Ethernet connection on a monitor?

Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan

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My wife brought me home a 9" security monitor from work that they were getting rid of.  It serves my purposes as well as a TV would, and it's nice and compact.  Plus, it was free, and a pro monitor is lower on my list than a tripod and a new PC.  Anyway, there is an ethernet cable that is connected to the back.  I hooked it up to my PC, but I couldn't get it to do anything.  What would be the purpose of this?

Also, there is a very slight image burn on the monitor (almost imperceptible, but you can see it against a solid background.)  Is there any way to get rid of that?  It's mostly an annoyance, but if I can reduce it, or get rid of it somehow, it would be nice.
 
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You can try the old wives tale, or urban legend, about sending a bright white signal to the TV to get rid of burns. But don't get your hopes up. You get what you pay for ;D

Something tells me the ethernet cable was a connection to the advanced monitoring system they had installed at the office. They use the same cable but the signal is much different.

But a free monitor is a free monitor. Score!!
 
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That's about what I thought. Thanks.

How does one use an external monitor when editing with a PC? Do you need some sort of special interface?
 
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Technically, you have a female RJ45 jack...it's not ethernet unless it's wired on pins 1, 2, 3 and 6 to receive ethernet traffic.

RJ45 jacks can be used for almost anything (they're used regularly for PRI, BRI, Ethernet, etc).
 
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I connect to my external TV/monitor via my videocard. It has an s-video/RCA jack, along with the RGB connection for my computer monitor. You can find really good videocards for pretty cheap. They'll have RGB, DVI, and video out.
 
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Unless I misunderstand the question (sadly, happens often)

You should have your external monitor connected through the camera.

PC > Firewire to camera > Camera video to monitor
 
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Really? And that will show you the stuff that you what your NLE is doing?
 
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[quote author=Jim Brennan link=board=Links;num=1105549404;start=0#0 date=01/12/05 at 09:03:22]Anyway, there is an ethernet cable that is connected to the back. I hooked it up to my PC, but I couldn't get it to do anything. What would be the purpose of this?[/quote]
Whoa! Be very careful plugging in cables without knowing what they are for. You could easily fry your computer/card/etc..
 
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[quote author=Jim Brennan link=board=Links;num=1105549404;start=0#8 date=01/12/05 at 12:01:48]Really?  And that will show you the stuff that you what your NLE is doing?[/quote]

Yes - In Premiere anyways. Not sure on Vegas - Should be same.
 
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[quote author=Hans link=board=Links;num=1105549404;start=0#9 date=01/12/05 at 12:19:39]
Whoa!  Be very careful plugging in cables without knowing what they are for.  You could easily fry your computer/card/etc..

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there is a standard for delivering power over ethernet...IEEE 802.3af, but it would be very unlikely that a security monitor would have a function to deliver power over ethernet. (not to mention that it was only ratified about a year ago)

Possible, but I would think unlikely.
 
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My buddy has alway's used the computer to firewire cable to video camera to tv, method for sending out his image, what a mess plus you have your camera running all the time, like P.K. Gillock said, I run a 32mb radeon pci video card for my secondary 15" monitor, a 64mb geforce agp for my primary 17" monitor, and use the s-video out from the geforce to a 30" tv. this gives you less connections, plus you can display other crap on the tv monitor other than just the output for the editing. I.E, my office is configured with a sofa/couch across from the 30" so I can toss a dvd in and move it over on to it, I use my computer as a PVR from the satilite and can then play back onto that tv? a few more applications than just having the firewire connect to the camera.
 
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