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Scott Dennis · June 5th, 2004, 07:07 PM

I use a good old fashioned tv for my analog video. Use it for color correction and analysis. I know that there are huge benefits of getting a proper video monitor such as blue calibration and so forth. Nevertheless, people whol view my video will view it on a televison set. I am at a finite budget like everyone is and am interested in investing in a monitor. Is it really necessary? Wouldn't money be better spent on other video enhancing products like a lens or additional high end filters? What inexpensive monitors do you recommend?

Jeff Donald · June 5th, 2004, 07:29 PM

How critical is your work, who is your audience?

Scott Dennis · June 5th, 2004, 09:12 PM

My audience is married couples for the most part. I also do a lot of free work for schools. Most people really don't worry about the color quality but I want to creaqte great products. Even if they are done for free. What difference would a NSTC monitor make?

Jeff Donald · June 6th, 2004, 05:28 AM

If you're happy with your current productions and so are your clients, then your other equipment needs should take precedence. However, at some point in the future you'll need a production monitor to achieve higher quality results. The better monitor will help you do a more critical evaluation of your work.

Charles Papert · June 6th, 2004, 07:02 AM

What Jeff said, and in addition:

If you are color correcting to your TV, you are shifting the original footage in one direction or another somewhat blindly. If your TV delivers an image that deviates from a neutral standard (represented by a properly calibrated broadcast monitor), then you run the risk of making your footage look worse rather than better for a certain percentage of other televisions out there. To get the most out of your current setup, it would be a good move to generate color bars from your NLE and tune your TV to them (a search here should turn up a tuturial on how to do this).

June 5th, 2004, 07:07 PM	#1
Scott Dennis New Boot Join Date: May 2004 Location: New York Posts: 7	TV or NSTC Monitor I use a good old fashioned tv for my analog video. Use it for color correction and analysis. I know that there are huge benefits of getting a proper video monitor such as blue calibration and so forth. Nevertheless, people whol view my video will view it on a televison set. I am at a finite budget like everyone is and am interested in investing in a monitor. Is it really necessary? Wouldn't money be better spent on other video enhancing products like a lens or additional high end filters? What inexpensive monitors do you recommend?

June 5th, 2004, 07:29 PM	#2
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	How critical is your work, who is your audience? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

June 5th, 2004, 09:12 PM	#3
Scott Dennis New Boot Join Date: May 2004 Location: New York Posts: 7	Weddings My audience is married couples for the most part. I also do a lot of free work for schools. Most people really don't worry about the color quality but I want to creaqte great products. Even if they are done for free. What difference would a NSTC monitor make?

June 6th, 2004, 05:28 AM	#4
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	If you're happy with your current productions and so are your clients, then your other equipment needs should take precedence. However, at some point in the future you'll need a production monitor to achieve higher quality results. The better monitor will help you do a more critical evaluation of your work. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

June 6th, 2004, 07:02 AM	#5
Charles Papert Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6,810	What Jeff said, and in addition: If you are color correcting to your TV, you are shifting the original footage in one direction or another somewhat blindly. If your TV delivers an image that deviates from a neutral standard (represented by a properly calibrated broadcast monitor), then you run the risk of making your footage look worse rather than better for a certain percentage of other televisions out there. To get the most out of your current setup, it would be a good move to generate color bars from your NLE and tune your TV to them (a search here should turn up a tuturial on how to do this). __________________ Charles Papert www.charlespapert.com