# What do the vendor guide and Netflix guidance say about reference monitoring, scopes and the checks that catch grade failures?

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- categories: T10, T12 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:48:36.734Z
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Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S9, S10 rest on the producer's pinned reading. Both sources tie trustworthy grading to a calibrated external display. The Resolve 20 book says computer displays cannot guarantee delivery colour accuracy, lists reasons a deliverable looks different (OS colour management, display profile, wrong input space, wrong data level, mis-tagged metadata) and suggests grading HDR first when delivering several standards. Netflix's partner guidance (change log 2024-06-14) says a Dolby Vision title needs its final pass on a professional HDR reference monitor, consumer OLEDs only for review or pre-grade, SDR preview via an ACES output transform is acceptable for progress, and 8-bit review streams can band.

Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S9, S10 rest on the producer's pinned reading.

Both sources tie trustworthy grading to a calibrated external display. The Resolve 20 book says computer displays cannot guarantee delivery colour accuracy, lists reasons a deliverable looks different (OS colour management, display profile, wrong input space, wrong data level, mis-tagged metadata) and suggests grading HDR first when delivering several standards. Netflix's partner guidance (change log 2024-06-14) says a Dolby Vision title needs its final pass on a professional HDR reference monitor, consumer OLEDs only for review or pre-grade, SDR preview via an ACES output transform is acceptable for progress, and 8-bit review streams can band.

Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S9, S10 rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S9: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S10: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/DaVinci-Resolve-20-Colorist-Guide.pdf",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260715140846id_/https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053935833-Remote-Color-Grading-and-Reviews",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Both sources tie trustworthy grading to a calibrated external display. The Resolve 20 book says computer displays cannot guarantee delivery colour accuracy, lists reasons a deliverable looks different (OS colour management, display profile, wrong input space, wrong data level, mis-tagged metadata) and suggests grading HDR first when delivering several standards. Netflix's partner guidance (change log 2024-06-14) says a Dolby Vision title needs its final pass on a professional HDR reference monitor, consumer OLEDs only for review or pre-grade, SDR preview via an ACES output transform is acceptable for progress, and 8-bit review streams can band. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/DaVinci-Resolve-20-Colorist-Guide.pdf

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