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Why can’t I edit on an HD LCD monitor?
I tried searching the forums and found limited examples. I think the answer is no, otherwise everyone would be doing it. So, assuming I have the ideal rig, can I (would you) edit on an HD LCD monitor?
I’m guessing the eyestrain might get a little tiring, but if it’s like a 36 incher, shouldn’t it work?
I’ve never tried it. I am mostly curious about how FCP will look. Will the details of the application be soft or razor sharp? Could this eliminate/double as a reference monitor?
Thanks in advance.
Todd
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6 Replies
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Works for me. Don’t use it if you’re a serious color corrector for film or anything like that though. Adjusting color can be a little tricky with some of trese monitors..
However, if it’s just for you, knock yourself out.
Neo
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[Skougor] “I’ve never tried it. I am mostly curious about how FCP will look. Will the details of the application be soft or razor sharp? Could this eliminate/double as a reference monitor?”
If you have $16,000 – $30,000 to spend, then yes, you can use LCD as a reference monitor. There is a company called eCinema or something like that which has what it claims are true color reference LCD monitors that start at $16,000.
Other than that, the only LCD’s I would use are the Panasonic 1700W and 2600W series. Even Panasonic does not say these are monitors to be use for true color correction, but they are the best out there in this price range and are very very good.
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Isn’t the Panasonic 1700W and upright vacuum cleaner?
jmf
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[jmf] “Isn’t the Panasonic 1700W an upright vacuum cleaner?”
Yes. That’s why it has such a clean image.
I just saw the 2600 and the 1700 side-by-side at a trade show yesterday. Both produced impressive images, the 2600 just a little bit better, but with more features such as pixel-to-pixel imaging (very useful for someone who wants to do critical checking on his HD camera). The biggest rap against LCD screens is “the blacks aren’t black enough.” At the show, the ambient light made it difficult to determine how true that was. But even there, with color bars, you could easily tune the pluges that should be black to black, and still see the just-above-black pluge, so either monitor should work very well in an edit suite. If an immediate need arose for an HD studio monitor, I’d get the 2600 right away. But I’m going to wait and see whether the recent price drops in consumer monitors somehow filter to the professional side. Probably wishful thinking.
Again, you should take a serious look at the 2600. It is very nice and not that much more expensive than the 1700.
— Bob C
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[Bob Cole] “Yes. That’s why it has such a clean image.”
Nice one.
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The Pannies rock! We took the 17″ on location for a feature film shoot in Moscow, & we’ve been using the 26″ in the edit suite. These monitors are very versatile & give the best blacks I’ve ever seen on a LCD video monitor. Plus they come standard with all the analog & digital I/O built in. Plus they have a built in wave form monitor.
Of course, I’ve never seen the eCinema monitors, but for that kind of $$ you could get a CRT! Assuming you could still find one. 😉
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