Would this work as my second monitor

It has DVI in so it'll definitely work but it's clearly a very cheap TN display that will have a limited viewing angle. You should still be using a client monitor for color correction or grading obviously, but this would suffice for just giving you more workspace.
 
at this point i just can't afford a monitor for color correction... i need it for space and spreading out my fcp edits...
i am sorry that i don't know what it means, but what is TN??? what does that mean?
 
Moseph said:
It has DVI in so it'll definitely work but it's clearly a very cheap TN display that will have a limited viewing angle. You should still be using a client monitor for color correction or grading obviously, but this would suffice for just giving you more workspace.
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well i just can't afford much at this time... i will use my mbp for color correction stuff... or at least that is the plan until someone tells me that the mbp sucks for this... anyway, all that to say, i basically just need a monitor to spread out my fcp projects
 
TN stands for twisted nematic, which is currently the cheapest method of making LCD panels. They also are difficult to calibrate to the settings of another monitor as they can only display 6 bits per channel. This also means in some cases, you'll see lots of banding on a TN display but if you bring it over to a nicer display like an eizo or even a cinema display, it'll disappear.

For what you're doing, you're fine. But what kind of video are you working with here, regular DV or an HD format? Cause if it's regular DV, you definitely shouldn't use the MBP for color correction either. You'd honestly probably be better off running firewire out through your deck / camera and running S-video out from that to a CRT TV. Obviously it's not that simple for HD formats, but if that's what you're working with, do it off of the frame viewer, not the canvas.
 
i would highly recommend against buying an LCD monitor at any price without seeing it in person first.

I bought and returned 4 different LCDs, 3 of them Samsungs, before ending up with the 20" Samsung I have now. (this was a couple years ago.)

unless you're buying a really high end display or very trusted brand AND model, i wouldn't buy online until you've seen it "in the flesh"
 
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