Can I use a 1080i television as production monitor?

filmtovideo

filmtovideo

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I have a shoot next week and plan to shoot 720 24P and don't have a production
monitor but at the location there is a television in a room that is also a set. The
t.v. is 1080i but also has a DVD player hooked up to it that outputs DVDs at
480P, I'm told.

Could I use this as a monitor and how would you hook it up? Through the DVD
player or straight into the DVD player and with what connections?
 
You probably can, but it won't be ideal. Forget about using the TV to judge colors, it's not a calibrated display, but for checking focus / composition / reviewing your video, it should be fine.

Your best bet for connecting the camera to the TV is to run a component video cable from the D terminal on the camera to the TV -- it should have multiple inputs, one of them is probably (hopefully) a component input. You'll have to find the Input Select switch on the TV to switch between the current input source (the DVD player) and the component signal from the HVX.

If the TV doesn't have component input, then your next best option is S-Video.
 
THoff is, as always, correct. But one thing further -- if it's a 1080i-only television, it may not be able to display the 720p signal from the HVX, so you'll probably want to go into the HVX menus and change the live output option to tell it to cross-convert to 1080i.
 
Barry_Green said:
THoff is, as always, correct. But one thing further -- if it's a 1080i-only television, it may not be able to display the 720p signal from the HVX, so you'll probably want to go into the HVX menus and change the live output option to tell it to cross-convert to 1080i.
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Hi, Barry, I actually have a similar situation.

I am using my old 9" Sony PVM 8045Q Trinitron mointor, which is obviously a SD monitor. So, when I feed a 720 or 1080 single into it, it just shows a black screen. However, as soon as I change the shooting format as DV, it shows the pictures.

According to the model of my monitor, I would like to confirm with you that it is not mulfuction of my monitor. Am I correct?

Thanks a lot.

King
 
Yes that's correct. An SD monitor can't display an HD signal.

You could force the HVX's display output to 480 and then use your monitor, but be aware that it would be of very little value other than for framing.
 
Barry_Green said:
Yes that's correct. An SD monitor can't display an HD signal.

You could force the HVX's display output to 480 and then use your monitor, but be aware that it would be of very little value other than for framing.
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Thanks, Barry.

Little value? How about the color? Can I use it for tuning my color with Avid Xpress Pro?

King
 
THoff said:
You probably can, but it won't be ideal. Forget about using the TV to judge colors, it's not a calibrated display, but for checking focus / composition / reviewing your video, it should be fine.

Your best bet for connecting the camera to the TV is to run a component video cable from the D terminal on the camera to the TV -- it should have multiple inputs, one of them is probably (hopefully) a component input. You'll have to find the Input Select switch on the TV to switch between the current input source (the DVD player) and the component signal from the HVX.

If the TV doesn't have component input, then your next best option is S-Video.
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Thanks.
 
Barry_Green said:
THoff is, as always, correct. But one thing further -- if it's a 1080i-only television, it may not be able to display the 720p signal from the HVX, so you'll probably want to go into the HVX menus and change the live output option to tell it to cross-convert to 1080i.
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Thanks.
 
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