The suite
A small, dark room in Glasgow built for one job: showing you exactly what your audience will see. Here is what is in it, and why each part matters.
Reference monitor
31 in
Sony BVM-HX3110
A 4,000-nit HDR reference display. We grade the HDR and SDR versions on the same panel, so the two match.
Surround
D65
Bias light at 10% of peak white
A daylight-white lamp behind the monitor and grey walls keep your eyes from drifting warm or cool over a long day.
Calibration
30 days
Measured every month
We check the monitor with a Colorimetry Research CR-300 probe and correct it in Calman. The report goes in your delivery notes.
Grading
ACES
Colour-managed end to end
DaVinci Resolve Studio on an Advanced Panel, working in ACES or the camera’s own log space, whichever your pipeline uses.
Every month starts here
24 patches, each measured against its published value.
If a patch drifts, we correct the monitor before the next session. The grey behind this page is patch 22, neutral 5.
Not in Glasgow? Watch the grade live.
We stream the suite’s output to a calibrated iPad Pro that we post to you, or to your own reference monitor. You see the same picture we do, with under a second of delay, and talk to us the whole time.