The Offset Podcast EP050: Multiple vs. Single Display Color Suites

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In this episode of The Offset Podcast we’re taking a look at an often debated topic:  Using multiple monitors or a single monitor in a color suite.

It used to be in color suites around the world a single top tier CRT monitor was the only one in the room.  But as time went on and CRTs were phased out, a new paradigm emerged - the operators reference monitor and a larger client monitor.  This kind of setup has persisted in color suites for over two decades.

While the reference/client monitor setup is ubiquitous, it’s not without issues.  Room setup/positioning becomes vital, managing metamerism issues when using two different display technologies are used can be a battle and perceptual matching between monitors can be challenging.  

But what if you could eliminate multi-display issues and depend on a single large reference monitor - well thats not without its own issues!

In this episode we’ll explore this topic including covering some specifics including:

• Recap on traditional color room monitoring setups
• Grading theaters - a model for a single display room
• Mimicking the living room and challenges that presents 
• What’s metamerism and why its such an important topic in multi-display setups
• Issues mixing display technologies
• The importance of room layouts
• Perceptual matching - what is it and does it work?
• The downsides of perceptual matching
• And more!  

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