Final Cut Studio 2 noob

[Shane Ross]

Professional HD monitors cannot be had for under $2400 US. HDTVs can, but not professional monitors. Then you need to get the proper signal TO that monitor. And with a MacBook Pro, you only have three options: AJA I/O HD, Matrox MXO and Matrox MXO 2. The MXO is the cheapest at $995 US…AJA I/O HD is about $3400US.

The cheapest solution is the MXO and Apple Cinema Display…as I review here on the Cow. Click on my head at the top to get to the link.

HD is expensive…sorry to say.

Shane

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[Shane Ross]

Professional HD monitors cannot be had for under $2400 US. HDTVs can, but not professional monitors. Then you need to get the proper signal TO that monitor. And with a MacBook Pro, you only have three options: AJA I/O HD, Matrox MXO and Matrox MXO 2. The MXO is the cheapest at $995 US…AJA I/O HD is about $3400US.

The cheapest solution is the MXO and Apple Cinema Display…as I review here on the Cow. Click on my head at the top to get to the link.

HD is expensive…sorry to say.

Shane

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[Chris Poisson]

Shane is correct, however, Sony’s Luma series has an entry level HD monitor for about $1200 US, but that’s about the cheapest. You’d still need an MXO to feed a component signal to it, so either way it’s over 2 grand. Like he says, HD ain’t cheap.

Have a wonderful day.

[Jacob Faga]

Great welcome to the MacWorld

Your advice appreciated and your Tutorial will be a good investment, Is there any tutorials on working with HD video comeras and organising the work flow to FCP?

Thanks Shane

[Jacob Faga]

Thanks Chris

Welcome to the world of HD aye.

Regards

Still learning.

[Shane Ross]

Sure…this is a great book:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/hd_survival_handbook.html

Shane

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[Jacob Faga]

Hi Shane

Would you consider this computer monitor to be good? soz the plugs you mention im still learning the tech side which is coming to my understanding. soz but need the expert advice thanks.

sell price is $659 NZD, this is the actual ad.

Size: 24″

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###Contrast Ratio: 3000:1

###Response Time: 2ms

###Input: HDMI/DVI, with HDCP, VGA

###Dimensions: (W/D/H) 572x431x190 mm

###Weight: 7kg

###VESA Wall Mounting: 100 x 100

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[Shane Ross]

OK…that seems like a decent HDTV. But that is what it is…and HDTV…not good for color grading. And how will you get the signal to the TV? Need an HD capture card…

Shane

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