HDV Monitoring

Taylor Moore

Taylor Moore

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I am looking for advice on monitoring HDV out of the Sony Z1.

I am doing alot of HDV shooting for a project and want to show the client selected footage from the source reels.

Would it be best to buy a Dell 24inch LCD or use some HD televsion...and if so which model would give the best results for the $$$

Thanx
 
Yes the HDV rack is an interesting option but I want the client to go WOW when watching the footage...don't think that would happen on a laptop;)
 
Are you looking for a field option or a studio option. In the field, the Dell is probably your best bet. In the studio, go with a DLP HD projection TV.
 
Thanks Sirus, this would be to basically just show the footage through the Z1 to the client, at my office.
The editing will be done on a formal FCP 5 system.
 
If there's anyway you can test the Dell 24" using the component outputs of the Z1, I'd give it a try. I have the Dell 2405FPW and have found that the composite output from the DVX looks like merde. On the other hand, if I feed the Dell a component signal from a good progressive DVD player, the image looks pretty good. This is all at 1:1 pixel correspondance--any scaling at all and the image looks a bit hurting. So, I'd say the monitor would likely perform pretty well with a component output as long as you're not planning on scaling the image on the monitor. Keep in mind that you wouldn't be filling the 1920X1200 pixels of the Dell with your 1:1 display of the Z1 signal, but that may not be an issue for you. Would I trust the 2405FPW for critical color and gamma correction? Probably not, but I'm old-fashioned that way and I like a good calibrated production monitor. However, I think the Dell would be dandy for editing and previewing in a good workflow.
 
Thanks Barry, yes for CC I would definitly be going to a CRT. I basically just want a cost effective way for the client to see the footage right off of the camera. Going RGB into the Dell.
 
Who knows, the Dell may gracefully scale the Z1 image to fullscreen--and that would definitely have the wow factor. At the least, you'd be using 75% of the horizontal resolution (1440/1920) and 90% of the vertical resolution of the monitor (1080/1200) if you stuck to 1:1 pixel display.
 
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