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TECH TOPICS - Winter 2009 With Joe Leon © SMPTE 2009 Expo - Widescreen Monitors SMPTE Bi-Annual EXPO 2009 ... (Society of Motion Picture Technical Engineers) Venue: Darling Harbour Sydney NSW Dates: 21-24 July (Tuesday - Friday) Tuesday - Thursday: 10.00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: 10.00 AM - 3.00 PM Registration for Free Entry and Information: Go to: http://www.smpte.com.au/, select Visitor Information, Visitor Registration, fill in personal details and your interest in visiting SMPTE. You’ll receive an Email confirming your Registration which includes a Barcode which you print out and take to the Expo and is your quick access to the SMPTE Bi-Annual EXPO 2009 . What can you expect to see at SMPTE … If it’s anything like previous Expos there will be plenty to see and touch for the Video Movie Maker with demonstrations of the latest Hardware and Software from companies like Adobe, Canon Australia, Lako Pacific, JVC, Panasonic and Sony Australia just to name a few. Adobe will most likely will be demonstrating its Adobe CS4 (Creative Suite 4) while Sony Australia will probably show off its Vegas Video and Sound Forge Audio Editing applications. Other items of interest will be Digital Media, Display and Projection, Editing, Graphics and Animations SFX, Lighting, Motion Picture & Film, Multimedia, Video Production, etc, etc. Although SMPTE is aimed at the High End Professional market like TV and Motion Picture Studios, there will be plenty for the Video Movie Maker to see, touch and enquire about. So make sure you bring your questions along. 16:9 WIDESCREEN LCD MONITORS & TVs … There is a very good reason to update to a Widescreen Monitor or TV which has to do with most Video Cameras or TVs being sold today from the cheapest to the dearest having Widescreen as the default Format. Therefore it stands to reason that a Widescreen Monitor and TV is preferable to Edit and display Widescreen movies in its Native Widescreen Resolution. Before updating your Monitor from 4:3 to 16:9 Ratio Widescreen there are several things you should be aware of which have to do with Response Time, Contrast Ratio, Size and Resolution. I’ll be using my Samsung 19” (48 cm) 4:3 LCD Monitor and LG 22” (56 cm) 16:9 LCD Monitors as reference for the article. Samsung 19” (48 cm) 4:3 LCD Monitor … Display Area: 38 cm Wide x 30 cm High Response Time: 8 ms Contrast Ratio: 700:1 Resolution Max: 1280 x 1024 Pixels Total Pixels: 1,310,720 Pixels Viewing Angle: 160 degrees Horizontal/Vertical Screen Rotation: Landscape or Portrait LG 22” (56 cm) 16:9 Widescreen LCD Monitor ... Display Area: 47.5 cm Wide x 30 cm High Response Time: 2 ms Contrast Ratio: 10,000:1 Digital Fine Contrast Resolution Max: 1680 x 1050 Pixels Total Pixels: 1,764,000 Pixels Viewing Angle: 160 degrees Horizontal/Vertical 19” (48 cm) 16:9 Widescreen LCD Monitor … Display Area: 41 cm Wide x 25 cm High A friend’s 19” WS Monitor was 8 cm narrower and 5 cm lower in height than my 22” WS Monitor and that is why I chose the bigger size monitor as I did not want to lose the height I was used to. Before proceeding much further having the latest and Fastest LCD Monitor is no good unless you have a Video Card that can match or surpass its performance. If your Video Card’s maximum resolution is 1024 x 768 Pixels then it can’t display 1680 x 1050 Pixels or higher resolutions. Response Time … ms = Millisecond = 1/1000 Second. Basically it means the time it takes a Pixel to turn On from an Off state. The lower the ms number the better. A high response time could cause blurring on fast moving objects and produce ghosting which most of us have seen on older LCD Monitors and TVs. Contrast Ratio … This is a measurement of the difference between the darkest and brightest areas on the screen. The higher the Contrast Ratio, the deeper the blacks and whites will be displayed on the Monitor or TV. So it goes without saying that a higher Contrast Ratio is better. Page 12 Australian film & video
TECH TOPICS - Winter 2009 With Joe Leon © Widescreen Monitors Continued ... Viewing Angle: Older LCD Screens had a narrow viewing angle and the more you viewed from either side the more washed out the display appeared. The higher the Viewing Angle the better is the viewing from the sides. Size … I recently retired my 17” CRT Monitor and moved my 19” 4:3 LCD Monitor to my backup PC and connected my new 22” Widescreen LCD Monitor to my main PC where WS video fills the whole screen. Increasing Screen Resolution… The more you increase the screen resolution, the greater the working area and the smaller everything appears on the screen including the writing which I found hard to read regardless whether you’re Editing or Browsing the net. There are two options available. Increasing Font Size … This is the more obvious one and it’s easily done. In Windows XP go to Start / Settings / Control Panel / Display / Appearance. Three options are available in the Pop-up Font size menu. 19” 4:3 Monitor 22” 16:9 WS Monitor As both Monitors are approximately 30cm high I did not lose any height and gained an extra 9.5 cm in width which is ideal for Editing and Displaying HD Widescreen footage. The 16:9 image shows a horizontally expanded 4:3 image which is not flattering for the figure but as a side effect makes my grin even wider. Native Resolution … Increasing DPI (Dots per Inch) … Normal, Large fonts and Extra large fonts. Chose the one that meets your needs. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel / Display / Settings / Advanced. The three options are: 1280 x 1024 Pixels 1440 x 900 Pixels The left image shows an incorrect Aspect Ratio and was rectified by finding the Monitor’s Native Resolution which normally is the highest Resolution. In my case I can use two, 1440 x 900 Pixels and 1680 x 1050 Pixels which is the highest resolution on my Monitor. After setting the Monitor to its Native Resolution, a circle is a circle once again One drawback of changing to a 16:9 Monitor from a 4:3 Monitor is that practically every program I ran had to be adjusted to full screen mode which is my preferred working option. Normal size (96 DPI) ... Large size (120 DPI) ... Custom setting ... Using Native Resolution and 120 DPI gives me the highest screen resolution and is ideal for WS Video Editing and Screen Capturing. Some programs required adjusting the Font size. Australian film & video Page 13
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