Re: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors

Rob,

I don't know if you can satisfactorily drive two external monitors from a
MBP. There were, for a little while, some Expresscard video adapters, I
think...but I don't know if those were available with Mac drivers or if they
delivered decent video (I kinda suspect not in both cases).

One think you could consider would be a single 27-inch or 30-inch LCD. Not
the same as two 24-inch monitors, but drivable from most recent MBPs (like
two-year old 15-inch MBPs)

Best,

Jim

On 11/25/09 8:20 AM, "Rob" <redsall@snavelyassociates.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the input so far on this topic. What's happening is that my eyes
> are starting to go. I've been a full time editor since 82 and it's frustrating
> not being able to see clearly anymore. Now I'm bouncing between the 15" screen
> on my MBP for the browser and 20" screen for the timeline and viewer windows.
> I'm really straining to see the browser after looking at the 20"for awhile.
> What I really need is dual 24' monitors that I can run off my non mini display
> port MBP. I've gone freelance now and will eventually buy a tower but in the
> mean time I would like to use the MPB as the engine for this system. It is
> certainly powerful enough. I've been looking at Dell monitors because Zelin
> recommended them in a number of articles I've come across while researching
> monitors. Now Steve has recommended Samsung so I'll look into them. Either
> way, is it possible to run two monitors from my MPB without the mini display
> port? Someone recommended the Gefen adaptor as the solution to the mini
> display port issue but I don't see how that helps with running two monitors.
> Any help here would be greatly appreciated. I also just started using FCP
> after twenty years of Avid so... I can't see anymore and now the steering
> wheel is on the other side of the car. I hope I don't crash.
>
> Thanks All
>
>
> --- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, "redsall2002" <redsall@...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm thinking about purchasing a new Dell U2410 LCD to use with my year and a
>> half old MBP for a FCP system I'm use when working at home. The new Cinema
>> Displays will not work with my MBP because there is no mini display port and
>> no adaptor as yet. Anyway I have been looking at all sorts of solutions and
>> the Dell seems to be the best in that price range. There is however a large
>> collection of negative reviews all over the web regarding green/pink issues
>> on some of the monitors that Dell has shipped out. Anybody with this monitor
>> had to deal with this? My real question is, what are other people with
>> similar set ups to mine using for an external monitor? While I'm at it I
>> might as well ask if anybody is using two external monitors with the MPB? If
>> so, how are you accomplishing that?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>
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