Re: Monitoring video for web output

Who said anything about high-end cards?

The card I use right now is a Blackmagic Intensity Pro. I send component video out to my HD broadcast monitor. Both pieces together were about $1300. If the OP were on a strict budget, you could sacrifice some accuracy and go with a Dell 2408 instead of the broadcast monitor (still send component from the BM Intensity Pro). Or if they are just editing SD material, SD broadcast monitors can be bought from B&H for under $500 (or look for something used).

The whole point is not to know what it will look like on every screen, it's to put the video on a baseline standard so that it will look consistent with other material (professionally produced video, Hollywood DVDs, etc) on the same screen.

-Bryan