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24PHDCINE wrote on 3/19/2005, 1:20 AM
Sony. Buy the 13 inch. 20 inch is a little too big to carry around.
B.Verlik wrote on 3/19/2005, 1:48 AM
Is this audio or video?
rs170a wrote on 3/19/2005, 10:32 AM
If you're talking aboyut a video monitor, I got several JVC TM-H150CGU 15" for student NLE suites last fall and am quite happy with them. Price was only $675 Canadian so that was a bonus. The comparable Sony (PVM 14L2) was $1750.00 :-(

Mike
Grazie wrote on 3/19/2005, 9:51 PM
Yup! The JVC TM-H150CGU 15" here too! - Love it. It is neat and has a host of features selectable from front:

* Mono Line Volume Monitor

* Underscan

* Colour Off

* Blue Check

* Aspect - 16:9 <> 4:3

* A - B - and 2 card slot selcetions of C - D

It just works!

Here yah goes:

http://www.jvcpro.co.uk/item/index_html?item=TM-H150CG

Buy it and forget it .. .

Grazie

ezway wrote on 3/19/2005, 11:03 PM
You guys are wonderful, thank you! I will try the JVC TM-H150CGU 15.
I was trying to adjust for blue without blue gun, and without any luck.
Thanks again,
Marty
the_learninator wrote on 3/20/2005, 1:48 AM
can't you just use another computer monitor as a video monitor OR S-video television?
busterkeaton wrote on 3/20/2005, 4:39 AM
You cannot use another computer monitor for a video monitor if you are going to TV, because the color space of TV and the color space of computer screen are different.

A studio monitor is different from a regular television. Underscan, Color Off, Blue Check Functions are features on this JVC that you will not find on a regular television. Underscan lets you see you whole video image, regular TVs crop the sides a bit. Color Off and Blue Check are functions that allow you to calibrate your monitor properly. That you know that what is white this month is not grey next month.

farss wrote on 3/20/2005, 4:55 AM
To be honest using any external device, even a lowly TV that's got composite or S-Video inputs is better than using the internal Vegas monitor on a PC screen. Put in a bit of time calibrating the thing as best you can helps a lot too. Even if you have the best CRT studio monitor without keeping it calibrated you're are kind of defeating the purpose. And then whne you've gone to all that trouble you need to consider the environment around the monitor, that has a big impact on how you see what any monitor is showing you.
Probably the thing I like most about having a half decent monitor is seeing just how sharp my video looks, looking at my work through my old 'fuzz box' TV really didn't inspire me very much.
For me same goes for good monitor speakers, I'll probably never be that good at mixing perhaps for them to make a difference but hearing how clean my half decent mics and audio gear sounds is an inspiration to keep trying to get better.
One tip, no matter whether it's audio or video nor how good or bad your kit is it pays to calibrate yourself. Before you start watch the best bit of video you've got with some good clean audio. If you do long sessions have a break and go back and recalibrate yourself.
Bob.