New Boland DayBrite

[James Baldanza SOC]

Are you guys using the yoke provided and mounting it directly to a 1/4" single bolt?

 

When I demoed the Boland I used my Cinetronic Generation 1 Yoke. It required some spacers, as the yoke is larger than the monitor but it fit almost perfectly.

[Haris Pallas]

Dear Gary,

 

I have checked this monitor at Marcotec's website in Germany and the price is more than double (5.600 EUROS)...could you please inform me why is that?

 

I haven't contact them yet, I thought I would let you know first.

 

Thank you,

 

- Haris -

[Gary Litwin]

Hi Haris,

 

I just checked out their site. I think what has happened is that they have listed a price for the BVB07 x2, which is the twin unit version, made for side by side use (2 actual monitors).

 

Would you like me to contact them and get you a cost for a single BVB07? It should cost less (I'd assume). Marcotec's team are really good guys....I'm sure they could work something out for you :-)

 

Best,

Gary

[Haris Pallas]

Hi Gary,

 

I assumed that the x2 would be something like this but I had to be sure.

 

Yes please that would be nice...I have started looking for a new sled monitor and this one looks like an ideal choice.

 

My email is: haris_pallas@yahoo.gr

 

Thanks a lot!

 

- Haris -

[Gary Litwin]

Happy New Year everyone...I hope you had a good set of holidays?

 

Many thanks to all of you for your overwhelming support last year, and for investing in the new BVB07 DayBrite models. It ended up being one of the fastest growing models that we have ever launched in our 20 year history :-)

 

It's been a while since I posted anything here on the forum, so today I just wanted to give you a very small update. On the BVB07 (and on the 9" too), we have now adjusted the mounting holes for the battery plate, so that they are centered both H and V.

 

Also, just a kind reminder that if you are in the market for something new, when you contact me, please mention that you are forum members so I can offer our special forum discount ($300) (I usually ask, but would hate for it to get overlooked).

 

Thank you again...and best of luck to all in 2016.

 

Gary

[James Baldanza SOC]

Gary,

This is great news.

Has the firmware been updated to include Image Flip?

Thanks.

James

 

Happy New Year everyone...I hope you had a good set of holidays?

 

Many thanks to all of you for your overwhelming support last year, and for investing in the new BVB07 DayBrite models. It ended up being one of the fastest growing models that we have ever launched in our 20 year history :-)

 

It's been a while since I posted anything here on the forum, so today I just wanted to give you a very small update. On the BVB07 (and on the 9" too), we have now adjusted the mounting holes for the battery plate, so that they are centered both H and V.

 

Also, just a kind reminder that if you are in the market for something new, when you contact me, please mention that you are forum members so I can offer our special forum discount ($300) (I usually ask, but would hate for it to get overlooked).

 

Thank you again...and best of luck to all in 2016.

 

Gary

[Gary Litwin]

Hi James,

 

Sorry...no luck getting it added. Yet. I'm still asking for it....

 

By the way, for those of you that read ICG, page 20 of December's issue features a cool shot of the 7" on the set of Scandal.

[Matthias Biber]

 

If monitor software does not have a flip function, the Quattro monitor arm from cam-jam.de comes in handy.

 

I do also have mounts for the Boland BVB7 to rotate it around it´s center of gravity, even with a battery on the back of the monitor.

[Alan Rencher]

A while back, I mentioned I could make an offset plate for the 7" monitors that don't have a centered battery mount.

 

I just wanted to let you know that I've been doing some custom bracketry with my composite 3D printer, and I'm surprised at the strength and rigidity of these parts! They offer a higher strength to weight ratio than aluminum.

 

I've attached some photos of 4mm thick prints with 4 layers of continuous strand carbon fiber embedded in the print. The plastic used is a high-quality nylon, and is much less brittle than PLA used on lower-end 3D printers. This nylon won't scratch sensitive gear, either.

 

The plates have molded-in threaded inserts. Screws hold tight with less chance of stripping the nylon out

 

If anyone needs any 3D printed bracketry, I can print your designs or offer design services.

 

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You can email any requests to sales@mediablackout.net

[David M. Aronson]

Picked up one of these after seeing them at NAB. Probably the best monitor you can buy for under $2500. Customer service in unbelievable too. Gary had one on my door on the east coat in 2 days.

[Gary Litwin]

Hi David / All,

 

Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it.

 

And thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth at NAB a few weeks ago....

 

If anyone wants to take a look at the BVB07 DayBrite, or perhaps the brand new BVB17 DayBrite, I will have them at Cinegear . Please ask for me if you have a sec!!

[Beau Cuizon]

Hi All,

Just thought I'd add some info on the subject, as I also purchased a BVB07 after NAB...

I'll echo some of the comments from the other guys who've bought one -- I'm pretty happy with it. There's lots to like, including the ability to see the screen in bright daylight. Even without a hood, you can certainly see well enough to frame your shots, and with some of the in-monitor peaking functions, you can even find your focus too.

