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Re: Starz : Ref / Compositing monitors ?

Posted by:
Gareth Corbett



Date:
07-29-2010,
05:30:AM

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Hi Fabrice

 

I don’t know about the new “Fermi” QuadroFX cards but the previous generation x800 GPU’s weren’t 10bit internally but could output 10bit

Whereas the ATI FirePro cards are 10bit internally AND 10bit output

 

The new ATI FirePro V8800 card is amazing what you get for the price.

Let me know off list if you are interested as I may be able to get you a demo card if you like?

Apple haven’t put ATI cards in all their new Mac Pro’s for nothing.

 

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From: studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com [mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com] On Behalf Of Fabrice Altman
Sent: 29 July 2010 10:01
To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com
Subject: Re: [SSA-Discuss] Starz : Ref / Compositing monitors ?

 

Hi Terry,

 

Thanks for sharing. Few questions spring to mind :

 

Are all your boxes equipped with 30bit capable GPUs ?

Are 100% of the failures on the newer ones a “slow death” rather than “sudden death” ?

Just to be clear, Equal Eyes is an absolute necessity for you workflow with these monitors ?

 

Cheers,

F.

 

From: Terry Dale [mailto:Terry.Dale@Starz.com]
Sent: 28 July 2010 19:14
To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com
Subject: Re: [SSA-Discuss] Starz : Ref / Compositing monitors ?

 

 

As Rob said these are the LP2480zx Dream Color monitors. We are currently using Rising Sun Equal eyes to do the calibration. These are really great monitors but they can throw out a ton of light and you have to make sure you dial in your desired calibration before they will look correct. In our testing we have had them hold their calibration for 3 months but we do a shorter calibration cycle on the floor just to be safe. They have a 3 year warranty, HP has been really good about replacing bad ones we have 110 on the floor and had about a 30% failure rate, these are just anomalies that show up over time and since we started using them very early in their development we got some bad ones. The new ones seem much better but like I said HP replaces them with no questions asked and fast too.

 

-Terry.

 

Starz

Terry Dale, VP Operations

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From: studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com [mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com] On Behalf Of Fabrice Altman
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:52 PM
To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com
Subject: [SSA-Discuss] Starz : Ref / Compositing monitors ?

 

Hi guys,

 

One of our company director recently visited Starz Anim Studio and seems very impressed by their set-up.

What he keeps mentioning is that they have lots of very expensive looking “deep” monitors.

I suspect 10bit grade 1 monitors of some kind.

We are currently reviewing how we handle colour management throughout the studio so any piece of advice

On the subject is of interest.

 

Would anyone from Starz like to shed some light on this ? What brand, calibration software etc ... ?

 

Cheers !

F.