OT: What TV for preview

Peter100 wrote on 1/26/2015, 12:52 PM
I'd like to expand my studio with a new TV (for preview). It will be connected to DVD, Bluray players and maybe to my computer.
What TV would you recommend. I'm thinking about 32' Sony 700B
http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/televisions/w700b-series

Is there any possibility of calibrating this TV? Unfortunatly Sony phone technical support knows only the main catalogue informations from their website. Nothing more.

P.S. I know that the quality broadcast monitor would be the best choice, but it significantly exceeds my budget. So the main purpose of this TV would be checking if intelace is correct. Also I wold like to use it for color checking. I know it will be more or less, but I would like just to avid the situation that colors, which look OK on my computer, will appear on my clients' TVs as psychedelic dream.

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OldSmoke wrote on 1/26/2015, 1:03 PM
You can calibrate the TV with the Spyder from Datacolor for use with your BD/DVD player. There is also an upgrade for SpyderPro owners.

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Tom Pauncz wrote on 1/26/2015, 1:04 PM
That's the exact one I use in my setup. Driven through a BMD Decklink Studio2 card.
Works a treat. Also connected to Blu-ray player in the setup.
Tom
musicvid10 wrote on 1/26/2015, 1:06 PM
Calibrize is free software..
It assumes a working knowledge of primaries, levels, and gamma.

Peter100 wrote on 1/26/2015, 1:11 PM
So, calibating is not matter of TV model. How does it work? Is it hardware calibration or just creating image profile for graphic card or BD player?

For example in some decent monitors you can perform hardware calibration (LUT) without ICC profile.
Peter100 wrote on 2/1/2015, 3:46 PM
OK. So to end the thread, I've purchased Sony TV (32W705B). This is 32" TV - the smallest TV produced now by Sony.
It probably has Vertical Alignment display and colors are, in my opinion, quite OK for this price.
Here is a review of this TV:
http://hdtvpolska.com/topic/32749-test-review-lcd-led-sony-kdl-42w705b-sony-kdl-32w705b-sony-kdl-50w705b-w705b-w706b-w705-w706/

Also, in the meantime, I found an video presenting a process of TV calibration with Spyder 4 TV HD: