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Old June 22nd, 2008, 11:35 AM   #1
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24" or 30" monitor?

I have a 24" monitor and am considering a 30" LCD monitor. If you have had experience going from a 24" to 30" and if you use Vegas on it regularly, I'd like to know if you felt the added real estate was worth the premium price. Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 12:11 PM   #2
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I was looking real real hard at a 30" monitor. Lost a bid cuz some guy wanted to spend over $1000. I set my limit at $999. I then picked up a 28" for $500. I"ve been very happy with it. I went from a 24" also, the difference is significant. No doubt the 30" is bigger, the day it drops down to below 1 grand is when I'll spend. I am pretty sure you'll love the 28".
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 01:02 PM   #3
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30 inch is great, but still too small if you have a bunch of stuff going on. 60 inch would be about right:) Not sure it would be that much of a improvement from a 28 - but it ought to work as a second monitor alongside the 28 quite nicely.

I'm probably going to add a second 30 incher this year.
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 02:47 PM   #4
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take note that 30" is usually 2560 pixel and requires a dual-link DVI card. (a dual-link DVI card is NOT a card with two DVI output.)
up to 28" it is generally only 1920 pixel, so regular cards are ok.
28" is great if you think that 1920 at 24" is difficult to read.
you will not get more pixel, but just easy to read.
with 30" at 2560, you will get the same as a 24" at 1920, so no enhancement for reading, just more pixels.
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 02:53 PM   #5
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Jeff, I went from 20" to simply plugging into a 32" Samsung LCD TV that became redundant when i replaced it with another. Vegas on this is wonderful to watch. I sit around 3-4 feet away from it and its pin-sharp, and gives me 720P when i need it. I certainly think it was worth it, and editing is easy on the eyes.... But my neighbours think i am over-indulgent. :-)

The problem though is that it is poor for colour grading, well even colour accuracy...

...its a damn shame Matrox dont do the MXO2 for the Windows platform as that now offers any Mac user the ability to use an LCD (as opposed to an ACD) and colour grade on it....so the blurb goes....
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 03:18 PM   #6
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I should have stated said that my primary desire for moving up to 30" is for more width, so that I can see more of the timeline. That should be the case moving up from a 24". I wonder just how much more would be visible.

Nice layout John.

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Old June 22nd, 2008, 05:46 PM   #7
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If you have a dual-head video card, then you should consider a second 24" monitor. Assuming that your single 24" is 1920x1200, then two of them would be a total screen real estate of 3840x1200. Here is screen grab of my default Vegas editing layout using two 1920x1200 24" monitors.

www.johncline.com/cline3840x1200.jpg
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Old June 22nd, 2008, 10:13 PM   #8
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Monitor size, Is bigger REALLY better?

I agree with JC above. If you go 2 bigger monitors, you're likely going to have to up the video card to match it. Kinda like, you cant just buy bling...you gotta have the ride to go with it.
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 10:05 AM   #9
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If you have a dual-head video card, then you should consider a second 24" monitor. Assuming that your single 24" is 1920x1200, then two of them would be a total screen real estate of 3840x1200. Here is screen grab of my default Vegas editing layout using two 1920x1200 24" monitors.

www.johncline.com/cline3840x1200.jpg
John,

How do I do the screen capture?

Thanks,
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 10:33 AM   #10
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Hi John,

Are you running Vegas 8? If so how did you get the timeline on top? I like having it on the bottom but with this new version it seems stuck on top.

I also agree that having dual monitors is much better than one large one.
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 11:05 AM   #11
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I can answer that for you. Go to Preferences then Display, you'll see it.
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 11:42 AM   #12
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You can get a screenshot by simply pressing "Print Screen" which places the current screen on the clipboard. Then open your paint program and paste.
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 11:48 AM   #13
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Thanks Jeff,

I've was going crazy trying to drag things around in the window. Now why I didn't think to look at the preferences I don't know. Duh.
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Old June 23rd, 2008, 11:52 AM   #14
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I understand, even after I knew where it was I forgot the first few times and had to hunt for it...
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Old June 24th, 2008, 06:11 AM   #15
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I very much appreciate the feedback on this topic. I have reversed course. I realized that while a 30" monitor would be tons of fun, etc., the practical purchase for me is a JVC NTSC monitor that was recommended months ago to me by folks on this forum.
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