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Video Monitor Question

Benjamindaines

Benjamindaines

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Using Final Cut Express I would like to have an external video monitor to preview my movies on. I don't have one of the little TVs yet but I do have a choice of monitors I can use. I can either use a small CRT that I can set to a very low resolution 600 x 480 or 800 x 600, I can also use a small LCD monitor but I can only set that to 1024 x 768. My question is which would be better to use, the CRT or the LCD? I was thinking the CRT because the lower resolution would be closer to that of the actual film but wanted your opinions as well.

--Thanks.
 
Benjamindaines said:
Using Final Cut Express I would like to have an external video monitor to preview my movies on. I don't have one of the little TVs yet but I do have a choice of monitors I can use. I can either use a small CRT that I can set to a very low resolution 600 x 480 or 800 x 600, I can also use a small LCD monitor but I can only set that to 1024 x 768. My question is which would be better to use, the CRT or the LCD? I was thinking the CRT because the lower resolution would be closer to that of the actual film but wanted your opinions as well.

--Thanks.
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It's really not going to help you out much because of the differences between how images are displayed on a computer monitor vs. how images are displayed on a TV. Even a cheap $80 TV would be better than using a computer monitor to preview your work on.


Lethal
 
LethalWolfe is right, get a small TV and hook it up to your Mac. Computer monitors can't show interlaced images as TV does, they also have some "special" TV-only features
 
No DOUBT, preview your video on a television. It's the most accurate way to view your footage and you'll have accurate T.V. safe zones because your using a T.V. to preview your footage!!
 
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