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LCD HDTV for Client Preview Monitor
Hi. I’m in the process of setting up shop and I’m currently looking for a preview monitor to hook up to my FCP system. I have a perfect spot on my wall for a flat 37″ LCD HDTV monitor that would compliment my editing suite. My question is this – even though this will look impressive while editing with clients, will it be as useful as your regular SONY PVM series NTSC monitor? can u accurately color correct and view standard definition edits on an LCD HDTV? Will I be able to use it as an HD monitor when I can afford to upgrade my system/disk storage? If not, what monitor can you recommend I get to stay “professional”?
Thanks,
Bud
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3 Replies
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Go plasma. Better color reproduction. I’m running a 50″ Panasonic Plasma right now and its colors are a great reproduction of my Sony PVM20 L5/1 monitor, only with even more saturation in the colors.
Panasonic makes a 34 or 37″ plasma that I’m going to put into our secondary edit suite after NAB.
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Check the Sharp Aquos series. The 37″ is not 1080i, but the 45″ is. I am using it for colour grading with no problems. Watch plasmas for delay. They are useless in my sound post area due to processing delay that makes sync a nightmare. Make sure with either LCD or plasma that delays are below 20ms.
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Thanks for the help guys! It’ll help me when i do my research…
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