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Accurate Preview Monitor
I’m looking for a good solution for a preview monitor. Currently my work just uses a monster cable to go from DVI to S-video directly into a regular TV. The TV monitor is recognized at 720×480 NTSC and works like a desktop extension. Is this a valid way to preview NTSC video? FCP and AE recognize it but I’ve had some strange results.
OSX G5, AE 8, FCP 5, ATI Radeon 9800 XT
If not, what would be the best way to get an accurate preview? I’m considering the following options;
- Getting a deck to go from my machine to deck via firewire and to the TV via S-video.
- Daisy chain a camera instead of a deck and preview via VTR
- Buying an AJA card. I don’t know much about hardware, would this be any benefit over the others?
Also, I could probably swing a new monitor, would I benefit from a more “pro monitor” w/ a component connection vs. the S-video connection I’m using currently?
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I wouldn’t go firewire, by its nature it has half the color 4:2:0. Component or SDI is where you want to go. You need a component (dig or analoge) signal to monitor properly to either CRT or LCD. just be aware that LCD’s do not properly show field dominance.
del
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I think we are going to get the Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme card and use the SDI to connect to a new monitor. Thanks a bunch!
I like the idea of a CRT, I’m thinking something like this for SD monitoring. Could a CRT like this technically still display HD content? Maybe not at full res? I guess I could get just a separate HD TV and use the HDMI out on the Blackmagic card to monitor HD. I really don’t want to spend 5k on a monitor.
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i cant see the link, corporate is blocking it. you can find older sony BVM monitors for fairly cheap. but this is the one i want
https://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101671
with HDSDI its around $4500
del
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The link I sent was to low-end $400 JVC CRT on BHphoto. It has SDI hookups.
BH photo has the DT-V24L1U listed for: $1,999
and the 20 inch model listed for: $999
They list the SDI version for about $3500Would I lose anything on the conversion from SDI to HDMI using “nanoView” or some other conversion as JVC suggests? I could also do a straight HDMI connection, w/ the BlackMag card on one of the first two JVC monitors. Would HDMI be worse than SDI?
I could still get the cheapo low-end JVC CRT *and* have enough $$ to buy a regular medium size HDTV and use the HDMI out on the BlackMag card for HD monitoring. Anything wrong w/ that scenario?
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i believe hdmi is only 8bit (256 levels of each rgb color) and SDI can be 10bit (1024 levels). Everything thats broadcast is broadcasted in 8 bit.. for the money and if you are not grading i’d guess 8bit is fine..
del
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