Display Help / Matrox vs 7800gtx?

Dvader

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Hey! I need some help if you guys don't mind. :grin:

I currently own a 19-inch Rosewill LCD. I have been looking into the 24-inch Dell which is highly recommended on this site. It has been said the 2407fpw has better color and gamma than normal LCDs such as the 19” I already own. Would this improved color and gamma quality also pass into the Dell 20-inch 2005fpw, which is the same LCD as Apple’s 20-inch Cinema, except they use different backlights?

Aside from that is has been said that even the 2407fpw is not adequate to solely judge color corrections on. If I understand right, it depends on what you have the price range for. Assuming all displays are calibrated correctly.

1)A Viewsonic 19-inch CRT would be better than a 2407fpw?
2)Then, a TV such as a Toshiba 14 would be better than a Viewsonic 19-inch CRT?
3)Finally, a production monitor with blue only, underscan, and 16:9 would be better than a Toshiba 14?

Is that correct?

Video Card

The Matrox Parhelia APVe offers many features including advanced display output modes, it includes many cables/adapters. Is this card specifically better for video editing than a 7800gtx 256mb video card? Could these same adapters be purchased and used with the 7800gtx? Such as component and composite out, the card itself says “HDTV component output included” YPbPr component output at 1080p, 720p, 480p, and 567p? I basically want to be able to connect a nice production monitor to preview my DVX footage for color corrections.

Thank you for any help or suggestions.
 
If you're talking about computer monitors, basically no computer monitor is going to be ideal for color correction of video footage. NTSC video should properly be judged and graded on a properly-calibrated NTSC monitor, not on a computer monitor. They just look different. The Dell 2405 has a "video" mode which, I guess, may try to compensate -- but I haven't experimented with it and don't know how much you could trust it.

As far as your rankings, yes, I'd agree -- for color correction and grading, a computer monitor is the least satisfactory, the Toshiba does a pretty good job and is very inexpensive, and a properly-calibrated production monitor is the superior choice.
 
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