hvx monitor: Dell 2405FPW $780

Hi all:

Has anyone use the Dell with a Z1's component outputs yet as a field monitor?

I know that the Dell's downconvert ability is pretty limited and that SD sources plugged into it's analog component look crappy. But what about component HD? One of the editors here plugged one of the Z1s into their consumer Sony 24" LCD here and it looked decent, definitely good enough to shoot with since you could actually see what was in focus.

Does anyone know if the HVX-200 features the same sort of analog HD output that the Z1 has?

Best,

Dan
 
That's great information Barry. Now, the next question is, how does it look? I am much more concerned about focus. We have been shooting a lot with the Z1s and our NTSC field monitors and frankly, we are shooting blind as far as focus. I finally examined some of our HDV interview footage on a real HD monitor directly out of the Z1 and it was scary at how what looked fine in NTSC is really soft in HD.

So I am terrified of shooting with the HVX-200 and not being able to really see what we are doing as far as focus.

So what say you, any indications on if the component analog ins on the Dell would look decent as far as being able to judge focus?

Dan
 
Well, I bought the Dell for that very purpose, so I'm crossing my fingers that it will be good enough... :thumbsup:
 
For focus, yes. Not 100% sure about colorimetry etc., but for focus it's very well suited for that.

You are right to be concerned, as focus is hypercritical on HD; it is completely unforgiving of focus errors. NTSC monitors are nowhere near up to the task of assuring you that you have tight critical focus on HD. However, I have found that it's pretty easy to get perfect focus on the HVX even without a monitor -- turn on EVF DTL, zoom in 100%, and turn on the magnified "focus assist" function, and dial in focus. Then zoom back out and shoot. Using that technique has worked extremely well even without a monitor.
 
lightshow said:
Hi Barry,

You don't need the HD-SDI option to view HD on the L5 series (1080/24, 1080i, 1035i, 720p, 480p, 480i) The analog HD looks great, I've pushed all flavors of HD into the monitor, it is a HD monitor straight out of the box. I found that Ross Digital makes a much more affordable HD-SDI input for the L5 if you need a digital HD in.
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lightshow, billp, others who own the PVM-14L5,

how do you have your monitor hooked up to your editing system for viewing? isn't a card attached to your computer needed in order to accomplish this? The Dell has dvi so an hdlink and blackmagic card would be needed. what about for the Sony monitor mentioned above w/ only component(and i wouldn't want to get the optional sdi board because of $$$)?
 
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