The DM160 from Flanders Scientific comes in at a slight 5.8 lbs (2.6kg) but with a full feature set. For your $4500, you’ll get a 16-inch 10-bit OLED HD panel. That kind of spec puts it in the critical color territory for production, post-production and HD broadcast. But what more does it offer? The DM160 also features a third-generation Color Fidelity and LUT Interpolation Engine, searching for the highest and most accurate color reproduction and powerful look management. Working color spaces on offer are Rec.709, EBU, SMPTE-C, DCI P3, Rec.2020 Emulation (which means it doesn’t fully cover the Rec.2020 color space), native Wide Gamut, and custom user-generated color spaces. Flanders Scientific DM160: made by Zunzheng in Shenzhen, China. Image source: Flanders Scientific All monitors in the DM series also offer additional gamma, peak luminance and color temperature toggles. The new color engine features tetrahedral LUT interpolation for greater accuracy and visual performance than hardware using trilinear LUT interpolation. The unit can also store up to 16 3D LUTs. The DM160 can work with all the color systems at the top of the image. Image credit: Flanders Scientific As part of an on-set color management system A big selling point for the DM160 monitor is its integration into a dailies color setup. You won’t need a separate LUT management add-on, as you can see in the video below for Livegrade’s integration details. There’s also support from apps like FSI’s own DM Series IP Remote Utility, Pomfort’s Livegrade Pro, QTake’s Grade Module,...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 23 March, 2023