HVX best monitor?

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Denada Chile

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Hi, I just purchased my HVX (which by the way I'm in love with), and work in a Powerbook G4 17''. My question is : Does it have the resolution needed to work with HD?
if not: what is the needed resolution to view HD in it's full dimension.
Thanks in advance.
 
Depends upon the screen res.. and if you are doing 1080 or 720. I'm thinking of purchasing the new DV RACK with the HD thingy.. as I bought a macbook which will run windows for the app... There's talk of a mac program coming out as well...


Your other pricey option is the Marshall.. and it's a nice monitor but overpriced... Lots of other people have been using 17 inch or larger consumer HD monitors with positive reviews...
 
Yeah, they're pricey but nice. We're using the Panasonic BT-LH1700W 17-Inch monitors (2 of them) and they're gorgeous for HD - but not so good for SD DVCAM, though I'm not 100% sure that we have them set up correctly for both formats. We're coming out of Mac G5 thru AJA Kona with breakout box, HD all the way. I have a couple AJ-HD1400 decks on the way to complete the suites. Can't wait! Then I'll have our engineer come back in and make sure we're set up properly.

For field monitors we're using the Marshall VR70P-HAD 7" monitor - also beautiful. Kinda pricey at around $1200, but it could be worse. You get what you pay for and it's a nice monitor. I was sold on those because you can power them with a V-mount battery, and we already have several in house for our Sony DVCAMs.
 
+ 1 on the Panasonic BT-LH1700W we sell tons of as well as the BT-LH2600W. Here is one on a FCP system we did for Greenpeace:

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http://www.digitalvideogroup.com/proj.htm
 
Just ordered the Dell 30" monitor. I will let you know how it is in a few days when it arrives. I was considering a monitor that was both a HD tv and computer monitor. The brightness of the Samsung LCD TV and others was too much and would cause eye strain. Also, I decided I would not use the monitor as a TV.
 
I would steer clear of the Panny BT-LH2600W. I've just got one and I'm pretty bummed out with the picture. The 17" and the 8.4 images are MUCH better.
 
doondoon said:
I would steer clear of the Panny BT-LH2600W. I've just got one and I'm pretty bummed out with the picture. The 17" and the 8.4 images are MUCH better.
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Are you looking at the image in native HD. Keep in mind that NTSC images will look soft on all of of the HD LCD based images and the bigger the LCD the softer they will look. Are you using the pixel match feature?

We have a high end client that is doing network HD work on a Symphony Nitris and is using the 26" as their color grade monitor and they love it.
 
Regarding the 17" Panasonic: how would that work for color correction purposes, as opposed to a CRT monitor like the Sony PVM-14L5, with an HD SDI add on? I hear some raves about the Sony for HD color correction, even though it's not full 1080 res (800 scan lines). But the Panasonic is lighter, and easier to take into the field as well.
 
Problem with the Panny 26" is that it has the same rez as the 17", which gives you native 720p but not 1080. I think the 17" is a winner, I see not one single reason to get the 26"

THe 23" and 24" Apples and dells are good for checking focus at native rez (either through composite or HD-SDI to DVI converter).

Cheaper, too

Gunleik
 
gunleik said:
Problem with the Panny 26" is that it has the same rez as the 17", which gives you native 720p but not 1080. I think the 17" is a winner, I see not one single reason to get the 26"
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Clearly you haven't worked with it then. The 26" has several improvements. One is that yes while it's a 720p panel, you can also do a pixel-for-pixel extraction (i.e., it'll map a 1280x720 region out of the 1080 frame pixel-for-pixel onto its display so you do see full resolution). Another is that they've added five user buttons instead of two, so you can have the waveform assigned to one and the split-screen assigned to another. For a client monitor the 26" is great.

But it's too big and heavy to take into the field, and it doesn't have a DC input either. So the 17" still rules for the field.
 
OK.

Point taken -;)

Cheers!

Gunleik
.;)

(Who still likes his 17" among other places in the field and wouldn't dream to take the Dell 24"...)
 
gunleik said:
(Who still likes his 17" among other places in the field and wouldn't dream to take the Dell 24"...)
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Wise, wise choice! The Dell is a horrible video monitor. Magnificent computer monitor, great bang for the buck, but a terrible video monitor.
 
How does the Marshall 7" onboard hold up against the Panasonic 17"?

Aside from the size difference, will the Marshall give the same color accuracy as the Panasonic?
 
Nope. Used 'em both on the same project. The Marshall is lower res and its colors & brightness are a lot more optimistic. I'd trust the 17" more than the Marshall.

The Marshall's key feature is not quality, but bang-for-the-buck. For the price it's untouchable, but that doesn't mean it's the best monitor going, just the best at its price point.
 
Hi there Barry, I thought that a lot of people were using the Dell 24" displays for video preview and color correction. I understand why the Panasonic display is better especially for CC. I'm hoping to be able to upgrade my system here in January with an HD monitor and was looking at the apple 23" display versus the Dell. Perhaps I should tighten the belt and make a grab for the Panasonic display. Christmas just doesn't come fast enough anymore. :)
 
Hi Hager:

I have the Dell 24". Trust me, you want a real video monitor, the Dell is pretty bad as a video monitor.

Best,

Dan
 
I have a Dell 2405, and I'm impressed. Granted, it's the only high definition monitor I've ever seen with the HVX, but it looks nice and crisp to me. Is it the color that everyone hates about it?
 
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