Dell HDTV for monitoring in post

Yeah, its good for 720p but I would argue that a conventional monitor would work well - Run dual monitors for editing.
 
By conventional, you mean one of the Apple HD cinema displays? Also, I notice that a lot of HDTV monitors can run native 720p and 1080i. What about native 1080p footage (like after we extract the 24p out of the 1080i stream).
 
I personally wouldn't recommend it. After testing a plethora of HD capable LCD panels, the only one I'd whole-heartedly recommed is the 23" Apple Cinema HD display. The 20" & 30" are both great panels, but the native resolution of the 23" is 1920x1200 which is only slightly more than 1080 HD. The 23" will display native 1080 without image scaling which is hugely beneficial from a WYSIWYG standpoint.

If you can move beyond computer displays and go for one of the new Pansonic or Sony Production monitor (CRT or LCD) - I'd reccommend them as well.

Personally, I have 2 VariCam packages & a CineAlta package, and I use the Apple 23" Cinema Displays for On-Set monitoring on all of them (using RGB to DVI convertor boxes). I also use one of them for Post work with FCP.

The Dell will work, but it's native resolution is isn't the greatest. We tested HP, Dell, Apple, Sony, and a few others, but the Apple panel beat them all hands down in terms of image quality, interlace capability, color reproduction, and resolution.

Hope that helps.

harlan
 
Not for color corrections.

Apple 23" Plus AJA Converter $695 and a puck to calebrate your color for about 2k total.

Now you're talking real cheap HD monitor.

Mthornton
 
Or a 23" Apple Cinema Display with a Blackmagic Design HDLink for $695.
But you will need a Blackmagic Decklink HD card, to get the SDI out and convert it to a DVI stream into the Apple or any other display that supports HD resolutions.
 
harlan,
I was wondering whether you were have heard anything about the new Dell 2405

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4221&link_number=

Do you have any idea on whether it would be possible to calibrate it using on a Macintosh? By the way, what hardware and software do you use to drive the monitor? (I'm referring to the RGB to DVI converter box you mention). I'm also wondering whether or not you could drive the Dell monitor directly, since it has an s-video input)

Thanks for your information

JD
 
Yes, this one can be calibrate too and the specs looks great, but may not be true 1920x1200!

Max Resolution: 1920x1200 (WUXGA)
Do some home work!

Port(s) Total (Free) / Connector Type: 15-pin D-sub / DVI-D / S-video / Composite / Component / 4 x USB 2.0
Compatibility: PC
 
Will this dial in my CRT (panasonic CT-2789) monitor? I thought this stuff worked on computer not CRT's without bluegun and bars...

interesting...
 
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