Monitors

NEW: A monitor for video producers is more than just a device to see the words one types on a virtual page. Monitors are used to verify the composition, color and clarity, among other video-related purposes. You can use a standard computer monitor to edit your video, but a video production monitor will show you your images true colors and allow you to focus properly. Field monitors are portable, and usually battery powered. Some monitors will let you view your format on 16:9 or 4:3, so you can verify that you don't have important parts of your images lost along the edges. The articles in this section should help you decide which production monitor is best for your video needs.

Monitors

• A Blank Canvas: Monitor Buyer's Guide for Editors
  March, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  Monitors are getting sharper and can handle higher resolutions than ever before. And prices are reasonable. What do you need your next monitor to be able to do?…
• Monitor Review: DoubleSight DS-1900S Dual-Monitor LCD
  March, 2009
  by Lance Olinger
  Seeing Double - As prices of LCDs slowly drop, multi-LCD displays become more affordable. Anybody can take two LCDs and put them beside each other. Doublesight…
• Monitoring Your Video: An HD Monitor Buyer's Guide
  October, 2007
  by Heath McKnight
  Editing Hi Def video without an HD monitor is like editing blind
• Monitor Buyer's Guide
  October, 2007
  by John Devcic
  Purchasing a monitor is no easy task. This buyer's guide is here to help you sift through all of the features and differences so you can make the best choice.
• Matrox MXO (2.0) Display Output Device Review
  September, 2007
  by John Burkhart
  Marrying the Two
• 10 Steps to the Best Video for Worship
  September, 2007
  by Hal Robertson
  Shooting within the confines of a live event can try the patience of Job. But pulling it off is heavenly joy.
• Video Editing : The Right Caliber
  May, 2007
  by Morgan Paar
  You know you have needed one for some time. Well, the time has come. You've gone long enough without that necessary tool for serious content creation: the…
• All Things HDV Buyer's Guide
  May, 2007
  by Heath McKnight
  Time for our annual HDV issue, and we've broken our buyer's guides into 3 segments: HD & HDV Camcorders, Editing Software and Monitors.
• Monitoring The Monitors
  September, 2006
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  The Big Four Of Television Technology

TV Engineering

• CMOS vs CCD
  September, 2009
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  CMOS Vs CCD technology. What's the difference? The first big difference between the two is that CMOS chips are manufactured much like traditional microchips.
• Choosing Your Direction: Progressive or Interlaced
  July, 2008
  by Michael Reff
  A great director once asked, "To Interlace or not to Interlace? That is the Question. Whether âtis nobler in the mind to capture slings and arrows of…
• The FYI on NTSC, VGA and ATSC Monitors
  September, 2005
  by Michael Fitzer
  The FYI on NTSC, VGA and ATSC.
• NTSC: Yesterday, Today, Forever?
  May, 2004
  by Pat Bailey
  Examining the scope of the North American broadcast video standard.
• Computer & Video Monitors
  September, 2002
  by Dr. Robert G. Nulph
  If you are taking the time to produce a video masterpiece, whether for fun or fame and fortune, you depend on your monitors to provide you with true, high-quali…
• If You're Looking For More Info About The AVCHD Codec, Read This!
  November, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  AVCHD codec? No - not really. AVCHD is a data format, but many people think it's a codec. AVCHD is an acronym for the Advanced Video Codec High Definition&hell…
• Blu-ray Wave: State of the Technology
  October, 2008
  by Nathan Beaman
  Not since Beta versus VHS has a format war been so hotly contested. When the dust settled, Blu-ray Disc won against HD DVD. So the war is over... now what?
• New Titles
  July, 2007
  by Morgan Paar
• Monitors
  October, 2005
  by Michael Fitzer

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