Extreme TV nerds (hello) will sometimes talk about 'mastering' movies and shows, which is the industry term for the look of something being created and settled on by the creative team behind it. 'Mastering' monitors are what are used for this, and they're specialist screens that are designed to be supremely accurate to the picture signal coming into them, so that colorists can perfect the look of a movie with confidence.
They use slightly different screen tech compared to any of the best TVs you can buy, and they're bulky beasts that are interesting to look at – but you don't tend to get to look at them very much. I've never been allowed to take photos whenever I've been in a place with them. Well, until recently, when I visited Hisense's TV R&D lab, and the company was quite happy to show off its pro mastering monitor.
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