Posted by PTravel on 07/16/07 18:58

"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> "Joe" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message news:eXMmi.3070$4J4.994@trndny05...

>> I'm willing to spend the money if I'm convinced that a much better
>> camera would be worth it. Obviously a much better camera will be nice
>> when I want to watch it on my own hidef TV, but I don't yet have one-
>> though I do have a very nice 24" flat screen monitor which I got with my
>> new duel core PC- unfortunately, the PC is not in a good spot for casual
>> viewing.
>>
>> Anyways, perhaps I'm getting closer to a solution.

Sorry to respond to my own post, but I missed something in my original
reply.

If the only venue for your project is the internet, you're probably okay
editing on the computer monitor. However, computer monitors have very
different gamma characteristics than televisions (any television, i.e. LCD,
DLP, plasma and CRT televisions have different gamma than CRT and LCD
computer monitors). If there is any chance that your projects are going to
be viewed on a television, it's important to try to set up the gamma on the
computer monitor to match, as closely as possible, that of a television.
When I edit, I use a small broadcast monitor (picked up on eBay for around
$100 to $150 or so). The difference between the image on the television
monitor and the image on my computer monitor is, to say the least,
dramatic -- the computer image is, usually, darker, with very different
color saturation.

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