HDLink or HDP for cheap reference monitor?

[David Roth weiss]

Not gonna work, or at least not well enough that it won’t defeat your purpose. Your LHi has HDMI, which is really great and which you paid dearly to buy, so I would advise you to whip out that credit card one more time and buy yourself a Pany Pro 42″ Plasma for just $779. (see the link below).

https://www.visualapex.com/plasma/Plasma_details.asp?VA=Panasonic&chPartNumber=TH-42PH20U

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[Michael Sacci]

If you have that card there is no need for the convertor, they convert SDI/HD SDI to DVI/HDMI, your card already handles that. But if it will not work you can get small HD TVs for less then the convertors now.

[Brad Bussé]

Thanks, seems like a good solution. Why the Panny over Pioneer?

Plasma may not be ideal for my current location though, I have daylight coming in from one side, and I’m a bit worried about the heat they put out, because the A/C shuts off with no override in this office, and it already gets real hot when I work late.

[David Roth weiss]

[Brad Bussé] “Why the Panny over Pioneer? “

I can personally vouch for the Pany Pros, and almost every post house I know uses them. The new models are also much easier to calibrate, and are very close to spot-on right out of the box – that was certainly not true of their previous models.

[Brad Bussé] “I have daylight coming in from one side, and I’m a bit worried about the heat they put out, because the A/C shuts off with no override in this office, and it already gets real hot when I work late.”

The sunlight issue could be a problem, but heat is no longer a big deal. The newest Pany’s put out far less heat than previous generations did.

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[Brad Bussé]

Thanks David, I just may go this route – the link you sent said it comes with a mount – is it a wall mount, and does it tilt down?

[David Roth weiss]

[Brad Bussé] “the link you sent said it comes with a mount – is it a wall mount, and does it tilt down?”

Negatory on that Brad — it’s a stand… Wall mounts are optional, and not all tilt. Ask the folks at Visual Apex for exactly the right one… BTW, they usually give deals on mounts, cables, etc. when purchased along with a monitor. They are a very nice company to deal with, and very competitive from a price standpoint too, though sometimes you can find these monitors locally depending upon your location.

Where are you BTW?

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[Dean Goldsworthy]

David the spec sheet on the monitor you provided (https://www.visualapex.com/plasma/Plasma_details.asp?VA=Panasonic&chPartNumber=TH-42PH20U) lists the resolution as 1024×768 yet its a 1280×720 HD monitor.

How do they do that?

Also, do you know what happens if you feed 1080i or 1080p into that monitor? Does it scale it down? Do all 720 HD monitors scale 1080 down?

I’m looking for a monitor to feed a MXO2 Mini Max into.

Thanks, Dean

[Brad Bussé]

I’m in Scottsdale (Phoenix). Thanks for the feedback.

[David Roth weiss]

[Dean Goldsworthy] “lists the resolution as 1024×768 yet its a 1280×720 HD monitor”

Honestly I didn’t even notice cuz I was giving Brad the listing for the least expensive Pany monitor. Bottom line is, this Pany scales 720 or 1080 signals just fine. The 1080p set is just about $400 more, and it’s probably worth the extra if you have it.

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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