Alister Chapman
August 10th, 2010, 12:39 AM
Hi all.
For a while I used a Zalman M220W as a monitor for my editing (works great with stereoscopic toolbox) but decided I wanted to upgrade to the newer 1920x1080 M215W.
The old M220W was nice to have as passive glasses are IMHO the easiest to use for editing as shutter glasses present flicker problems when viewing non sync monitors. The 220W however is 1680x 1050 resolution which is not ideal but it's biggest problem is the very narrow vertical viewing angle than needs you to get your head in exactly the right spot. I wasn't really expecting that much of a difference from the Zalman M215W but I have found that the viewing angle is greater. It still isn't huge, probably around twice that of the older model but it is much easier to adjust the angle now for a comfortable and not too constrained viewing angle.
The image quality is very good, colours are bright and vivid. It is very contrasty, and this did give me a few problems getting it colour calibrated. Once dialled in however I'm very happy with my new S3D edit monitor.
For a while I used a Zalman M220W as a monitor for my editing (works great with stereoscopic toolbox) but decided I wanted to upgrade to the newer 1920x1080 M215W.
The old M220W was nice to have as passive glasses are IMHO the easiest to use for editing as shutter glasses present flicker problems when viewing non sync monitors. The 220W however is 1680x 1050 resolution which is not ideal but it's biggest problem is the very narrow vertical viewing angle than needs you to get your head in exactly the right spot. I wasn't really expecting that much of a difference from the Zalman M215W but I have found that the viewing angle is greater. It still isn't huge, probably around twice that of the older model but it is much easier to adjust the angle now for a comfortable and not too constrained viewing angle.
The image quality is very good, colours are bright and vivid. It is very contrasty, and this did give me a few problems getting it colour calibrated. Once dialled in however I'm very happy with my new S3D edit monitor.