SWIT has announced its new BM-H245 23.8″ 4K QLED Quadview Production Monitor. I always find it a little strange when companies call monitors 4K when they are only 1080p displays.
The BM-H245 features a 23.8-inch 1920×1080 QLED panel with 100% DCI-P3 coverage. It has a claimed brightness of 400nits and a 1000:1 contrast ratio. The viewing angle is 178°.
Key features
- 23.8-inch 1920×1080 QLED Panel
- 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut coverage
- VICO 1.97 A-class Eye Protecting LCD
- 12GSDI, 4x3GSDI, HDMI2.0 4K input
- 4-ch SDI/HDMI mixed multiview
- 2-ch SDI/HDMI PBP or PIP view
- Multi Color Gamut & HDR/SDR Viewing
- Payload ID auto setting
- 18-bit internal color processing
- Audio/Video Zero latency for lip-sync
- 3DLUT Auto Self-calibration without PC
- Built-in Multi camera Delog LUTs
- User 3DLUTs upload via USB
- Waveform / Vector / Histogram / Eye pattern
- Focus assist / False color / Zebra
- 16-ch audio meters / Lissajous pattern
- 5.1 & 7.1 surround sound phase pattern
- IP webserver remote control
- TSL UMD and text TALLY display
- USB firmware upgrade
The monitor supports a single link 4K input including 12G SDI, HDMI 2.0, and Quad link 4x 3G SDI 4K inputs. You can also input 4x independent sources to multiview, or 2x sources Pic-by-Pic or Pic-in-Pic view, supports 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI and HDMI 2.0/1.4/1.3 mixed formats input, and waveform, vector, audio meters, EOTF, color gamut selection for each input.
SWIT states that the monitor supports pixel-to-pixel zoom-in when viewing 4K images on the FHD panel.
It has the usual array of video assist tools that you would expect on a production monitor.
The BM-H245 QLED panel has a Quantum Dot layer between the LCD screen and its LED backlight, which changes the LED spectrum to reduce blue and balance the R/G/B peak, which is claimed to stimulate people’s cone cells evenly, and reducing visual fatigue effectively. It scored a 1.97 on the VICO (Visual Health and Comfort) A class, which means it will help to protect your eyes from long-time video editing or broadcast studio productions.
The BM-H245 supports HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma), Dolby Vision PQ, SONY S-Log3 HDR, and Gamma 1.0/1.8/2.2/2.4/2.6 SDR EOTFs, and Color Gamut selection from LCD native, REC.709, DCI-P3 and REC.2020.
The monitor also supports input video Payload ID identify so that it will automatically set HDR/SDR EOTFs, color Gamut, input range, color space and color depth according to the Payload ID info.
There is also the ability to do Multi CG & EOTF viewing as the monitor supports 1 input source that can be copied to 4 windows all while displaying different HDR/SDR and color gamuts simultaneously. This allows users to get a correct reference when producing HDR and SDR together.
With built-in 3DLUT calibration software, the monitor supports X-rite i1 and Jeti Specbos 1211 probes that you can use to directly connect to the monitor’s USB port. The monitor generates color patterns and the color probes read the color and then send color info to the monitor via USB. The monitor then compares the color difference and generates a 3DLUT and calibrates itself automatically.
The monitor has built-in multi-camera Log to HLG1000, PQ1000 or Rec 709 SDR conversion LUTs, including Log-C, C-log, S-log2, S-log3, V-log, J-log1, RedLogFilm, etc. You can also upload User LUTs to monitor by USB. It supports 17x17x17 3DLUT cube files.
The BM-H245 supports webserver remote control by Ethernet LAN connection. You can use the computer’s web browser to open the monitor control panel, and select input sources, adjust picture parameters, set up video/audio functions and assign function keys, etc, without installing any APP.
The BM-H245 consumes 60W power, and it supports both AC 100-240V inputs and 4-pin XLR DC 12-17V inputs. It is equipped with a V-mount battery plate on the rear panel, however, there is an option for Gold Mount.
Price & Availability
The SWIT SWIT BM-H245 23.8″ 4K QLED Quadview Production Monitor is now available to pre-order for $2,499.00 USD.
