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[RebreatherDave]

I have the original 22" lcd flat panel Cinema Display by Apple. Is my HD footage going to not look remotely sharp on that monitor compared to a plasma HD tv?

[Nick Hope]

The Apple display is 1920 x 1200 isn't it? That means pixel-for-pixel display of 1080i footage which should make it about as sharp as you can get. Most of the "HD-ready" TVs I've seen in the shops here (Thailand) are 1366px wide which would imply some re-sampling.

[wagsy]

Interesting topic Dave and Nick.
Those latest big Mac screens are wonderful.

We are looking at a big screen display ourselves. High Defintion Ready TV's as the adds say are not true high defintion. Most do 1280/720 but true HD needs 1920-1080.

True big HD Plasmas are $$$$.
True big HD LCD's are $$$.
DLP TV's look good but the globe wears out.
HD projectors are another option but the $500 globes only go for like 3000 hours.

The Epson TW600 Projector looks like a good one.

We are leaning to a projector though for a huge wall and big impact, but still abit undecided, any thoughts.

[MikeVeitch]

I don't own a tv or a wall....

Just this lonely little screen in my aquarium.... sniff....

[Nick Hope]

For editing and viewing of my own footage I'm probably going to buy something like the HP 24 inch display, outputting from Vegas as a "secondary Windows display" over DVI.

Looks like the latest Apple displays are similar apart from the supported OS.

Dell has more analogue inputs and a better choice but not available in Thailand

If I do a dive show then I reckon a projector would be a better bet than an LCD/plasma. It depends how big a flat panel you can afford to rent I guess.

HDV folk... what are you monitoring on at the moment for editing and colour correction?

Nick

[Lndr]

the NEC HT1100 does 1920 x 1080 ...

[wagsy]

Mike.
If you got one of THESES then you could use it for both, TV and Wall

Yeh Nick that would be great to edit with. I just use twin 17 inch LCD's and have match them close to the colour I see on the camera's LCD. Need to really get a card to ouput to a high res TV though.

[Nick Hope]

How do you lay out your NLE Wags? Do you have a Premiere Pro preview window filling up one of your 2 displays? Is it OK for judging focus?

Wondering if I could put off the 1920 x 1200 display purchase until later and stick with my 2 x 17" displays for now.

[wagsy]

Twin 17 inch LCD's at 1280/1024 look great.
Go here for a look. Im using a old matrox RT2000 twin output graphic card to drive them. Works a treat.

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