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Inexpensive HD Monitoring Solutions?
We run two FCP suites and have starting working with XDCAM-HD content. We don’t have a HD capture board (like a Kona) – we bring the content in via the Sony tool. We’ve got AJA IOs for montioring our SD stuff, but this obviously doesn’t work for the HD stuff. At NAB the folks at the Apple booths suggested hooking up a second LCD to the Mac video card and set up FCP to use that display as for a program monitor.
Does anyone have any recoommendations for decent, reasonably priced LCD moitors that we can use? Looking for a 32″-40″ in our main suite and a smaller (27″-30″) in the secondary suite. Ideally the monitor should have multiple inputs for SD signals and a DVI port for the Mac hookup.
Thanks!
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All major electronic stores have 30 day return policy, I would test out a what you think will work. Most new TVs with not have DVI any more but HMDI but you can get an adapter cable (order online or get at Sams the are amost $100 at BestBuy and $20 online)
Really consider the apple 23″ for your small suite, it will be cheap then most TVs and it is true Pixel for pixel HD. plus you have a second monitor for other apps.
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Inexpensive and HD anything? Those words are mutually exclusive.
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I don’t know if this applies to you, but I was monitoring DVCPRO HD interlaced material on a 24-inch dell out of a Decklink HDlink. When I got a consumer CRT HDTV that displays true 1080i, some of the footage behaved quite differently. The $600 I spent on it saved my butt, as I was able to identify and fix a lot of footage that would have been unacceptable. Only then was my project ready to be output to tape and sent to the colorist.
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