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

Bob
Walmart sells prescription glasses too.

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Lou Wirth

On Nov 25, 2009, at 2:59 PM, "Bob Zelin" <maxavid@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> My eyes are going completely. There are so many good monitors out
> there today, that include the DELL, and HP, etc., but the real
> ability to be able to see
> is in your reading glasses. I am still using "Wal Mart" off the
> shelf reading glasses (1.5), but the time has come for me to get a
> real pair of perscription glasses.
> Getting a better monitor, is not going to help you see any better.
>
> Bob Zelin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob
> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:20 AM
> Subject: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors
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> 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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