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March 12th, 2006, 10:01 AM | #1 |
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Looking for a flat 19 inch monitor for editing...a few questions
What should I look for with monitors for my computer - I want to get two for dv editing:
Here are the specs: • 1280 x 1024 resolution • 400:1 contrast ratio It doesn't list the refresh rate, but I am unsure what to look for in the RATIO and the REFRESH RATE - so if someone could give me the low down,. that would be great. |
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1280x1024 is pretty good for a smaller monitor but 19" LCDs can go higher. I have a Dell 2001 FPW 20" that goes to 1600x1200. A 16x9 aspect ratio is also a good thing to look for to give you more elbow room in the timelines.
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Refresh rate should be 75Hz at least. 85Hz is better.
Contrast rate of 400:1 seems low... |
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When I did my last PC refresh a little over a year ago, the prevailing wisdom at the time was that for LCDs to replace CRTs in video editing, the response time needed to be <10ms. Last year, that was a tough spec with only a handful of expensive LCDs that were at or below 10ms response times. Consequently, I selected two good CRTs. Now I think that level of performance is much easier and cheaper to acquire.
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Christopher,
I think we are in violent agreement...if you want to do video editing on LCDs, you would want at least DVD level capability, and thus you need <10ms response time. When you say LCDs should not be used for 'critical video work' I'm assuming that you mean that the judgement of video quality should not be based off of LCD imagery, but should be done on a calibrated monitor. Other editing functions can be performed quite nicely on LCDs, just check your output on a CRT, right? I've not heard of an LCD calibration routine for actual video output preview, it may be available, but I lead a sheltered and backward life and don't know of such things, though I would have to agree with your assumption that they would be very expensive. So edit on LCDs with <10ms response times and check output on a calibrated CRT.
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"Much of the discussion of refresh rate does not apply to LCD monitors. This is because while a phosphor on a CRT will begin to dim as soon as the electron beam passes it, LCD cells open to pass a continuous stream of light, and do not dim until instructed to produce a darker color." Wikipedia: Refresh rate In other words, LCDs do not refresh themselves continually as CRTs do. Of course, the graphics card needs to continually pass data to the LCD panel so that the LCD can update itself when the screen does change, so I imagine 60Hz is just the sync time most LCD manufacterers have chosen. But that doesn't mean that the LCD is refreshed that often. |
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