At NAB this year, ikan showcased a few upcoming monitors with some strong features. The VX9i-2K takes up to 4:4:4 2K resolution via 2x 3G-SDI, HDMI, component, or composite inputs with active cross-conversion available for HD-SDI/HDMI output. It's also sports pretty much all the scopes you'd ever need with 5" of screen real estate still available for live monitoring out of its 1920x1200 display. Meanwhile, the DX5 is an impressive little guy featuring full 1080 resolution on its 5" screen, the likes of which we don't see very often. Check below for more details and our NAB 2014 interview with ikan.
VX9i-2K
Here's a breakdown of the VX9i's specs:
- 1920x1200 resolution 8.9" screen
- 2x 3G-SDI & HDMI (loop-though), component, composite inputs/outputs
- HD-SDI and HDMI-SDI cross-conversion
- Waveform monitor, vectorscope, RGB parade, audio meters, false color display mode, peaking, zebras
- Battery-plate of choice
- ~$1699 MSRP
DX5
And here are the specs of the DX5:
- 1920x1080 resolution 5" screen
- HD-SDI & HDMI inputs/outputs (loop-through)
- HD-SDI and HDMI-SDI cross-conversion
- Waveform monitor, vectorscope, RGB parade, audio meters, false color display mode, peaking, zebras (assumed)
- Battery plate of choice
- ~$1399-1499 MSRP
These displays should offer some powerful functionality when they become available in a few months. Given all the monitoring/scope options, the resolution, and the I/O flexibility of the VX9i & DX5, the asking price of each unit appears far from exorbitant.
Link: ikan -- Homepage
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