (there aren't many display cards that will even feed out 30 bit in the "enthusiast budget" category either I'll bet...), so they aren't really something to use for precise viewing without running something like Rising Sun Research's (now part of Cine-tal), cineSpace LUT calibration tool.

I find that running a broadcast CRT as well as the large LCD seems to give a bit of the best of both worlds...

As far as "low end 2K"...I suspect there are a not insignificant number of aspiring independent film makers that will rent a 2k camera and wish to try their hand at post themselves to be able to finance the project themselves. This won't be the last time the question is raised, and I think that the sheer numbers in this "market slice" will have manufacturers addressing what seems like their very unorthodox requests. In 5 years, their requests will seem quite normal I suspect.






TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

CPO, Digieffects