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Post by lcr on Mar 24, 2017 4:14:03 GMT -6
Thinking about replacing my current video monitor I use with my 2010 mac pro. I believe its a 24", Its really old and sits pretty far back from mix position. Anyone use a current model 32" TV at 1080P? I know in the past I read the TV technology wasnt the greatest for this, curious how well they look nowadays.
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Post by Ward on Mar 24, 2017 6:58:20 GMT -6
Well why not? A friend of mine is running two 42" LCDs off the Thunderbolt ports on his Mac Pro without any difficulties and it is GREAT to be able to see everything from anywhere in the room! (OK, you can't see the live rooms but you still see the screens).
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Post by lcr on Mar 24, 2017 7:03:27 GMT -6
Cool. I might just give it a go. The current old monitor really looks bad and small, not the first time Ive been told that! Now If I could just turn off the boiler in the mac pro. Its great in the cold months, not so much the rest of the yr.
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Post by svart on Mar 24, 2017 7:58:56 GMT -6
I did this same thing about a month ago. I had a 27" 2560x1440 monitor, but it sat about 3-4 feet away, on top of the console. I struggled to read some of the very fine things on the screen from back there, even though I have pretty good eyesight.
But with the cost of monitors and TV's coming down, I decided to give something bigger a try.
I looked at going 32" 2560x1440, but honestly it wasn't as easy to read as I expected when going up to the next size screen. So I decided to go 32" 1080P.
I visited the local stores, Fry's, BestBuy, etc, and ended up choosing a middle-line Samsung as it seemed to have the best native sharpness and contrast.
Now, one thing I should say is that the native color profiles are not anywhere near as saturated as a computer monitor, so it took quite a bit of messing around with the colors, sharpness, brightness, contrast and all that stuff to get it relatively close to a computer monitor's.
I'm quite happy with it now, but I wonder if going with a real monitor would have been better.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 24, 2017 8:01:21 GMT -6
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Post by massivemastering on Mar 24, 2017 8:26:27 GMT -6
Been using "big screens" for years. Don't know how I'd work without 'em. Everything at 1080 (well, since I changed the small monitors to slightly larger). Latest is a 50" Vizio 4K (also running @1080).
No idea how they'd be for gaming and what not -- But for Samplitude and such, it's perfectly fine.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Mar 24, 2017 8:40:34 GMT -6
I used a 32" Samsung from about 4' away, and it worked great at 1080p. There's also a trick to putting Samsung Tv's into 'monitor' mode, which will make it look just like a pc monitor. If I recall correctly you just rename the hdmi input 'PC'. This may not be required on newer models.... mine is from around 2014.
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Post by mulmany on Mar 24, 2017 11:22:44 GMT -6
Just make sure you buy it from some where with a good return policy. Some of the cheaper tvs have audible hum/whine problems. Usually caused by the power supply and/or backlighting.
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Post by lcr on Mar 24, 2017 11:43:29 GMT -6
I was leaning towards Samsung, now especially so because of the PC mode feature.
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Post by Tbone81 on Mar 24, 2017 12:12:51 GMT -6
I just did the same, got a 32" tv for cheap and it works great. Like others said, I had to spend a few minutes adjusting the brightness, contrast, and the color panel in Cuba seemed to make it look good but it was no big deal.
Also, good/big TVs tend to be much cheaper than computer screens.
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Post by subspace on Mar 24, 2017 13:12:50 GMT -6
I went from this:  to this last summer:  I went to Costco to look at the big TVs with the same idea, then saw the tiny dedicated monitor section and found this 34" UltraWide LG: www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-34UM58-P-ultrawide-monitorThe Screen Split 2.0 function is awesome, I use it in 3 pane mode with the top half of the screen full width and the bottom half split into two half width panes. Hit the zoom button on any pane and it goes full screen. Can't believe I toiled away on the tiny LCD for so long... |
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Post by ChaseUTB on Mar 24, 2017 18:25:43 GMT -6
I use a Samsung 27" monitor .. not sure of the resolution. The extra screen uses the TB port from my MBP and you can choose a couple way to set up the screen layouts and how the mouse/ trackball moves from one screen to the next.. The Samsung being a monitor Inusually have to adjust the MBP to get solid cohesive interplay.. Like you guys have stated some minor adjustments and you are up and running fast!
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Post by chasmanian on Mar 25, 2017 1:51:21 GMT -6
using a Samsung 32" tv for monitor for playing piano VST's.
