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Sony PVM-740 OLED Monitor

One of the nicest features of the PVM-740 is the menu system.  A small knob turns with detents, and pushing on the knob selects menu items.  And the menu choices are truly vast - a small sampling include over- and underscan, pulse cross, screen markers, and all the screen adjustments.  And any of these can be mapped to any of seven function keys spread across the bottom of the PVM-740’s solid metal case.  And my personal favorite part of the monitor is the base - with a built-in metal rod that tilts the monitor back about 20 degrees, for optimal table-top viewing angle.  If you are on the road with the PVM-740, you’ll appreciate the two bolt-holes on the bottom, in both 1/4”-20 and 3/8”-16 threads, to hook to your Magic Arm.  You’ll want to put the monitor under a tent or umbrella, though - while the OLEDs are pretty visible in sunlight, the protective screen tends to reflect glare.

I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that all this goodness comes at a price - and at $3850 US list,  it’s a price that would buy you a 50” LCD for your home theater with lots of money left over for popcorn.  And if you can handle less-than-ebony blacks, there are many worthy LCD field monitors that cost about half of what the PVM-740 does - some of which feature an armada of scopes.  But being first has always carried a price, and the PVM-740 is a tantalizing preview of what might be ahead if OLED technology can scale up to larger-sized screens - and smaller-sized prices. 

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ah so nice and lovely, i always love all Sony products but i guess this one is soooooo sexy :p

Posted by MoviesBlaster  on  07/10  at  03:53 PM

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Our PVM-740 is set to D65 (6500k) with EBU colour space (as recommended for PAL Australia zone) but it appears as if the camera’s LCD is default to 9300k as it’s much cooler. Even changing 740’s colour space to OFF (the panel’s own colour space) didn’t change things markedly. I also tried SMPTE-C, ITU-709.

It doesn’t seem right, because the LCD panels on the cameras are pretty accurate - at least in terms of what I see playing a finished DVD on our 42” Sony Bravia displays.

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