Hooking a Sony Trinitron PVM-14N1U color correction monitor up to a Mac Pro

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Hooking a Sony Trinitron PVM-14N1U color correction monitor up to a Mac Pro

Hi, I recently acquired a monitor for color correction in Final Cut, and have no idea what cables/cards/external pieces I need to connect the monitor to my Mac Pro. Here is a link to a picture of the monitor's connections:

http://www.recycledgoods.com/zoom.aspx?productID=13654

If anyone could let me know what I need to do/use to connect this to a Mac Pro (newest model) I'd be much obliged. Thank you!

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Nov 27, 2008 3:19 PM

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Nov 29, 2008 7:11 PM in response to MTounian

Come on, no one knows?

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Nov 29, 2008 8:12 PM in response to MTounian

The display has a S-Video connector. If you have an ATI graphics card you can use he DVI to Vieo adapter
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjE0NTg4NQ>

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Nov 29, 2008 8:37 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Thank you for your response. This now leads me to another question you can probably help me with. I already have two monitors on my Mac Pro, using both DVI slots on the computer's original graphics card. I'm planning on buying the ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB graphics card, so to use a third monitor, should I keep the original graphics card on board and also install the new one? If not, can you tell me what the proper procedure would be? Thanks again!

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Nov 29, 2008 9:09 PM in response to MTounian

Keep your original card for your two existing displays.
The ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac® & PC edition seems to have a built-in S-Video connector, so you won't need any adapter, just a S-Video cable.
<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ATI%20Technologies/100435928/>

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Nov 29, 2008 9:45 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Is there an advantage to keeping the two monitors I have on the card I have, and only putting the color correction monitor on the new graphics card? Is the difference between the two cards something that will only affect internal performance, and not outward appearance? And lastly, is there any sort of slaving that goes on with graphics cards, like with hard drives, and if so how does that affect my situation? Thank you again!

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Nov 29, 2008 10:31 PM in response to MTounian

It would help to know what graphics card you have now, and what model Mac Pro.
In general, two displays used for the computer interface should be on the same controller. That way the graphics processor can handle windows that span both displays or are dragged between displays.

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