Feelworld D101-PLUS

A dual 10.1" director monitor for a 4RU rack. Two independent 1920 × 1200 IPS panels at 500 cd/m² and 1500:1, each with its own 3G-SDI, HDMI and composite BNC input. Three-colour tally, control from a computer over LAN and up to 32 custom 3D LUTs. This is not an on-camera monitor — it belongs in a rack, an OB van or a gallery desk.

Dual 10.1" director monitor for a 4RU rack

Two independent screens in one chassis

The D101 PLUS is not an on-camera monitor. It is a rack monitor: the 4RU chassis bolts into a standard nineteen-inch cabinet — a monitor wall, an OB van or a rolling stand — and carries two entirely separate ten-inch screens side by side.

Each panel has its own inputs, outputs, buttons and tally light, so one chassis watches two different cameras. The unit measures 482 × 177 × 25 mm and weighs 2 kg. If you would rather not bolt it into a rack, two metal feet fold out at the back and it stands on a desk.

1920 × 1200 on both panels

500 cd/m² brightness, 1500:1 contrast

Both screens are IPS at 1920 × 1200 with a 16:10 aspect ratio — a 16:9 picture leaves room for a line of status data underneath. Colour depth is 8 bit, that is 16.7 million colours, contrast is 1500:1 and the dot pitch 0.1128 mm.

Viewing angles are 80° each way horizontally and vertically, 160° in total, so colour holds even when several people watch from the side. 500 cd/m² is an indoor figure: ample for a gallery, a van or a studio, while shooting in direct sun calls for an on-camera monitor above 1000 nits.

Separate inputs and outputs for each screen

Every panel has its own set of connectors: 3G-SDI in and out on BNC, HDMI in and out, composite video in and out on BNC, and a pair of RCA jacks for analogue L/R audio. Each panel also has its own headphone output.

Over HDMI the monitor takes 4K 3840 × 2160 and 4096 × 2160 at 60, 50, 30, 25 and 24 frames; over SDI it takes 1080p up to 60 frames including the 24sF and 23.98sF segmented modes. The composite input recognises PAL and NTSC on its own.

Three-colour tally on the front

A tally light sits above each screen and shows red, green or yellow — on air, preview and recording. During a live show the crew can see which camera is live without asking anyone.

It connects at the back through a standard parallel pin connector, so it drops into an ordinary gallery desk with no converters. The tally kit with a screw terminal block is included in the box.

Scopes instead of a separate expensive unit

Waveform, vectorscope, histogram, audio

The monitor has built-in tools that are normally bought separately: waveform in RGB, YUV and Y, a vectorscope, a histogram (RGB1, RGB2, Y) and audio phase and level displays. Each one can be switched on by itself, or a single button opens all of them at once.

On top of that there is focus assist with red, green or blue peaking, check field, over-exposure warning, false colour, pixel to pixel, centre and ratio markers, image flip and freeze, 2× to 16× zoom, 1.33× to 2× anamorphic de-squeeze and custom colour temperature. Under an SDI signal the monitor also shows LTC and VITC time code.

Up to 32 custom 3D LUTs

Up to thirty-two custom .cube files load into memory, so you see the target look while shooting instead of imagining it. Alongside custom LUTs the monitor carries built-in LOG conversions.

The files go into the root directory of a USB flash drive, which connects to the monitor with the supplied mini USB to USB cable. The flash drive itself is not included.

Control from a computer over LAN

One program for a whole monitor wall

There is an RJ-45 socket at the back. The monitor joins the network and is then driven from a computer with the maker’s software: input switching, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, hue, backlight, volume and the function buttons. Each monitor is addressed by its IP address, so one seat serves a whole wall without walking over to it.

Power is flexible: either the DC socket for a 5.5 × 2.1 mm coaxial plug, or a professional four-pin XLR. The monitor takes 9 to 24 V and draws up to 24 W; a 3 A mains adapter is in the box. The menu speaks eleven languages.