[MacDV] Re: adding NTSC monitor

[Richard Brown]

The problem using a TV set, as opposed to a monitor, is that TV's have  
circuitry (in the good ol' days, the culprit was called a "DC  
Restorer") which takes anything input and "makes it look good." This is  
a HUGE problem if you are working with Final Cut Pro's Three Color  
Corrector. There is so much power available, you are killing yourself  
NOT to be color correcting to a monitor. B&H PhotoVideo has pro  
monitors starting under $700.  I shop there, and don't mean to plug  
them, but they are so omnipresent due to their size, volume, and  
pricing, here's a link.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bh2.sph/ 
FrameWork.class?FNC=CatalogActivator__Acatalog_html___CatID=1981___SID=F 
384F56FFF0

Short of a broadcast monitor, you can sort of get by if you learn to  
read waveform/vectorscope displays, use a TV to preview, but tweak to  
the on screen scope data.. You want a big monitor, or two monitors, to  
use the Three Up display in FCP.

Richard Brown




On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 03:07 PM, bob wrote:

> YES, DO IT IF COLOR QUALITY IS IMPORTANT.
>  I have more than reasonable experience in Photographic and Print  
> media color correction and access to many color calibration tools  
> (both hardware and  software).
> After many weeks of trying to get various Monitors and LCD to simulate  
> a NTSC Monitor, I  bit the bullet and purchased an ATI 8500 and a  
> cheap, cheap TV. Although the best route is to use a NTSC monitor, the  
> TV has proven more than ample to deal with color correction and title  
> work.
>
> On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:03  AM, Malcolm Hamilton wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone -
>> A question from someone who's about to set up a new G4 desktop to do  
>> some video editing.  I'll have two monitors attached for as much  
>> screen real estate as possible.  But what about attaching an NTSC  
>> monitor?  Can I do that as well?  Is there a good reason to do it?
>> Thanks for any advice,
>> Malcolm
>>
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