HD Monitors and the Panasonic16x9 anamorphic lens.

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David_M_Payne

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HD Monitors and the Panasonic16x9 anamorphic lens.

I've had a little time to try out my new AG-LA7200 lens with the DVX100ap and I thought you guys might like to know how the two do. When the 17" HD LCD monitor I have gets the signal from the camera, it fills the screen completely in 16x9. The picture is very sharp the colors are crisp and every detail is easy to see. Though my monitor is also an HD TV/DVD player I picked up at Walmart of all places, it sure works well! I got turned onto it by one of the techs at the computer place that built my computer for this movie project of mine. I know that regular TV's are a little hot picture wise, but this was something I could afford, $600, and every HD monitor for film I could find was more than my camera was. I've seen these kinds of monitors at a couple of different places like best buy and the like. They have a lot of inputs S-Video, RCA and computer monitor cables to name a few. So if a real film monitor is too expensive for you, give these a look.

David
 
10 bucks says that 'HD LCD' monitor isn't actually capable of HD resolutions..

Most consumer TV's are fake HD.. they down convert...
 
HansK said:
Which brand and model of monitor did you purchase?
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Mine is called Initial DTV 171. I bought two, one for each camera, but I've seen a couple like it at Best Buy and a couple of other electronics stores. Walmart (Super Store, not the smaller Walmart stores, they didn't carry them.) had almost sold out by the time I bought my second one and they weren’t sure if/when they would get more of them. They had been a big seller at the Walmart Super Store, not so much as a TV but as an HD computer monitor. I'm watching one right now as a TV while I write this. I hooked up a set of computer speakers to it and it sounds great. These things are very flexible. The prices vary a bit from $600 to about $800 on the other makes I've seen since I bought these two. There are more of these coming onto the market, and as I said I didn't know about it until the guy who built my computer talked about it. He was amazed at the price, features, connectivity and the quality of the picture, and after I saw one so was I.

Loki said:
10 bucks says that 'HD LCD' monitor isn't actually capable of HD resolutions..

Most consumer TV's are fake HD.. they down convert...
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Well Loki, my two DVX's aren't capable of HD recording so that point is a bit mute, isn't it? When I watch a DVD on it I can see individual hairs on the heads of the actors, and it does the same when I use it as a DVX monitor, so its resolution is at least as good if not better than my cameras can record anyway. That is the whole point, you can use it to view your DV recording on site, and get a nice BIG picture that is crisp and clear. You can easily check to see how the detail is on your shot. You can use it to see how your shot looks on a decent size screen before you shoot any tape. If you can't afford to spend $4,000-15,000 or more on a real HD/regular monitor, this is not a bad way to go to get a good, large (17.1") sharp image. Especially if you have the anamorphic lens on your DVX, then you get an automatic 16x9 image that fills the whole screen when you hook it up to the camera. This TV/monitor automatically reads the image as 16x9 and that’s what I get on screen when I hook up one of my DVX's to it. That is one thing that new tech does, it sometimes gives you things that aren’t recognized by the pros who have always done it the way they've always done it, and don't really know about some notch technologies have changed the equation. If you don't have that anamorphic lens it will still give you a great BIG picture in 4x3 with side bars with the regular lens on the DVX. When you are trying to do a film and you have limited funds, this is just one way to go to get a good sized sharp monitor that isn't too expensive. I've already spent a lot more than I had first planned to, so this is just one way to keep the costs down and get a good useful piece of equipment.

David
 
Oh I don't disagree with you.. I am sure the picture is great.. hell I might invest in something similar..

I just mean some "HD" advertise TV's don't actually have the capability to display HD resolutions..

like the Dell Plasma Screen.. has a res of 1024x768.... it down converts.. that is all I am saying
 
Loki said:
Oh I don't disagree with you.. I am sure the picture is great.. hell I might invest in something similar..

I just mean some "HD" advertise TV's don't actually have the capability to display HD resolutions..

like the Dell Plasma Screen.. has a res of 1024x768.... it down converts.. that is all I am saying
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When I bought these two I was not really concerned if it was "real" HD, I was just concerned that it gave me a great picture when hooked up to my cameras, and it does do that. I know that it may not give me "true" colors, but so far it reproduces what I see and shoot color wise, and that's good enough for me at this point in my current movie project.

David
 
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