External viewer

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External viewer

Is there any real difference between a video monitor and a regular LCD television when used as an external viewer?

Thank you.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo. 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. FCE HD 3.5

Posted on Jun 15, 2007 11:24 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 15, 2007 11:35 PM in response to Geoff Kirkland

There shouldn't be, but it depends on the LCD display. Just as all monitors are not created equal, so it goes with LCD displays.

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Jun 15, 2007 11:58 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom. What kind of specs (apart from $) should I look for that would indicate that the LCD TV was at least adequate.

PS. I ordered your FCE HD book from Amazon today. I'll be using it in conjunction with the DVD ROM. I'll master this thing even it means the end on me.

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Jun 16, 2007 2:58 AM in response to Geoff Kirkland

Hi Geoff.

You do know that you can use a normal TV (CRT) ?

I have a £50 portable (15") which is fine for detecting interlacing and colour problems.

You can just about see it to the left of the photo:-

Ian.

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 16, 2007 4:19 AM in response to Geoff Kirkland

Money is usually a good indicator. Really the only way to test it is to put color bars on it and measure it on hardware scope, see if the luminosity hits the marks on the graticule on ever bar, and the chroma hits the targets on on a vectorscope. Or google the various models and see if there are reliable reviews that may have tested them.

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