Posted by jakdedert on 12/05/06 21:06

P.C. Ford wrote:
> Ok, I always say that one should have no pride when it comes to asking
> questions. Here's the proof of that:
>
> I have a crappy NTSC Monitor hooked up to my 'puter. I have only a
> firewire card.....no Storm card or any other capture card.
>
> I want to be able to see the monitor image from Premiere on the NTSC
> monitor. I can seen the footage as it being captured from deck or when
> it is being dumped back to deck. I have a Matrox G550....when I
> manipulate the graphics card controls, it does show the timeline
> monitor.....but the image shows four or so times and the aspect is
> screwed up....don't know what is screwed up. Do want to get a better
> monitor.
>
> Certainly a Storm card or whatever will have a hook-up for the NTSC
> monitor. However, as I understand it, any modern graphics card will
> allow you to run a TV monitor as well.
>
> Would like to run two computer monitors and a NTSC monitor from a
> graphics card. I believe this is possible. Right?
>
> Any suggestions for card? Am running Premiere 6 now. Will be upgrading
> to Premiere Pro 2 after the next decent payday.
>
> Any suggestions for an inexpensive NTSC monitor which could double as
> a field monitor...with overscan and blue only?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Certainly not ANY card will run an NTSC monitor, but many of them will.
It's always included in the 'features' section of any card
specification. Since you have an old monitor, make sure you get one
with a composite (RCA) output. Many have S-video.

jak

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