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WK Bohannon, founder of Manx Research, an independent evailuator of projection and display systems, has more than 25 years of experience in high-tech industries in areas from nuclear spectroscopy to high-energy laser systems and artificial intelligence. He worked as chief scientist for Display Products at Proxima Corporation from 1989 to 1994, and lived through the birth of today's small electronics presentation systems.
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Articles By WK Bohannon
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New warping and morphing effects for After Effects, Shake, discreet Systems and combustion 4
If you're looking for a slim, compact, large-screen viewing system for your studio that works well under a wide range of viewing and lighting conditions, today's mid-size (42-inch) plasmas just might fit the bill.
Recessions make us think small. Distinctions blur. The digital studio monitor market isn’t as healthy or profitable as it’s been, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of large-screen, luminous, high-resolution displays out there. Market conditions be damned, display manufacturers are thinking big and bright—and so should we, as we survey the current crop of LCDs, plasmas, and rear-screen projectors.
Suppose you are putting together the "ultimate" DVD or HD production studio--which type of monitor will serve you best?
EDITOR'S CHOICE. If I were allowed only one plasma screen, the NEC 61MP1 is the one I'd take. With a 61-inch diagonal screen--which makes for about 1,591 square inches of viewing pleasure--NEC has finally produced a plasma big enough for me. Of course, such conspicuous consumption has its pros and cons. On the pro side are its big size and good brightness, contrast, uniformity, and color saturation. On the con side: 134-pound heft, high power consumption, and lack of speakers.
Today’s portable projectors have heads for business and heft for travel, but the smartest and sleekest of the lot have cards for memory, too, which takes the PC out of the game—and puts the sore-shouldered itinerant presenter back in.
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