[MacDV] Re: adding NTSC monitor

[rgeist]

If you check around, there are several TV's that allow you to disable this
"feature". I have 2 that permit this - a 13" Panasonic and a 19" NEC. I have
also noticed several other units in stores that have the option to defeat
their "Auto Color" feature.

Granted a "Pro" NTSC Monitor is the best way to go but (considering that
NTSC stands for "Never Twice the Same Color" in the industry) the TV
solution is a better solution than using the computer monitor. It is also
1/10 the price of the Pro NTSC Monitor!

If I might also offer, the price of a decent FW converter is higher than an
ATI8500. I paid $180 for mine. It is also more convenient than setting up an
appropriate camera to use a NTSC preview device. If you don't have any other
use for the FW Converter, why spend the extra money?



> 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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