Pro monitor vs TV

omega

omega

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I know nothing about real monitors, but I was wondering what advantages they have over regular tvs for editing. I'm using the svideo out on my video card hooked up to my tv right now. Is there any reason to use a real monitor instead?

Thanks,
-Tommy
 
One of the main reasons is accurate color representation. There have been a lot of posts on monitors vs tv's and which monitors are good. You also might want to try searching for Monitors or Monitor and would probably get some better answers than I can give.
 
this I dont understand most of us arent shooting for film but to be shown on tv. So to me if looks good on a tv then it will look good on tv . Am I being naive? lol
 
The problem is that who's to say your TV will be the same as someone else's TV.

A properly adjusted (can't do on a consumer TV) profesional monitor will mathc every other properly adjusted pro monitor and allow yout o work within video standards. - Of course teh final output will be to many differnt TVs, some of which may be wrong. - But at leas tyou'll know the original is right.

lol? what's so funny?

- Mikko
 
Actually, you face this problem working in sound as well - monitors give a truer sound than hi-fi speakers, but since they're specialized, they're expensive. What I find is this. Particularly in the case of novice users, how much help you get from a monitor depends a lot on how good you are at 'reading' the signal. If you're inexperienced, do yourself a favor, save your money and use FCP's awesome built-in Color Correction readouts. Learning how to read a vectorscope will, in the end, do you more good than getting a monitor, balancing perfectly for it, and then having it look weird on other TVs anyway.
 
Even pro monitors are "never twice the same color" so I never saw the point if your budget is tight. I try to view the output across a range of tv types, new flat screens, old round tubes etc. to make sure that nothing is really out of wack. Color correction needs to be about uniformity more than specific color. For final dvd, avoid extremes. Too bright will wash out some screens, and too dark will go black on others.
 
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