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Looking for a good on-board monitor. Recommendations?


Henry Spreckler

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I'm located in Los Angeles. Where can I find you?

 

Being honest, I was thinking of just going with IKAN but if you're close by, a visit wouldn't hurt.

 

Also, I'm big on customer service. I don't want to have to spend 2-3k of my own money on a monitor just to come to a dead-end when it comes to needing help if my monitor is having issues, or if i'm unhappy with it.

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Hey Lars. Any chance you'll be making it out to IBC this September?

Hi Michael,

 

perhaps. It all comes down to the work schedule here at home. I'm hoping to make it, even though it might be just fly up and down on the same day.

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Here is a quick list of the HighBright HD monitors and Digital levels available on the market.

Prices might not be updated.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aln7iPn_kB2sdHowWElqVk1HWlRkdjgxcjJKN01XRGc&usp=sharing

 

Those prices seem right as far as IKAN and BON. What's great when I went in last week was, I got a 20% August discount because supposedly BON is coming out with some new products in September at the IBC. Quite worth it, IMO.

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External. But I use a Cinetronic Gen 2 on my sled (though the DP7 would proably work just as well). I use the DP7 as my operators monitor and for pretty much everything other than steadicam. It's super well made, works great in bright light, it's got a huge screen for a small sized monitor, it's light, it has reletivly low power draw, it has built in everything.

 

It ranks right up there with my PRO as 'happy purchases'...

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Having spoken to my steadicam colleague here in Norway, I must rephrase my previous comment on BON customer service. I still have a bad experience with them, but this was through a 3rd party in the US who distributed BON monitors. My colleague says he has dealt directly with BON South-Korea and is very happy with their service. There was one small incident, but nothing to mention.

 

I'll see you at IBC Michael, and we can speak there.

 

LE

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