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Will an HD television set work as a monitor?
Trying to put together an inexpensive post production system. The camera we have shoots 1080i HDV. I also have access to a 720p consumer-grade HDTV set. If we have an Intensity card, will there be any problems monitoring a 1080i timeline in Final Cut Pro with the 720p TV set? Will be using the HDMI ports on both the Intensity and the TV set.
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Since setting up the monitor for serious color/brightness/contrast,etc. correction is extremely limited with a consumer set, you should not use the monitor you mentioned for those critical functions if the work you’re doing is to meet professional standards. That said, your monitor should suffice for editing/sfx work.
Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co -
I realize a consumer grade HDTV set is not the BEST option. But this edit suite is for teaching purposes at a local high school. Budget is a concern. An Intensity card will cost around $250, and a consumer grade HDTV will cost just a little bit more. That’s pretty chap for a functional HD monitoring solution for a Final Cut Pro system.
Thanks for the help.
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Hehe, you have no reasons to worry. When I was guest teaching editing in a high school all that was available was a vhs-to-vhs pre-edit system with greenish-fuzzy monitors and what you have is a BETTER set-up than the pro edit suite we went to when finalizing a few of the projects. This was some years ago of course …
Take some movie DVDs you like the look of and adjust the settings on the monitor and compare with greyscale and colour bars. That should give a good baseline for your students colour correction work. Just make sure they understand not to fiddle with the monitor once you made a setting. Good luck and have fun!
cheers
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