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how do you like your apple/dell 20″ real estate?
time to upgrade my HEAVY dual 21″ crt’s…was wondering how you’re liking the workspace of your apple or dell’s 20″ widescreen monitors? i wanna go w/ dual lcd’s and was thinking of going w/ dell’s widescreen 2005 20.1″ for the price. was also considering two of dell’s 2405 24″ monitors. was wondering if the 20″ers are big enough or go for the 24’s? thanks for you input!
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I’d go for at least a 23″ LCD. Two are nice, but at least one is superb, especiallly when dealing with any HD content as you’ve got more rez than the needed 1920×1080.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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Hi,
A smaller second monitor works fine for me.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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Caution: Those Dells are VERY bright, like they’ll burn a hole into you retinas bright, and there’s not an easy way to control them. Although in MacWorld Mag, I heard of a shareware utility that does this.
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Hi,
From another forum:
Dell 2405FPW (24 -
wondering if anyone is running dual 23″ cinema displays? is it too big to work w/? thanks!
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I run dual 23″ displays and find it very useful, but I’m using one of them as a HD monitor: https://www.lafcpug.org/reviews/review_decklink.html
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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hey graeme, yes, i purchased 3 of dell’s 24″ monitors 2 for fcp and the 3rd i’m preparing for my hd preview monitor once the hvx comes out. i’ve never seen the dell in person so i’m wondering if this is too huge of a setup since i’m used to 20″ crt’s? also, is the decklink solution the cheapest route for monitoring dvcpro hd? thanks!
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It’s a higue setup allright, but should look awesome and there should be no limits to your productivity! The Deckllink card is the cheapest way to monitor HD on your FCP setup. However, I’ve heard that it’s a bit of a pain to get the Dell to monitor pixel for pixel over component, Adam Wilt had an article on his site about it, and just check that the component works good with HD because Mike Curtis at HDforIndies.com had issues with his in that mode.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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wouldn’t i be able to connect through the dell’s dvi port instead of component as in your decklink cinema display article? thanks again!
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Yes indeed, but that’s an extra $695 for the magic box.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP
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