Canon announced a new 17” HDR monitor and showed it latest 2000 cd/m² HDR monitor as well. This latter is not based on the Panasonic, million-to-one dual modulation panel. (New Crop of 2000 cd/m² HDR Monitors Coming)
The 17” monitor, dubbed DPV1710, is actually UHD, not DCI-4K resolution and can fit into a 19” rack. Peak luminance is 300 cd/m² but the black level is a very low 0.005 cd/m². It can accept HDR signals in the following format: HDR10 (PQ), HLG, Canon Log2, Canon Log3, Arri log. It will also do internal transformations of these signals to PQ, HLG or BT.1882 (709). The color space is the Canon cinema gamut, which is larger than BT.2020, but the RGB primaries allow display of 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. It is available now for $12K.
Two years ago, Canon showed a 30” 2000 cd/m² monitor as a prototype. At NAB 2017, they showed a new prototype that is now much closer to a final product, although no delivery date has been set yet. The black level is a low 0.005 cd/m² as well and it will also use the Canon cinema gamut with 100% coverage of DCI-P3.
Canon already offers the VP2420 24” HDR monitor for on set use. It offers 1200 cd/m² peak luminance with the same black level at 0.005 cd/m². It can accept a RAW 4K signal from a Canon camera and de-Bayer in the monitor. It has a 10-bit IPS panel and an 18-bit processing engine that can accommodate an ACES color correction workflow on set as well. It is available today for $30K. – CC