Here's a couple of shots of the monitor on an FS-700...I'm standing on a rooftop, looking out over downtown Honolulu, and the sun is straight up overhead...about 1pm in the afternoon. I know, it's always hard to tell with still pictures how good a monitor is...but hopefully it gives some idea...(you can see some diagonal lines on the close up of the screen...it's not visible to the naked eye...I think it's an artifact from the shutter speed I selected on the still camera I was using...) I was using Max Brightness on the monitor, and it worked well...more on that later.

The other thing is that in most lighting situations, you get 180 degrees of viewability, so off axis viewing is excellent, which might be especially attractive for the those who like to table the monitor on their rigs. On the rooftop, in the blazing sun, I would estimate I lost viewabilty at about 150-160 degrees...so still extremely usable in the sun.

Of course, if you get the sun in a place on the monitor screen where you're looking at a reflection of the hot ball of fire in the sky, you won't see anything but that...but give yourself a little tilt, and get rid of that reflection, and you can see just fine.

As for the functionality, there's plenty of that in the BVB07. Lots of scope functions, like histogram, vector, and waveform (which you can choose to parade, or just monitor by R/G/B),...there's a bunch of marker/frameline options. You can even build your own framelines if you like. There's also on-screen audio monitoring if you need it, on screen time code, and even a volt meter, and built in level. With the exception of the volt meter and level, you can pretty much place your scopes, etc. in the corners, or at the top and bottom of the screen.

The menus are okay -- some things are hard to find, or in places I didn't think they would be, or called something unconventional, but navigation is easy thanks to a bunch of tactile buttons, and the little jog knob on the lower right of the monitor face, which allows you not only to scroll through and select settings in the menus, but also gives you the ability to call up quick functions by simply pushing it once (without having the menus activated). Then you can cycle through commonly used functions like backlight, contrast, color, etc, and then adjust them by turning the knob left or right. Very convenient.

There's also a picture-in picture function as well, that could serve as a return monitor of some kind. You can use either the second SDI input, as well as the HDMI or composite input as your PIP source. Good news is that you can adjust the opacity of the PIP, as well place it in whatever corner of the screen you want. You can't scale the size of it per se, but there are some positioning options that you can experiment with. You can see the gray box on the second picture...I didn't have anything to put into the PIP but that's what the gray box is...

Then there's the built in level -- it works, but I'm not sure how much use it'll be to operators...it's hard to describe...it's a little herky-jerky....that is to say, the indicators just turn on and off...watching the level change isn't smooth, so you can't really judge how quickly or drastically you're falling off center...it's like the sampling rate of the accelerometer is too low, or something...not sure if I'm describing this correctly, but there it is....

Okay so here's some stuff you might take issue with -- you can't adjust the opacity of the on-screen level. Not a problem if you don't use it but just thought you'd like to know. You also can't use any other on screen functions (scopes) if you are using the level. Again, if you don't use it, no problem. Scopes...you can't adjust the size or opacity of the scopes either.

While you can create your own frameline, it doesn't appear you can create masks. Also, no vertical flip function! There is a horizontal flip function...like a mirrored mode...why have that and not a vertical flip? I'm not sure....

Max Bright -- it's bright. When you hit that function everything goes to "11"..my only issue is that is skews green when you do it. It's a more color accurate picture if you manually boost backlight/brightness/contrast through the menus...but it's just slightly dimmer...great to have one touch max bright in a pinch, though...

Other than that....I have an Gold Mount on the back of the monitor, which now comes centered from the factory...I also have the clear lexan protective cover for the monitor, which can be screwed on...but it's really reflective, so I've decided to go with velcro so I can just peel it off when I need to. So far it's very good on power, even running max bright, my Dionic HC's seem to last a good amount of time.

I've only had two other daybright monitors to compare this to..a Boland 8.4 and a Transvideo Cine 3aSB...

The Boland 8.4 was bigger, heavier and not as bright. I don't remember the menus and functions being as comprehensive as this BVB07, and it the physical size was slightly too big I thought. Picture was good, but the BVB07 is better.

The Transvideo Cine 3aSB...I have a lot of love for that little monitor. I liked the form factor, it was built extremely well, and the pots and soft touch buttons combo was great...but the screen size is superior and resolution of the BVB07 is much better, superior in every way, I think...also, notably brighter than the 1200nits the old Cine3a was rated at...nothing wrong with that Cine3a, but the BVB is a more modern monitor...

Also, shout out to Gary Litwin, whose customer service has been mentioned before, but it bears mentioning again...his communication and customer care has been top shelf.

Anyways, this got real long, but hopefully it will help someone, someplace...if you all have any questions, feel free to ask!

Beau

[Gary Litwin]

Beau, it's a tad late, but I just wanted to thank you for this shout out. Also, the same goes for Marty, James, Kyle, and Ozzie on the other Boland forum page. I really appreciate all of your support. Many many thank you's......

[William Demeritt]

How/where can you buy one of these monitors?

[Gary Litwin]

Hi William...

 

Most of the steadi ops buy from us directly. We are based in the OC.....