21″ Gateway LCD monitor in a FCP setup. Okay or no-no?

[Seawild]

Hello,

Maybe look into something with a faster refresh rate than “8 ms refresh rate” I think there are 6.4ms?? could be wrong here.. But your doing video, so you want something as fast as you can get.

And also think about if you want to DVI or ADC outputs..

Its kind of dumb, but I do not think those MAC machines have dual DVI outputs.. I guess they expect you to use 1 big cinema display..
Not a bad idea, just expensive.. But if your dropping 1,000 for two monitors. Maybe think about getting just one big one(that will play HD) used(ebay) for 1,600.. (I myself am using one monitor with DVI input and one ADC..I keep the DVI on the right for the video window, but really I can’t tell much diference between the two.)

Also as “everyone” will tell you, you need a Sony Broadcast monitor.. Or a high end “self-calibriting” computer monitor for color.

Hope this helps,
Chris

[Scott Thomas]

According to Apple’s web site, all of the Quad G5’s video options have dual DVI. My nVidia 7800GT has two. With the Quadro FX 4500, you can drive two 30″ displays.

[Seawild]

ooppss… Even better they got it right. sorry.

[Ed Dooley]

One of the best monitors for video is the Dell 2405FPW, and it has a 12ms response time. I’d say 8ms is pretty good, unless
you’re a gamer too.
Ed

[chris] “Maybe look into something with a faster refresh rate than “8 ms refresh rate” I think there are 6.4ms?? could be wrong here.. But your doing video, so you want something as fast as you can get.”