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LCD Monitors
I know this issue has been addresses and I have read the archives—just wanted some more input.
Our aging 20″ CRTs are reaching EOL (Lost 1 today)— would like to replace with a 20″ LCD—any suggestions?
How concernerned should I be about response time(25ms vs 16ms)?
Contrast Ratio?
Brightnes?These will go into a meridian bay with client monitors.
TIA for any input
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3 Replies
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Bob,
If you want to go with LCD displays, go with the faster response time (LCDs really don’t update quite fast enough for full motion video). You want the best contrast ratio you can get, but don’t go by just the specs. Look at the monitor you are considering to see if it can produce a good deep black (most cannot). Brightness shouln’t be too much of a problem. Most monitors can produce 120cd/m2, which is the spec.
The big problem with flat panel displays are in the area of color balance and gamma. Make sure the monitor you buy has a preset for 6500 degrees, which is video color temperature. But most don’t have any way to adjust the color balance of the monitor beyond a simple hue adjustment. Also flat displays all have linear gamma, where CRT tubes have non-linear gamma. Since all cameras have gamma compensation, you will notice a difference here.
All of this means that LCD displays may work fine for you provided you don’t use them for color correcting purposes.
Bill Stephan
Senior Editor/DVD Author
USA Studios
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go to c/net’s website they have reviews on lcd’s. Dell’s large LCD is supposed to be hot stuff. FP201???. From my own investigations look for 12ms or faster. There’s alot on the avid forum regarding LCD’s
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Thanks to both of you for your thoughtful comments.
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