Posted by Igor on 11/01/07 18:09

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:40:52 -0700, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:

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>
>One of the newsgroups you cross-posted to is
>rec.video.production where "monitor" has an ambiguous
>meaning. But you appear to be asking about a comptuer
>screen ratherer than a television monitor.
>

Yes, I meant computer monitor. Sorry for the oversight.

>Video editing has much the same problem with proper
>rendition of the image on the screen. The difference in
>gamma between a comptuer screen and a television
>monitor is very significant and many people come here
>complaining that their video looks "dark" on their computer
>screen.
>
>Many of us continue to use conventional television monitors
>(CRT) for viewing the video even as we use LCD (etc.)
>computer screens for our non-linear editing functions, etc.
>
>There are begining to be more LCD-based television
>monitors available in the marketplace, but they still cost
>many times more than CRT TV monitors, and many times
>more than domestic LCD-based TV receivers.
>
>The reason for this is that a television production monitor
>is a calibrated piece of "test equipment", not just a pretty
>screen to view the video. The most critical use is by the
>"camera shader" who relies on the proper setup of the
>monitor and his/her own eyes to adjust several parameters
>of the TV cameras so that they will match when the director
>switches between them. Not altogether different from the
>function of a "colorist", except that it is done in real-time.
>
>And of course, there are similar requirements for graphic
>arts monitors. And some of the same equipment is used
>to calibrate the (CRT or LCD) monitor screens.
>

Thanks for the fascinating info. A lot of this stuff certainly wasn't
obvious to me. I knew there was a big difference between CRT and LCD
technology in general, but what I find surprising is that there's so
much difference between TV sets and computer monitors that employ the
same technology (i.e., CRT TV vs. CRT computer monitor, LCD TV vs. LCD
computer monitor).
--
"Those of us whose brains did not die in college are
actually stunned by just how stupid academic ideas
are." -- Robert W. Whitaker, http://readbob.com/

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