Digital Cinema Desktop question

[Karl H]

Looks like Im about to go Mac, I dont know much about FCP as Im a Pc user. I'm still toying with the monitor configuration...

My first thought was a 30" for editing and a 23" for the video preview (or digital desktop as I think it's known)

Then I thought, no, I hear the dell monitors are cheaper and are as good. So maybe a 30" and 24" Dell.

But ultimately I thought I could get 2x 24" for the price of 1 30" and more resolution area, so this is a long winded way of asking this question :

can I use 2x 24" inch displays to edit on and a third 24" to send the video output to? is that possible or do I need an extra gfx card?....

[Emmanuel Cambier]

The 30" is really outstanding, I'm proud I bought it everytimeI turn it on.
And it's been over two years now.

They may come up with new displays sometimes soon though.

Emmanuel

[Gunleik Groven]

can I use 2x 24" inch displays to edit on and a third 24" to send the video output to? is that possible or do I need an extra gfx card?....

Yes, you'd need an extra card, and I'd suggest an AJA (as they work closely with Red and Apple) or a BlackMagic card to get a nice preview.

Some of these comes with DVI output, but genereally they're HD-SDI.
there are SDI to DVI alternatives out there.

If you want to go 1:1 pixel with 2k, the 30" is the only (data monitor) way to go.

Gunleik

[Karl H]

thanks for the responses but i was thinking more along the lines of outputing via my gfx card. Lets say I had 2 nvidia cards in the mac. could I use one to show the video output and the other two for editing, without purchasing an expensive Kona or blackmagic card?