SmallHD announces 5 new touch screen camera monitors

SmallHD only just announced their new 703 Bolt wireless monitor a couple of months ago. And it should start shipping this week. But that’s not enough for SmallHD. Oh, no! With NAB just a day or two away, they’ve now announced five other new monitors, too. The SmallHD Focus now comes in an SDI flavour. There’s two new 1920×1080 Touchscreen OLED Focus monitors in both HDMI and SDI varieties and a new pair of Focus Bolt TX and RX wireless monitors.

SmallHD Focus OLED HDMI & SDI

The specs on the two Focus OLED screens are essentially identical. The only difference is that one uses HDMI while the other uses SDI. Ok, two differences, the SDI version comes with a $100 price increase, too.

Panel Type OLED w/ Touchscreen
Size Diagonal 5.5
Resolution 1920×1080
Pixel Density (PPI) 402
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Active Area 5.5
Brightness 350 nits
Contrast 60000:1
Color Gamut 105% NTSC
Color Depth 8-bit
Viewing Angle 160 Degrees

The Focus OLED HDMI is available to pre-order now for $699 and is expected to ship on April 30th. The Focus OLED SDI is also available to pre-order now for $799 and ships on May 31st.

SmallHD Focus SDI

The original SmallHD Focus has also seen a bit of an upgrade, too. Although the feature set hasn’t changed, they say that many users requested an SDI version, so SmallHD have delivered.

Panel Type IPS Touchscreen
Size Diagonal 5
Resolution 1280×720
Pixel Density (PPI) 294
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Active Area 5
Brightness 800 nits
Colour Gamut 70% NTSC
Colour Depth 10-bit processing
Viewing Angle 160 Degrees

This, too, sees a $100 increase over its HDMI flavour. The SmallHD Focus SDI is available to pre-order now for $599 and ships at the end of April.

SmallHD Focus Bolt TX & RX

Now these are very nice indeed. They are two separate monitors, although obviously intended to work as a pair.

The Focus Bolt TX is an on-camera field monitor which features a built in Teradek 500′ transmitter. Aside from its wireless capability, it’s essentially the same as the original Focus HDMI monitor. The Focus Bolt RX is also the same spec screen, but with a built in receiver.

Panel Type IPS Touchscreen
Size Diagonal 5
Resolution 1280×720
Pixel Density (PPI) 294
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Active Area 5
Brightness 800 nits
Colour Gamut 70% NTSC
Colour Depth 10-bit processing
Viewing Angle 160 Degrees

The Bolt TX is also compatible with the soon-to-be-released 703 Bolt, too. Each priced at $1,299, they’re not inexpensive by any means. But if you need wireless viewing of your cameras, or you want to be able to let your director see your camera as you film while also giving you the ability to see what you’re doing, it looks like a great solution.

The SmallHD Focus Bolt TX available to pre-order now for $1,299 and ships at the end of May. The SmallHD Focus Bolt RX is also available to pre-order now for $1,299 and it, too, ships at the end of May.

Find out more on the SmallHD website.