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External Monitor for Color Correct and Viewing
I have G5 FCP station. I was thinking of purchasing a consumer LCD for color correcting and external viewing. I can’t afford a high end CRT SD/HD monitor, but I have to believe that smaller, boutique facilities are cheating a bit with consumer monitors hooked up via DVI out. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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I think you get what you pay for. I would never give up my professional CRT monitor, but if I had to I would think a tube TV would still be better than LCD, especially for SD work.
-Todd Beabout
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[mikeymoves] “but I have to believe that smaller, boutique facilities are cheating a bit with consumer monitors hooked up via DVI out.”
Why do you have to believe that? I am a smaller boutique and I use an HD CRT. One of the cheaper ones that is no longer available (Sony PVM-14L5 with HD SDI card, $3000), but if I was doing any sort of professional work, I’d want a proper HD monitor.
Look into the Matrox MXO. Allows you to use an Apple 23″ monitor as a broadcast HD monitor. Both will set you back $2000.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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Okay. This opens such an excellent can of worms here. I’ve been dying to hear what everyone thinks at this point. LCDs cannot be calibrated, correct? I have been going back and forth with the engineers at my facility for 2 years now. Since we have begun to finish projects in Final Cut Uncompressed, I have always fought to have some kind of CRT monitoring for color correction. Number one reason being, the blacks. This past year I’ve been looking at a Panasonic LH-2600. It’s backlit, and therefore has this issue. The blacks look blue. Because of this, I refuse to do any color correction unless I have a CRT wheeled into my room. If the HD CRT isn’t available, I’ll take an SD CRT. Either way, I would never ever use an LCD for color judgement. The technology simply isn’t there yet.
So…when the engineers are faced with my issues here are their responses:
1) CRTs are no longer being manufactured and parts are starting to disappear from production. (Really?)
2) LCDs are how most people view images nowadays, therefore you might as well get used to it (i.e. Things looking horrible.)
3) When set with a Minolta calibration tool, the LCDs can be calibrated. (I don’t believe it.)No matter what they say, I still don’t believe them. I’m perfectly happy to view my HD footage in LCD monitors when doing offline work. But I simply don’t trust them for any kind of online color correction.
Anyone else out there having these conflicts?
Jack
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[Jack Catfish] “Anyone else out there having these conflicts?”
Yup. Just about everybody. I can’t find a Sony CRT anymore so I’m forced to consider the high end Panny for my imminent purchace.
– Don
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