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For almost Twenty Years, Boland has been creating high quality, professional broadcast monitors for film, television, aviation, and specialty needs. We are constantly pushing the LCD / monitor boundaries in new technology, outfitting our LCD monitors with the widest color gamut and ultra deep blacks. Red, green, and blue stability is guaranteed by All-Digital 12-bit Processing. Whether you are in need of a field monitor that is color critical, a low cost SDI monitor for simple confidence monitoring, or a broadcast monitor with built-in waveform, vector scope, and audio meters, Boland is proud to offer all of these options (and more).

Most LCD Monitors have a span of only 40%, Boland has a span of 72 to 100% with controled SMPTE C color tempature and 6400° white color standard, providing deep rich colors .

Bryce Boland, chief technology officer for Asia at cyber-security firm FireEye Inc, said many companies are too focused on the reverse engineering capabilities of Chinese companies, which allow them to copy products within weeks of their public launch.

“They may be good at reverse engineering but they’re much better at just getting the plans during the development phase (via hacking) and leveraging those immediately,” Boland said by telephone from Singapore.

Bryce Boland, a V.P. and Chief Technology Officer with the cybersecurity firm Fireeye, agreed. “The members of the boards of directors for firms are now paying attention,” he says. “Board level scrutiny is going to change how CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officers) work, and they’re going to have to start showing progress.” He added that as regulators increasingly turn their attention to firms that neglect cybersecurity, pressure will build to make comprehensive security solutions an even greater priority.

Reviewing 2015, Boland said many private companies realized they don’t have sufficient resources to operate and maintain a sophisticated security operation by themselves. Alarmed by 2015’s hacking attacks, Boland predicts more CEO’s and boards of directors will increasingly turn their cybersecurity over to private contractors working from the cloud. “Most CEO’s now realize [a hack] is a matter of when, not if,” Boland said.

Both analysts expect there will be no slowdown in attempted hacks in 2016: Boland sees mobile devices becoming greater access points into protected systems and more targeted attacks in health care, oil and gas and industrial control systems, while Ambrosini predicts more high-profile hacks (such as this year’s breach at the Italian cyber-surveillance firm Hacking Team), and more organized criminals targeting valuable data for re-sale or exploitation.

“I expect China will make lots of cyber-treaties with their major trade partners,” said Fireeye’s Bryce Boland. “This is an easy way for them to build up their reputation on tackling cyber-crime. But some hacking will continue anyway. After all, hacking for national security purposes remains fair game for China, and its definitions as to what constitutes national security remain vague.”

Finally, despite advancements in security software and increased awareness about cyber-threats, Boland said one fact is undeniable: As more things as varied as thermostats, cars, and appliances connect to the web, someone out there will surely try to hack into it.

“More things to attack means more extortion opportunities,” Boland said. “Imagine a world where an attacker can brick your home, your car, until you pay a ransom. Far too many of the things finding their way to the Internet should not be there, so expect many, many more attacks on industrial-control systems in the coming year.”

One of the most searched for and hotly debated topics on colour grading forums, websites, podcasts and tech shows is that of “Affordable Colour Grading Monitors”.

The monitors are listed by brand in alphabetical order but be sure not to miss the final section on LG OLED TVs and their new 32 inch OLED computer monitor.

Unsurprisingly, I haven’t personally purchased all 14+ monitors in this post to compare them side by side after extensive testing, but I hope this comparison of the listed specification and detailed information on the things to consider when buying an affordable colour grading monitor, leaves you better informed to make your own decision.

TLDR: When you put ‘affordable’ in front of colour grading monitor, this is like saying ‘affordable luxury car’, the real deal is expensive for a reason. Professional reference monitors cost many (tens of) thousands and can be calibrated to a fine degree with an equally expensive specialised probe by a fully qualified technician, for a reason.

But that is not what you are looking for when you Google “Affordable colour grading monitors” so with that in mind check out the ASUS Pro Art PA329Cor the LG 32BN67U-B for 32″, true 10 bit, UHD monitors with solid colour accuracy at an ‘affordable’ price.

