Re: 2K monitoring

Okay, this gave me the fever. I did some poking around and surprise, surprise, you CAN monitor 2K natively on your desktop. It's from NEC, 21 in., DVD-D, and only $4000. This is genuinely, ridiculously low.

BTW, full aperture native 2K is 2048x1556, aka QXGA. There are number of them, but the NEC is fairly easy to find.

The challenge is that
Academy 2K is 1828 x 1332 at 1.37:1
Digital Cinema 2K is 2048 x 858 2.39:1 , and 1998 x 1080 at 1.85.1.

I've been able to find NO desktop monitors with ANY of these resolutions.

The biggest problem is that you're going to have trouble managing color. Doing 1920 on your desktop is no problem, because it generally corresponds to the screens that most people see HD on. But most people are going to see 2K projected, and although there ARE home theater 2K projectors -- even home theater FOUR K projectors from Sony's CONSUMER division -- they ain't cheap.

Now, I'd be happy to be corrected on all of this, but that's what I've found in the time I'm willing to allow myself for goofing off. For now, follow Luke's advice or face Bob's bat.

:-)