using the new iPad as an external monitor

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Ha Ha bet that heading got your attention didn't it? And for only $499 for the 16Gig version that's cheap for a HD external monitor for your movie camera.....

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Image using this High Res iPad as a monitor. It boasts a 10 hour battery and it uses the high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS display.......

Well anyways Can it be done? Can it be updated to steam video into the iPad and use as a monitor for focus assist and monitoring on the DSLR and HVX/DVX and so on?

The iPad has awesome resolution and I have also noticed it can be used to steam video out onto a TV or external monitor.

But can you steam using the Apple composite AV cable in?

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maybe if the next ipad gets the same type of resolution as the the iphone 4, it could be a very awesome choice.
 
I have an iPhone 3G. I looked at my step-son's iPad. Wasn't impressed with the resolution. I'll reconsider when they have the iPhone 4 resolution.

Regards,

Dan.

p.s., I'm getting an iPhone 4 to replace my 3G.
 
mcgeedigital said:
Don't know, but it was infinitely stupid of them to not even make the screen 16:9 in this day and age. :angry:
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I bet they've considered it but I guess it seems more convenient to have a standard paper formatted device in your hands. 16:9 would've been kinda strange.

Look at this, it's ridiculous
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iPhone 4 - 960 by 640
iPad - 1024 by 768

How is the iPad less hi-res? Do you mean pixels per inch?
 
mcgeedigital said:
Don't know, but it was infinitely stupid of them to not even make the screen 16:9 in this day and age. :angry:
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I dunno. A 16:9 screen on the iPad would most likely have been a 1024x576 - I take the black borders any day over that. It also means subtitles and player controllers can be outside of the image.

I'm seriously miffed of the lack of mid-priced 1920x1200 computer monitors now, it's only 1920x1080 which means I can't have the timeline below the image when editing.
 
Martti Ekstrand said:
I dunno. A 16:9 screen on the iPad would most likely have been a 1024x576 - I take the black borders any day over that. It also means subtitles and player controllers can be outside of the image. I'm seriously miffed of the lack of mid-priced 1920x1200 computer monitors now, it's only 1920x1080 which means I can't have the timeline below the image when editing.
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Amen, brother! Count me in as another vote in favor of HD video lettered-boxed on 4:3 screens. As Martti says, it's the UI (control panels), stupid. But I suppose that train has all but completely left the station ... :-)

It's comical to me that even the latest version of FCP on a 1920x1080 monitor doesn't seem to be able to display full HD video in its preview/program (Viewer/Canvas) windows side-by-side with each @ exactly 50% zoom mode w/o scroll bars. Instead, together these windows are several pixels wider than 1920. Might be an easy thing for Apple to change (they can allow a user pref to display these windows w/o scroll bars, etc.), but they've never bothered. I know I'm not the only one annoyed by this quirk.

But back on topic: I expect we'll be able to wirelessly view "HD" flavored video from a variety of sources on iPad type thingees as a matter of course soon enough. My guess is WiFi "HD" video out will be a standard feature of most cams announced by later this year & onward. As cool as that is, I semi-dread the thought (wireless copy protection issues, incompatibilities, signal drop-outs, yet more compression loveliness, etc.)
 
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