Re: help needed selecting IO card and Broadcast Monitor

Your wrote:
'I have no opinion here, other than standard def video will not look very good on any of the "cheaper" LMD series, including the LMD-2030W (HD is ok).'

Background and Question:

This winter/spring I am creating a standard def DVD for my client to distribute. It will be next winter/spring (2010) that I create the HD Blue-ray disk. So even though we are shooting HD, my focus right now is a standard def edit/production.

I am far, far more concerned about getting a standard def monitor that will be accurate then I am getting any type of HD monitor/TV, at least right now. I know the rules, you cannot have high quality, speed, and low cost, you can only have two of the three. I am willing to part with some extra $$$ to deliver to my customer the best looking standard def video, within reason. When I say within reason I am thinking within $1200 range. I am open to the idea of purchasing a used unit to save some money. Does this make sense? Or considering the video will often be played on laptop displays and projected am I going to be better off with the Panasonic TV or LMD-2030W?

Sam