[Monitor] This does everything it says it'll do. I'm not a professional. This was purchased to record a broadcast. The pass-through port is what went out. Quality is excellent. Room was warm and one of our cameras had some issues. However, this unit was in use for more than two-hours straight and did not complain at all. Image quality is insane. Glad I spent more for the 7 model.

[1.5 ft] This is an amazing monitor, chock full of great features. The screen is super-sharp, which gives us a leg up on camera focus, and the focus assist utility is amazing. Having both SDI and HDMI options gives us much needed flexibility, and the onboard SD card recording capability is a huge win.

[PVC] i use this to record my VJ performances and when i cant/dont want to stand behind the camera, great for monitoring

[75 Ohm] I LOVE the screen. It's fantastic and it makes me wish I had one this good for watching college football. It is super clear, great color, very bright. The touch interface works very well and is super intuitive. I'm pretty sure anyone who has used a phone from this century could find exactly what they need. Histogram is nice, audio meters are nice, simple battery meter. There is only one SD card slot so that may be a problem for some, also the card capacity is not on the 'home' screen. It is a single swipe away but may annoy some. You will need fast cards to record on. As a non-scientific example I recorded onto SanDisk Extreme (45MB/s) at 1080p 59.94 in ProRes just fine but dropped frames with ProResHQ. I feel a little anxious about having a fan on the back. I'm worried about how it will do if dirt or water gets in; the noise is minimal. So if you're looking for a magic wonder box that can scale, focus assist, make you a latte and generally hold your hand then this probably isn't for you. If you're looking for a inexpensive way to record high bit-rate video then it's hard to beat. I own quite a few BMD products and it is my experience that they keep getting better over time. Firmware updates add features and suddenly my investment has become more valuable. I expect that from this product but I guess only Grant Petty knows for sure. I don't usually like to review products that I've only had for a few days but since there are so few of these in the world I'm hoping to be of some help to those of you considering a purchase. *I have been testing with an FS100

[1.5 ft] Great monitor and recorder with big possibilities. HDMI and SDI inputs/ outputs, big variety of recording formats, very good monitor, too. Very good option for the price.

[1.5 ft] Works very well, makes it so I can record my laptop on the go without a performance hit. Eventually I may use on a camera, but for my needs currently, works well.

[75 Ohm] I use this, coupled with an analog to digital converter, to record the output of my old consumer video cameras for my YouTube channel.
Yes, it's overkill, but it makes recording video from old cameras fun and hassle free. Once I have the files recorded, I can easily transfer them right away into my computer for editing purposes. You will also need to purchase a BlackMagic analog to digital converter to go with this. The BMD Video Assist is the the Swiss Army Knife of video recorders! My only regret was not getting the 12G model.

[1.5 ft] I was pleased with this monitor, the 5 does what I need and also works great. I enjoy the ease of use and how simple it is to do what I need it to do.

[6G-SDI / audio] cool size, very good quality allover, getting pretty warm during operation.
I'm just missing an adaptor cable for the special SDI-connectors, or at least a clear indication to the necessary accessory...

[6G-SDI / audio] I've had this monitor now for 2 weeks, and I've used it on one shoot. The cameras I've used it with are a Nikon D810 and a Blackmagic Pocket Camera. As with the BMPCC and other Blackmagic products, it's already an excellent product, but I expect that it will improve further with firmware updates. And also as with the BMPCC, I don't know of anything else that can compete for quality at the price. So far: * The image quality on the monitor is excellent in terms of sharpness. I bought this primarily to judge focus, and it delivers even without a peaking feature (which I expect is coming). Color is not accurate, but that's true of most other products at this price level. I hope that color improves with software. * Solid build quality. The only monitor of comparable build in this price range that I know is the slightly pricier SmallHD DP4. * The SDI and HDMI inputs. While I wish it had the more robust locking full-sized SDI, there are very few monitors with SDI capability AT ALL at this price level, and the only option I tried had a very poor image. * The built-in ProRes recorder is great. It allows me to get longer record times out of my D810 (it may improve image quality as well, but I hadn't noticed). I already had invested in the appropriate cards for my BMPCC. It also was a life-saver for the BMPCC when I unexpectedly ran out of room on the card I had in the camera-- I just started the recorder just before the card ran out, seamlessly joined the clips into one long clip in my editing software. So I'll look forward to updates that enable additional features (peaking, perhaps more exposure tools) and hope that one also improve color accuracy. But I can already recommend this device wholeheartedly at this price level. Your choice is really probably just about whether or not you need to step up to a unit that can record 4k.