[Tig] Artifacts on a Plane!

[Greg D.]

Again, very few care about quality!  Especially when costs are being kept so
low like in the airline biz.  I'm sure there is absolutely (hardly any at
least) no time for TV maintenance SCHEDULED for airlines' planes except
during a D check every 4-5 yrs (maybe during a C (12-18 mo).  I doubt they
ever delay a flight for a bad passenger monitor??  There certainly isn't any
"requirement" for the passengers' tvs to look decent!  Just hope the
maintenance on the parts that matter is done right!!  I guess the airlines
may have a division for passenger entertainment and maintenance/engineers
for the stuff.  Or do the FAA Certified A/P mechanics do the tvs too?
-Greg Dildine



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Subject: [Tig] Mother F'in Artifacts on a Plane!


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Hello all,

just had the (extreme) pleasure of traveling to the Virgin Islands
after finishing a feature doc (render finished in the nick of time
thankfully).  I should have stayed down there a while longer, but I
had to get back so I could make this post.

What is up with the way airlines treat their CRT monitors/playback
system?

United gets an F for color and image quality.   The monitor nearest
me was almost black and white, the top 1/3 of the screen was
distorted, while the next monitor was bleeding saturation, the next
in line was crushed beyond recognition, etc.   It was so bad I
couldn't watch the film (All the Kings Men)

American gets a C-.  They screened "The Illusionist."   The monitors
were sorta in the same color temp, but the gain and gamma were wacked
to the point I could clearly see vignette mask, grads, and other
tidbits we're supposed to keep hidden from the public eye.   I had to
switch my attention back and forth between monitors to guess what the
colorist had in mind.

The CRTs could be nice, but it would seem the airlines are letting
them slide until they can afford to replace them with even worse
seatback LEDs.   I left my mac in LA because I didn't want to do any
work.  Stupid me.  Should have brought it along just for
entertainment purposes.

Since the airlines do contribute to the studios bottom line, wouldn't
it make sense to have a monitor standard like we have with projector
standards?  I suggest us Tig-ers start a moveon.org-type initiative
to force QC standards, although I need another cup of coffee before I
can come up with a snappy name.

T




timothy norman huber
DP/Colorist
Switch Studios
venice

switch-studios.com
timothyhuber at mac.com



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