OT External Monitor

Galeng wrote on 8/29/2005, 10:10 AM
Hi...Looking for your suggestions. As I start doing more color correcting and chromakey stuff I am seeing the importance of having an external monitor. Right now I am using a way basic JVC that is very low resolution. I have color corrected it the best I know how, following some of the tutorials out there. I think I am ready to take a SMALL step up and I have seen the "JVC TMH150CGU 15" High Resolution Color Monitor" advertised at B&H and other places. Does anyone have that monitor and if so what has been your experience? Not looking for anything related to high def right now.

Thanks for your help.

Galen

Comments

Grazie wrote on 8/29/2005, 10:23 AM
Got that model - love it. Controls on front: Under Scan; Colour on/off; Blue Check; Aspect for 16:9<<>4:3 . You get to select from 2 inputs A or B and if you supply cards into the rear you get C and D for more complex inputs and outputs. Plus +720 lines.

Grazie
Galeng wrote on 8/29/2005, 10:48 AM
Hi Grazie..
Thanks for your help. Wow..if your are using it must be decent one. I know that it has an add-on card option. But, in it's standard form, I want to use S-Video in and out. Going through a Canopus ADVC 300. Will it work??

Thanks.
rs170a wrote on 8/29/2005, 11:34 AM
Galen, I agree with Grazie that, for the price, it's a good monitor. I've got 4 of them in student edit suites and am very happy with them.

Don't worry about the add-on cards as they're for component or SDI cards.
Specs for this monitor are on the JVC Pro site.
Input A is composite only while Input B is composite or Y/C (loop thru) so the ADVC 300 will work with it just fine.

Mike
Grazie wrote on 8/29/2005, 11:45 AM
"Wow..if your are using it must be decent one. "

Woah . . . I've only been in this biz for 3 years . . I've still got bags to learn . . and budget is very important to me. You don't need the cards at all. I use the A & B buttons quite a bit - don't tell anybody, but I've got my TV on the A button - LOL!

It will make your Fx-ing work so much easier and kinda solid. Colour Correction is just "there"!

Grazie

rs170a wrote on 8/29/2005, 11:53 AM
don't tell anybody, but I've got my TV on the A button - LOL!

Too Late Grazie!!
Now the whole world knows your little secret :-)

Mike
Grazie wrote on 8/29/2005, 11:59 AM
Oh! Purely for research and keeping an eye on all that great graphics from BBC! - No daytime soaps here . . lol!! !!!
rs170a wrote on 8/29/2005, 12:09 PM
Purely for research...

Since when does cricket or rugby count as research?
:-)

Mike
Grazie wrote on 8/29/2005, 2:05 PM
SteadyCam? Framing moving envents? - G
Galeng wrote on 8/29/2005, 2:45 PM
Grazie and rs170a

Thanks for your help. Thin I will go ahead and dive in. Hmmmmm.... TV on A button. Guess I need to brush up on my steadycam and event framing too!!!

Grazie, have you seen the Gary Kleiner training video on Vegas 5? I think on the 5th disk he talks a little about calibrating the monitor. How did you do that on the JVC?

Thanks again,

Galen
rs170a wrote on 8/29/2005, 4:56 PM

Color Bars and How To Use 'em

Mike