James, that's the monitor I've been eye-balling. B&H has it for $999 (up $100 from just a week ago). With the ecomony the way it is, you'd think they'd leave it alone.

Buydig (Worldwide Direct) (Beach Camera) is a legitimate dealer that has it for $879 shipped. I have ordered from them many times.

John

I suppose I should have been more specific. I am interested in replacing my current 2 monitor CRT setup for application time line editing.

If this level is being recommended for the physical clip edit then I am definitely looking down in a lower price range.

I suspected you had been mis-understood.
I use a pair of Dell 2408WFP's.
Very good with multiple video inputs for video monitoring as well especially on the secondary monitor.
Malcolm

Monitors = For Colour Correcting

Monitors = For Editing work

Here is the misunderstanding: Using the Second Monitor for Colour Correcting as in "Windows Secondary Display".

Now, dear hearts, could it be that some people, actually HAVE an expensive PRO 2nd monitor that they ALSO use to double up as their edit monitor too? In which case there is NO misunderstanding and maybe that is why JJ, Jay and Craftie mentioned their suggestions.

But I could be incorrect in my assumption?

Grazie

I was not implying any fault on the part of other respondents as the original question was unclear and I just had a suspicion that they had not guessed the OP's true intention.
Regading the preview monitor the Dell and other monitors (? HP Dreamcolor) give you the ability to use windows secondary display and at the touch of the input button switch to a video input via a Black Magic or AJA card especially for HD where the firewire options don't work.
Malcolm

Malcom, I have a Dell 2408WFP on order, but was not aware of what you mention here about windows secondary display. Can you elaborate on what this does for you? And what is the AJA card?

Jerry

>Regading the preview monitor the Dell and other monitors (? HP Dreamcolor) give you the ability to use windows secondary display and at the touch of the input button switch to a video input via a Black Magic or AJA card especially for HD where the firewire options don't work.

I've got the Dell 27'' monitor as the primary monitor on one setup, and the 24" monitor as the primary on the other. Both setups use the dell 20" as the secondary.

If you can afford the 27", go and get it....you will not regret it. If the 24" is the best you can afford, you will still be very happy. Dell's monitors are excellent.

Acer P241w. 2ms response time, lots of inputs including HDMI. Beautiful.

I assume you are referring to computer monitors and not reference monitors right?

Mike

Acer P241w. 2ms response time, lots of inputs including HDMI. Beautiful.

I assume you are referring to computer monitors and not reference monitors right?

Mike

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That monitor is discontinued and unavailable unless you want to take a chance on eBay, a used one, or a disreputable online vendor who claims to have it in stock; but really doesn't.

There is a newer model. It is the Acer P243WAid

John

Note that Vegas has some powerful features in the Windows Secondary Display option, namely, the ability to use custom color curves and Computer to Studio RGB conversion.

Using these features on my Dell 24" with a NTSC calibration from my Spyder2Pro makes it pretty close to true NTSC colors.

For 24" I would go with the NEC 2490WUXi monitors. A huge step up from a Dell.

I would't go that small if I could afford to do it again though.

Jerry
I work mainly in HD.
For windows secondary display you have a graphics card with preferably 2 DVI outputs and a wide screen 1920x1200 display on each. Set mode as Dualview.
Right click in preview window and in Preview Device select Windows secondary display and point it to the second monitor.
Now when playing the timeline click on the external monitor icon and it will become a full size display with some letterboxing as the display is 16:10 not 16:9.
If you click on the display and press Escape it will revert to windows normal display. You can set it up so the preview window and secondary display are both on the same screen if required.
I hope this is clear.
An AJA card is like a BlackMagic card. A capture and playback card for SDI and analog. For PC's it would be the Xena LHe model.
This converts the timeline to the required standard and can be fed to one of the video inputs on the display. It is one of the other options when selecting Windows secondary display. The cards are not cheap.
Malcolm