On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:43:23 GMT, "mr. smith" wrote:

>I'm shopping for a small TV to monitor the actual quality of my video, my
>question is: are there any specific specs I should keep in mind when
>purchasing this or will any TV or monitor Good Guys carry will work for me?

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:59:14 GMT, "Alexander Ibrahim" wrote:

>Think about the typical TV where your production will be seen...then
>make sure you have a TV worse than that.
>
>I have a 5" B/X TV from Radio Shack that can't even synch
>properly...you keep having to adjust the vert. hold. It is labelled
>"Thing" Best "thing" I have done for my video...if it is viewable
>there it is viewable in a lot of places I ordinarily don't test for
>with REAL equipment.

This is similar to what audio folks do (use a bad car radio
as a check for what things will sound like on common bad
gear) - but the main evaluations are done on very good gear,
since it reveals the subtleties needed for best control...
In video, there are many aspects that need
evaluation/control during editing for a good edit job
to be done... If you are not interested in evaluating
sharpness, color-balance, framing, contrast, brightness,
etc., but only subject content and clip lengths, any TV
may serve; but if you want to do high-quality editing,
your requirements may lead you to multi-thousand
dollar monitoring solutions... I stopped at a
***SELECTED*** (samples VARY!) Sony 20" flat-screen with
an "S" input - but even so, my aging 27" TV downstairs is
still better in almost every way for judging the fine
points of the image - and a top-class video-monitor would
be better yet...