You may also find it helpful to read these two other posts: How to use an OLED in Post Production and a detailed round up of 4K Video Editing Monitors.

That said, colour-critical monitors which can be accurately calibrated and will get you most of the way there, are now very ‘affordable’, for example $1000-$3000 instead of $6000 – $30,000.

The Flanders Scientific DM170 drops down to a bargain price of $3,495 for a 17″ 1920 x 1080 10bit LCD display. For comparison the cheapest FSI monitor is the 2021 AM211, a 21.5″ HD 8bit monitor for $1,995.

One benefit of buying a cheaper model from a more expensive brand is the trickle-down tech effect, where the AM211 features a “new backlight uses a very similar LED element to that found in our higher-end DM170, DM240, and XM310K monitors.“

Watching a colorist and a calibration technician judge a collection of different monitors whilst sat directly in front of them, is another really helpful place to start.

In the course of about 50 minutes Colorist Warren Eagles and Stuart Pointon cover the monitors listed below as well as five ‘monitor myths’ such “It’s just for the internet so I’ll colour grade it on my laptop…”

Contrast Ratio – This will probably make the biggest difference to your perception of the images on display. Glossy displays tend to have a higher contrast ratio than matte displays. According to chapter 2 of Alexis Van Hurkman’s Color Correction Handbook 2nd Ed. (paraphrasing here) for an LCD display 1400:1 (glossy) or 1100:1 (matte) or better, is a good ball park. For OLED 5000:1 is a good ball park.

Black Levels – Having deep blacks is what colorists are always looking for, not muddy grey ones. Deep gorgeous blacks with plenty of detail still in them. Partly this impacts on your perceived contrast and partly it’s a sign of a good display panel. OLED panels beat LCD in this and the contrast department.

Brightness – SDR (Standard Definition) is mastered to a 100 nit brightness range. HDR is usually mastered to 1000 or 4000 nits. True HDR reference monitors are incredibly expensive. My focus in this post is on SDR use-cases.

1D vs 3D LUT – Even if your display can be calibrated the precision with which that can be achieved will be dictated in part by the complexity of the calibration LUT, which bridges the gap between the colours the display is receiving and what it should be sending. A 3D LUT is preferable for colour accurate calibration.But only a few monitors make this user accessible.

Colorist David Torcivia has a really helpful explanation of some of these key terms in the first of his two-part post on Colour Grading Monitors. He also offers some practical suggestions on how monitors of different capabilities will alter your image, according to their specification.

In part 2 of his post David considers several professional monitors that he thinks you should be saving up for including brands such as Flanders Scientific, Dolby, Panasonic, Sony, HD2Line and a few others. All in all, very much well worth listening to what a professional colorist has to say on the matter.

In all of my research of the ‘best colour grading monitors’ or the best ‘video editing monitors for 2021’ most sites are still recommending monitors which are not true 10-bit, but rather 8bit +FRC.

At long last we have come to the point where I round up a few potential high-end computer monitors and suggest that you use these as a pretty good way of viewing your images.

It goes without saying that there are likely plenty of other excellent monitors out there but I’ve chosen to focus on the main brands and models that I would most likely choose from, when selecting a new monitor, to use for editing and grading on my Mac Pro.

It’s worth noting that very few displays these days offer the 4096 x 2160 true 4K resolution, but the price bump to monitors that do, doesn’t seem to be worth it.

Having considered the spec of all the monitors in this list the ASUS Pro Art PA329C (2019) is my top pick for the specification it delivers at an affordable price for a colour accurate monitor.

There are a couple of BenQ monitors that look like they would be good contenders for our needs; the BenQ PV270 (2016) that Warren and Stuart mention in the monitor shootout (above) stating that it “Calibrates really well“, which was replaced by the SW271C in 2020, as well as the larger SW321C (2020), the PD3220U (2018) and the newer PD2725U (2021).

Although it doesn’t have a Thunderbolt 3.0 port to help connect multiple monitors, this isn’t a big problem for me as a 32″ display is all I can fit on my desk!

The BenQ monitors I have included now come with a ‘Verified by Calman’ certificate, which you would hope means that they stand a chance of being colour accurate in the real world.

