The Offset Podcast EP031: Discussing Monitors Part 2

In this episode, we’re continuing our discussion with monitoring experts Bram Desmet from Flanders Scientific, Nate McFarlin from Dolby, and David Abrams from Avical/Portrait Displays

Some of the specific topics we cover in this episode include:

• How are panels actually made? And why does it cost billions?
• The role of material science in panel manufacturing 
• Understanding the split between panel manufacturers and consumer brands of the same name
• The importance of viewing environment in regards to display performance
• Understanding preference vs accuracy
• The shift to consumer-sized panels as reference monitors and the ongoing challenges of using multiple monitors
• Building meter matrices with the four color method, and are there better approaches, like the Bodner method or the volumetric approaches used by some calibration software
• Revisiting using consumer displays in a professional setting & why consumer TV companies have little incentive to integrate reference capabilities
• Continuing challenges of Rec.2020
• Calibrating computer monitors, iPads, and mobile devices

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