I purchased this so that I can have dedicated monitoring for my four input sources going into my AMP during a live streaming broadcast and it works pretty good. I know the AMP has multi-view via the HDMI out, but I use the HDMI out from the AMP to my Atomos Ninja V for a backup recording of the main program output. With this unit, I still have preview monitoring, and a secondary backup of my program output. I also like the fact that I can go to full screen on any of the four inputs if I need to. I also like that I can monitor the audio from each input as well from the headphone jack.
One thing I wish was better is the switching to listen to each source’s audio. I wish there was a physical button I can just tap on to cycle through each audio source. Instead, I have to dive into multiple levels of the monitor’s menu in order to cycle through the different audio sources. Not a trivial thing if you’re in the middle of live switching a show, and you want to quickly preview source audio. Not a deal-breaker, as I don’t need to do it so frequently, but enough to make it a bit of a nitpick nuisance. Also, I think this is a bit of a pricey monitor for what it is. It doesn’t even offer waveform/vector-scopes, RGB parade, etc. for the price. It would have been a great deal if this was like $50-$75bucks less.
Overall, it is a worthwhile investment for my workflow. If you’re not needing to do a backup recording via the HDMI output of the AMP, then this becomes less of a need as multi-view takes care of previewing your sources. If you have an Atem Mini, this is a very useful monitor to have, since there is no multi-view in that unit. I would even venture to say, it is almost a necessity if you want to be able to easily monitor and preview your inputs before taking it live during a show.
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