For anyone that might be interested, I just got off the phone with the Senior Product Manager for Sony Professional Displays. Calibrating the PVM-2541 OLED monitor will be fully-automated and will take all of 10 seconds.
The recommended sensor (X-Rite i1Pro) needs to be attached to a computer which, in turn, is connected to your LAN. The monitor, which has a preset IP address -- must also be connected to your LAN (via wired or wireless).
Sony provides free calibration software -- and with their permission I have uploaded it to the Files section of the List. The file is called: LMD_AutoWhiteBalance.zip -- and you can find it here: http://goo.gl/XsWbT
The process is quite simple if you are using an HD-SDI signal. Naturally, there is no adjustment for Phase, Saturation and Hue. You simply set your color space (EBU, SMPTE-C, ITU-709), set your color temperature (D65, D93), set your gamma (2.4, 2.2, CRT) and you set your brightness (which defaults to 150 -- but should be set to 100 in a light controlled room). For reference, the monitor's Black Level is automatically derived from the gamma setting.
You attach the X-Rite to the monitor, run the software -- and the program controls the monitor over Ethernet (switching it between 100% and 20% white). After approximately 10 seconds, the white balance and black balance of the monitor will be calibrated.
The monitor starts shipping in the first and second week of September -- and there is apparently a large back-order already in place.
Lastly, Sony sells its own version of the X-Rite sensor -- minus X-Rite's software and some other accessories which are not necessary for the PVM. Sony's part number is: EOPRHWK and the price is $925.
Hope this useful for someone.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@...> wrote:
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> My work day is typically 24 hours (at least that's what my client's expect).
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> However, I estimate critical monitoring being required for 33% of that time.
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> And, finally, for anyone who might be interested, I have uploaded the PVM-2541 manual to the Files section (it is not currently available online).
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> The file is called: PVM-2541_OM.pdf
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> And you can find it here: http://goo.gl/mSqFM
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q. Silverio" <domqsilverio@> wrote:
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> > 8 hour work day? Wimp!
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> > Dom Q. Silverio
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> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM, blafarm <blafarm@> wrote:
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> > > As the final installment on this soap opera -- I heard back from Sony
> > > Engineering regarding my last PVM OLED questions. For anyone who might be
> > > interested:
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> > > Question: How frequently might I need to calibrate the PVM in a post
> > > production environment?
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> > > Answer: Depending on usage, you should check it between every two weeks
> > > and once a month.
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> > >
> > > Question: Will I will need to calibrate it more frequently towards the end
> > > of the OLED lifespan?
> > >
> > > Answer: No, the period between adjustments would not change
> > >
> > >
> > > Question: How long will the OLED display last, in a post production
> > > environment where the monitor will have 8 hours of use per day?
> > >
> > > Answer: 30,000 hrs. So 8hr's a day for 5 days is 40hr. 52 weeks in a year
> > > x 40hrs. is 2080 hrs. 30,000 hrs would be 14 years.
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> > >
> > > Hope this information is useful to someone.
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