Eizo monitors have always seemed like a premium option to me, whenever I ran into one at a post house or client edit suite. They always looked great and had professional calibration features and options at hand.

Then we get onto the sensors, with the CGs having a self-calibration sensor allowing the monitor to be calibrated without the need of an external device, whereas the CS monitors can be calibrated, but only using an external device such as a Spyder or iOne Display.

HP offer a wide range of monitors creative professionals might be interested in under their Z Displays series, a subset of which are (more well known) Dream Color monitors.

I’m writing this on my (now discontinued) LG 31MU97B 10bit 4K (4096 x 2160) monitor, which I have loved using for the past few years. From my experience, LG monitors and OLED TVs are superb.

In this last but not least section of the post, I’m going to cover LG’s OLED TVs, their brand new OLED monitor and some of their ‘regular’ computer monitors too.

The LG 55″ OLED TVs are incredibly popular with editors and colorists as client monitors, and suffer less from uniformity issues than the larger 65-88″ screens. You can also calibrate them to a professional standard and each year LG seems to add further functionality to assist with this.

LG are launching two new OLED Monitors in 2021, the 32″ EP950 and the 27″ EP950. If they have essentially the same spec other than the screen size it will be:

I wanted to include them here as a potential nod to the future and it will be interesting to see how they compare to other similarly priced mini-LED monitors designed for professional HDR use. (See next section below)

Some high end computer monitors feature in-built calibration devices, although one would (safely?) assume that a dedicated probe will deliver far better results. The two main industry standards are Light Illusion’s ColourSpace and Portrait Display’s Calman.

The X-Rite i1 Display Pro Plus is the most recommended low-cost probe, and some of the HDR monitors above, for example the ASUS ProArt ships with one included. Warren and Stuart discuss working with the X-rite probe and how to ‘hack’ it here. But the safest bet is to buy a Rev.B OEM version from LightIllusion. I would recommend reading this entire thread on LiftGammaGain to discover the ins and outs of that.

Most ‘lower-end’ monitors can only leverage 3x1D LUTs instead of the more comprehensive 3D LUTs, some of these are only accessible to the internal (own-brand) calibration software, as opposed to accessible to something like ColourSpace or Calman.

Colorist Patrick Inhofer from Tao of Color.com, recently interviewed Bram Desmet, CEO of Flanders Scientific, on the detailed technical ins and outs of calibrating a monitor. If you want a lot more details than I’ve included in this post, and to learn a tremendous amount about the current state of grading monitors and calibrating, you should definitely take the time to listen to both interviews.

Boland Communications provide customers with premium quality LCD and OLED monitors available in worldwide formats.  You’ll see amazing images with enhanced Ultra Pixel picture quality in varying light and viewing conditions.  Boland is constantly pushing the boundaries in new technology, outfitting their LCD monitors with the widest colour gamut and ultra-deep blacks.  Red, green and blue stability is guaranteed by the All-Digital 10-bit Processing.  From the Full Resolution 42 “ monitors to the smallest and light-weight field monitors, you can count on Boland image precision.  PAT is Boland’s authorised re-seller for Australia and New Zealand.

Professional Audio & Television has supplied Boland monitors to major broadcasters, post production houses and even aviation companies.  Boland’s product range covers applications for control rooms, remote and OB Vans, Film and TV Field Productions, ENG Vans & Helicopters, Inflight Entertainment and much more.  While most LCD Monitors have a span of the extended colour spectrum / Wide Colour Gamut of only 40%, Boland has a span of 72% to 100% with controlled SMPTE C colour temperature and 6400° white colour standard, providing deep rich colours.

Victoria S. Boland is counsel in Dechert’s global finance practice. Ms. Boland focuses her practice in commercial real estate finance and investment with concentrations in the origination, acquisition, syndication and disposition of mortgage loans, mezzanine financings and subordinate debt. In addition, Ms. Boland has experience in post-closing modifications, loan sales and purchases, and restructurings. She has represented a number of investment banks, life insurance companies, commercial banks, institutional investors, loan servicers and private equity funds.

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