Re: Suggestion for a good Field production monitor?

Not really Bob ... have you ever seen or even heard of a 7" monitor with full HD resolution? You might find the following post interesting:
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1058299

I'll quote a few salient points noted in the above:

The vast majority of LCD panels used in professional broadcast monitors were NOT built specifically for that purpose. The capital investment needed to build a new LCD panel manufacturing plant is astronomical (think 500 Million+ dollar range). The broadcast market is simply not large enough for any of the big panel manufacturers (and there are only really a handful) to justify building a dedicated plant to building panels just for this industry.

Below 21.5" you find a very limited selection of native HD (1920x1080) panels because their is very limited demand for those on the consumer side.

I understand what you are saying about 'more resolution is better', but I assure you that is only true if all other characteristics are equal. I think even an untrained eye can tell you he likes the monitor with better off-axis viewing, wider color gamut, and better white uniformity...he may not be able to tell you exactly why, but even this 'Joe Consumer' will say "it just looks better." Resolution IMHO is secondary to these other characteristics and the untrained eye is much more likely to NOT notice the lower resolution, especially when dealing with smaller monitors.

... because of the computer world one of the dominant resolutions at the 7" size is becoming 800x480 (this is the WVGA standard). The consumer market (PDAs, Netbooks, portable DVD players,etc.) again drives the availability and resolution standard of these smaller panels.

Best
Andy