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Do I really need a 1200×1080 monitor
I’m going to get Vegas to edit HDV footage from a HV20 or a sony V1
Since HDV is 1440×1080 and extrapolates to 1920x 1080 do I absolutely need a 1920×1080 monitor to edit it? Other than seeing a smaller image, what other problems will I run into if I use a 1600 x 1200 monitor to edit my HDV footage? Or if I can’t afford a 1920×1080 should at least go with a wide screen aspect ration such as 1280×1050 rather than 1600×1200?
Thanks
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If you can afford it, go for a 1920 x 1200.
The extra screen size alone is worth it 🙂
I got a Dell 2407 24″ earlier this year and remain very impressed with it.
It’s the one that’s recommended by several Vegas users.
Costco USA has it for $610.00 (incl. shipping). -
I concur on the 2407. I use dual 2407’s and never, ever lack real estate to spread things out. They look great, too, so you can’t go wrong with them.
sjc
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I agree with Mike, go with as much screen real estate as you can afford. You don’t need it however. I edit HD on a 1680×1050 monitor just fine. Obviously, if you view 1080p content, it will have to be scaled down to your monitor resolution.
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Ok.
Is the scaling down done by the graphic card, the monitor?
Is it done automatically by the hardware/software set or do I have to do it myself?
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In addition to you guys editing on the computer monitors you mentioned, shouldn’t you be editing/viewing on an external HD TV?
Charlie
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Phil, it’s been a few months now but, as I recall, the scaling was taken care of by my graphics card and is done automatically.
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Charlie, if you go with the Dell that I linked to earlier, it is an HDTV set, albeit without an NTSC/ATSC tuner 🙁
Inputs include Analog RGB, Digital DVI-D3 TMDS HDCP Compatible, S-Video,
Composite, Component and 4 USB 2.0 ports.
If you want to monitor SDTV, then you’ll still need a standard definition video monitor of some type. -
It actually depends on the player used to watch the movie, but all players I have used, will scale down.
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