Re: Flanders Scientific Monitor and Kona 3

Bob,

Please reread my post. The Sony PVM and LMD are 2 different lines of monitors. In one instance I made casual mention that at this year's NAB I saw the new PVM monitors and was quite pleased and surprised with the product considering the debacle of their LMD and BVM lcd products. The PVM is a superior product to the FSI monitors but it also has a much superior price point.

I mentioned the LMD only because I compared it to the TV Logic line of products, which you had put on par with a Cine-tal in your first post. It's my belief that the only line of critical monitoring worse than the TV Logic line is indeed the Sony LMD. This is what I said as I thought it was widely known that the LMD line was a horrible, cynical joke of a product. Perhaps I'm wrong?

Back to Flanders Scientific; I am cynical by nature, doubly so by a meaningless career spent in live tv so I read reviews and hold them at arms length until I can make my own decisions of a product. I saw the Flander's monitors at NAB and even with the pitiful viewing experience of their booth, I have to admit that I while I wasn't floored, I also wouldn't discount them. I said they are a good product for the price point and until such time comes around that I can work with one, hopefully this fall, that is all the endorsement I will offer.

My very poor opinions of the TV Logic and Sony LMD products mentioned in this thread do come from previous work experience. I should also mentioned that I have had great fortune to do some very minor work on a daVinci Resolve with Cine-tal monitoring: it ain't nothing to sneeze at all.