monitoring in the studio??

dlang

dlang

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Ok I've had this in the back of my mind for a while and I need to get it cleared up. And yes this is probably a fairly newbie question. I was wondering if I could us a regular SD 16:9 broadcast monitor to to judge the color of my HD footage. I have a 30" HD CRT consumer monitor as well, is that suitable to judge artifacts/noise? Basically I want to use the two to make up one HD Broadcast monitor. In the field I'ver been using a macbook pro 15" with DV Rack, it seems like I see more artifacts than is really there, or is it pretty accurate? Thanks in advance for anyone who wants to take the time to explain
 
Crt broadcast monitors are good reference monitors. Make sure you correctly calibrate your monitor. The hd monitor will show all the detail obviously, but the colors in sd and hd are handled differently. Whatever format your deliverable is thats what I would use for monitoring like sd dvd = sd monitor, hd...=hd monitoring
 
ive yet to the the HD lcd/plasma "pro-monitor" that displayed detail and sharpness as well as a consumer HD CRT... at ANY price. as long as its really "HD friendly" i think you'll be ok.
 
moviemaker999 said:
Crt broadcast monitors are good reference monitors. Make sure you correctly calibrate your monitor. The hd monitor will show all the detail obviously, but the colors in sd and hd are handled differently. Whatever format your deliverable is thats what I would use for monitoring like sd dvd = sd monitor, hd...=hd monitoring
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So an Sd calbrated monitor won't accurately portray color in HD that is downconverted on the fly (black magic)?
 
I think that statement needs to be qualified.

HDMI is a fully digital signal and that's obviously a big advantage. However, going to an uncalibrated consumer monitor can result in an inaccurate representation of what you are shooting.

Given a choice, I'd take an analog broadcast monitor that can be calibrated over a digital consumer monitor.
 
THoff said:
HDMI is a fully digital signal and that's obviously a big advantage. However, going to an uncalibrated consumer monitor can result in an inaccurate representation of what you are shooting.
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You have a good point. It all depends on what the final delivery format with be. For instance, a consumer LCD television that handles 1080p and 720p will give me an excellent representation of my work if that is where it will end up. For HD digital cinema projection systems (which btw are as inconsistent in color as consumer TVs), I would most likely go for a professional monitoring display. The magnified video will have more noticeable problems if not carefully handled from the beginning.
 
Sprocketboy said:
You have a good point. It all depends on what the final delivery format with be. For instance, a consumer LCD television that handles 1080p and 720p will give me an excellent representation of my work if that is where it will end up. For HD digital cinema projection systems (which btw are as inconsistent in color as consumer TVs), I would most likely go for a professional monitoring display. The magnified video will have more noticeable problems if not carefully handled from the beginning.
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Hmmm I don't think my question has been answered quite yet?? All the info is good, but let me state my question one more time.......For the sake of color accuracy I want to down convert (on the fly) my HD footage to a broadcast SD monitor, calibrated to view color accuracy, AND I would like to simutaniously view it on an HD consumer monitor to view detail?? So I want to use two monitors to do what one HD broadcast monitor would do.
 
dlang said:
Hmmm I don't think my question has been answered quite yet?? All the info is good, but let me state my question one more time.......For the sake of color accuracy I want to down convert (on the fly) my HD footage to a broadcast SD monitor, calibrated to view color accuracy, AND I would like to simutaniously view it on an HD consumer monitor to view detail?? So I want to use two monitors to do what one HD broadcast monitor would do.
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Broadcast HD And SD down convert...

Broadcast HD And SD down convert...

Ok,
I'll take a stab.
I think I know what you're asking.

You can't run both signals at the same time from the camera.
The best way I can think of to do what you're asking, is to
send a Component HD feed from the camera to a splitter.
One component HD feed goes to the consumer monitor, to
check noise and detail. The split feed would have to go to
a component HD to Component SD converter. Unless your
SD monitor accepts SDI, then I'd go with that over
component SD. I bet Aja has a converter for this. Then
you can check colors on your calibrated SD monitor.

I was trying to provide a high quality courtesy feed to my
clients on set, while monitoring my camera with the
Panasonic BT-LH1700W. I was trying to run Y/C to the
Sony SD monitor. When you plug in the component, the
Y/C and composite signals shut down. I got stuck with
the clients all up in my stuff, crowding around the Panasonic!

How'd I do?

Whatever.
 
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