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--- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, IAN WILSON <ian@...> wrote:
>
> Now if you can get that dog to edit, that's a real concept.
>
> Ian Wilson
> Colortape Productions
> Ian@...
> 0418 327 082
> Via iPhone
>
> On 26/11/2009, at 4:09 PM, "Bob Zelin" <maxavid@...> wrote:
>
> > I don't believe you have ever sat in front of a 30" monitor.
> > Perhaps you should do so. The font's are not bigger - they are
> > SMALLER (to get more stuff on the screen).
> > I am planning on getting a talking seeing eye dog to assist me with
> > viewing the monitors.
> >
> > With that said, you could get a 42" Plasma screen (like a Panasonic
> > TH42PD12UK for $839), and keep the resolution at 1280x768. Now THIS
> > will be big !
> >
> > Bob Zelin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rob
> > To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:05 AM
> > Subject: [FCP-L] Re: OT: Monitors
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh I've got glasses... now. Transition Lenses Bi Focals. ( I was
> > waiting for the glasses suggestion) The problem is that glasses
> > don't work with the distances I sit from the monitors at either my
> > client's suites or at home. Don't really need them for stuff that's
> > a few feet away. It just seems that bigger would be better for an
> > editing monitor at home then I though perhaps two would be
> > better.The weak link right now is the 15" laptop screen for the
> > browser. I'll save the dual monitor set up for when I purchase a Mac
> > Pro next year some time. In the mean time I like the suggestion of
> > going with a 27" or even a 30". Maybe I can manage a narrowed
> > browser window and the timeline, viewer, and canvas on the same
> > screen.
> >
> > Thank you all for your suggestions. I've monitored the generations
> > of the Avid-L for many years and found them to be of great value.
> > It's nice to see the same from the FCP-L.
> >
> > Rob Edsall
> >
> > --- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Zelin" <maxavid@>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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