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Computer or TV screen for previewing video?
Hello,
Right now I have dual flat-screen computer monitors for my editing set-up. However, How do I know that the video I’m seeing on the preview monitor is actually what my finished video is going to look like on a TV screen? Is it better to have a TV hooked into your system (basically a three-screen system)? Could I preview my editing on a TV monitor and still us my dual computer LCD monitors for my work space? My video card has an S-Video out but I have never tried running this to a TV. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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Well of course it’s not what the finished product will look like on a TV – it’s not a TV. To play video on a computer screen (or LCD/Plasma for that matter) the interlaced signal gets turned to a progressive signal. And of course the colors can be anywhere from close to way off.
I’m guessing you’re using Xpress or Xpress Pro. If you have a DV deck or camera to bring in the video, use it as your transcoder. In other words, hook a monitor to the output of the DV deck, switch the DV EE mode on and when you want to see what you’re working on, turn on the video display output in Avid. When I’m working this way I do all the editing with the display output turned off (for speed – no rendering involved) and when I need to see something (or when it’s time to output) then I turn it back on.
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