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Available HD monitors for Steadicam use at NAB 2008
18 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.
What the thread found
- Transvideo offers HD monitors in 6 and 8 inch sizes with both studio and bright versions, accepting HD SDI and NTSC inputs suitable for Steadicam applications.
- Transvideo monitors can be upgraded with software features including built-in frame lines and digital levels.
- Transvideo 6 inch models with frame lines and level features cost approximately $8000.
- Sony demonstrated a 7 inch OLED monitor prototype that showed vivid image quality during camera movement but exhibited faint rolling line interference.
- Boland was developing a compact 6.5 to 7 inch monitor but faced engineering challenges requiring miniaturization of the electronics before production could begin.
- Monitor prices were expected to decrease toward $6000 range within 18 months as new LCD and OLED options entered the market.
Depends on
- Boland monitor was not yet production-ready at NAB 2008.
- Sony OLED monitor was a prototype with unresolved interference issues.
- Price expectations and product timeline predictions were speculative.
- Information about Nebtek monitor was not confirmed by attendees.