New FSI 2470W features 10bit panel

	New FSI 2470W features 10bit panel by walter biscardi on Nov 2, 2009 at 5:56:41 pm For those of you who have to work with 10bit panels, FSI will be shipping the 2470W with LED backlight shortly. And before you ask, no I have not seen one yet. http://www.flandersscientific.com/index/lm2470w List price is $8995. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. HD Post and Production Biscardi Creative Media "Foul Water, Fiery Serpent" now in Post. Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Blog! Twitter! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: New FSI 2470W features 10bit panel by Bram Desmet on Nov 2, 2009 at 8:58:31 pm I'll answer here so everyone can see. Units are currently in production, expected to start shipping end of November. We are accepting pre-orders starting today. Judging from other new product releases you can probably expect a backlog of a few weeks if you wait until end November to order as we work through filling pre-orders. Alignment kit works the same as all of our other monitors. You can order a DCAA (Direct Connect Automatic Alignment) Kit, which will come with a colorimeter. The colorimeter that ships with the unit has been calibrated against a reference color analyzer to work specifically with the monitor model(s) in question. These units come precalibrated from the factory and the DCAA system is not required right away, especially on the LM-2470W which has a dynamic stability feedback system built-in. As always we will sell and rent the compatible automatic alignment kits. Bram Desmet FSI (Flanders Scientific, Inc.) www.FlandersScientific.com Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: New FSI 2470W features 10bit panel by walter biscardi on Nov 3, 2009 at 12:33:33 pm [Maurik de Ridder] "Since you have the 2450W, which is the 8 bit panel (10 bit processing) what would you expect to be the difference... And do you think your grading work will benefit alot from having a 10 bit panel... " I really don't expect the eye to really see a difference. The only thing that I would really expect to be different would be an absolute absence of banding in any way shape or form. But then I don't see banding on the 2450W. The one big advantage of the LED backlights is instant readiness. The 2450W and the other flouresent backlight panels require a 30 minute warmup to come to full accurate color. The LEDs are ready as soon as they are turned on. We saw this when Dan brought the 1770W over to compare to our 1760Ws. Since there's only a $200 difference between the two panels, we're ordering the 1770Ws for our new facility. And of course the LEDs run cooler with very little power draw. No, I don't see any benefit to purchasing a 10bit panel for our facility. There are folks on here who absolutely must have 10bit for their work, but we don't. The 8bit 2450W works perfectly and I'm planning to add two more of them to our new facility. We'll switch to a 10bit panel when we need a new monitor and 10bit is all that FSI is selling. :-) But I will be getting a first-hand look at the monitor in the next few weeks so I'll let you know how it looks. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. HD Post and Production Biscardi Creative Media "Foul Water, Fiery Serpent" now in Post. Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Blog! Twitter! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index