Duel head video with LCD and CRT?

[Danny Hays]

You can’t even buy a crt tv anymore. Almost everyone has flat panels of some sort. I use a computer monitor and a 46″ Samsung LED tv.

[Danny Hays]

Also unless your dual head card has a composite out, I’ve never seen a crt with a VGA, DVI or HDMI input.

[Mike Brennan]

thanks for your reply. I have several NTSC monitors already.
I would use a scan converter to go from VGA to video.

Do you find the VGA monitor good for SD? No one seems to like
LCD panels for SD, so I’m looking at options.

Thanks,
Mike

[Danny Hays]

Most people are using LCD HDTVs now days, even to watch SD, so if I’m making an SD video, I still use my HDTV.

[John Rofrano]

[Mike Brennan] ” I have several NTSC monitors already. I would use a scan converter to go from VGA to video.”

That’s not the correct signal path. Forget your graphics card if you want to preview SD on a CRT with Vegas Pro. You need to use firewire out to a DV converter like the Canopus AVC-110 or use a card like the Blackmagic Design DeckLink or AJA card. Of course you could also use a DV video camera with pass-thru in a pinch.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Mike Brennan]

Thanks John, that was the signal path recommendation that I was looking for. I had given thought to using the DV camera (I did that at times with my old system) but I was unsure as to what the best technique was.

An AJA card and a Flanders monitor would be great but I can’t justify that expenditure at this time. Are most of the Vegas community just using LCD’s and VGA’s?? How about for color grading?

BTW, let me give you a big thanks for all of the help that you give on this forum.I’ve ran searches many times prior to posting, and your name comes up am lot! And an equally big thanks to everyone else as well.

Keep the ideas coming!