720 p I think.
thought I would not like it because its too big.
I love it.
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Post by massivemastering on Mar 25, 2017 23:22:24 GMT -6
Gonna throw one into the "this to this" also -- Ignore the whole change of basically everything in the room and concentrate on the video monitors -- Older:  For the record, that's a PC on the left and a Mac on the right. The current setup is more like this:  STILL a PC on the left and a Mac on the right. The big guy is hooked up to both. SYNERGY is running between the machines -- The Mac is a keyboard/mouse server to the PC (client) so you can basically run the mouse in a circle between the 3 screens. You need to change the input on the big screen to use the other machine (I more or less only use it for the PC / audio machine but occasionally need it on the Mac / "business" machine). Long story short - You can certainly replace monitors - But you can also add them... [nostalgia] Lord, I miss how "clean" this place looked back then. That top shot was taken literally on "move-in" day or the next morning. Before there were extra cables everywhere, all those extra corner traps, secondary monitoring that barely ever even gets turned on, more cables, stuff on the walls... Meh... [/nostalgia] |
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Post by lcr on Mar 26, 2017 8:08:44 GMT -6
I used dual matching monitors side by side years ago, before a decent chair. After reading about chair and office ergonomics I picked up a decent chair and changed the monitor arrangement to one centered and one off to the right side. The right side monitor I use for 2 buss plugins and the UA console app. I realized for me I didnt need the edit/mix window at the same time. Neck and back immediately felt much better after those changes.
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 26, 2017 14:16:32 GMT -6
I have a 27" Apple monitor. It's about 3-4 ft away. Use it in the highest resolution it will go. I'll occasionally have some things that look too small, but I have so much screen space, I don't feel like I need two monitors anymore. I tried a 32" tv and thought the resolution looked pretty fuzzy.
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Post by svart on Mar 26, 2017 14:33:18 GMT -6
I tried the Samsung trick, renaming the input to PC.. I'd swear the text on the screen looked sharper..
But then I unnamed it and didn't see any difference.
So either it changed and stayed like that, or I just imagined it due to hopefulness.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Mar 26, 2017 21:18:08 GMT -6
I tried the Samsung trick, renaming the input to PC.. I'd swear the text on the screen looked sharper.. But then I unnamed it and didn't see any difference. So either it changed and stayed like that, or I just imagined it due to hopefulness. It was pretty darn noticeable for me... done it on two Samsung Tv's. Found this tutorial on Samsungs website: www.samsung.com/au/support/skp/htg/16327Also I read somewhere else that it only works on HDMI input 1. |
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Post by Guitar on Mar 27, 2017 13:27:29 GMT -6
I have a 24" monitor and a smaller one to the side. These days I am straining my eyes too much I think it's almost time for a big boy. I thought 24" was big at the time but it doesn't really seem so big 3 years later.
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Post by ChaseUTB on Mar 27, 2017 14:12:29 GMT -6
I have a 24" monitor and a smaller one to the side. These days I am straining my eyes too much I think it's almost time for a big boy. I thought 24" was big at the time but it doesn't really seem so big 3 years later. I went from a mounted 42" on the rear wall to the pics I posted in the show me your studio thread.... Vizio tv work great for this especially now that resolution is so high. Idk the price correlation between the tv vs monitor though... |
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Post by gar381 on Mar 27, 2017 19:45:33 GMT -6
Using the HDMI port on a 27" Samsung TV hooked up to my Mac Pro. Using it
for both photoshop and my PCB cad programs with great results.
I am an analogue guy as you guys know but these Samsung TVs
should have more that enough resolution for DAW work. Why
spend extra money on a computer monitor.
Gary
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Post by ericn on Mar 28, 2017 7:47:17 GMT -6
More and more the differeance between a TV and a monitor is what input board and what SKU they put on it.
Often I'll either plug the lap top into one of my Sony TV's instead of my 27 Visio monitor , the only complaint is what a big reflective surface dose to the acoustics.
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Post by b1 on Mar 28, 2017 8:09:53 GMT -6
I was contemplating getting another monitor. I just grabbed a 40 inch TV for cheaper than a 27" - 32" monitor. Color is just fine, especially since I won't be doing vid color grading on it... el perfecto for audio apps.
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Post by forgotteng on Mar 28, 2017 18:05:01 GMT -6
Yep I have been using 2 cheap Insignia 32" TV's for display for at least 3 years. The quality is nothing to brag about but at least I can read it. I moved from a 37" to 2 32" it just felt better.
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