Re: [LAU] Plasma TV as monitor for studio work.

Thanks to all for the input. It gives me much to think about, and i've asked
some colleagues here about the 'burn' issue. A good call, thanks.

For those driving larger LCD screens, what's the general consensus for
graphic cards, and any extra tweaks you might have had to cope with?

I should add here, this is for usage with the usual apps, Linuxsampler,
Ardour, RG, Jconv, etc. and the biggest intent on my part is to seed as many
tracks as possible on the screen at one time. (I'm using multiple desktops,
as i wrote.)

1 more question if i may?

In past experiments, i've been able to make apps 'stick' to a particular
desktop (or 'viewport'). In KDE i could do this, so when the app opened, it
did so in the right desktop.

I've yet to be successful at this with GTK/gnome, on a regular scriptable
basis. (So my startup script with open apps and templates in sequence, and
do so, each in the right desktop.)

Is this an error on my part, a bit missing in GTK/Gnome, or an Ubuntustudio
challenge in particular?

Alex.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Erik Steffl <steffl@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 14:06 +0300, alex stone wrote:
> >> Maybe an odd question, but in about 4 weeks i'll have the chance to
> >> try out a plasma tv as a monitor.
> >>
> >> And i'm now firmly entrenched in my single monitor/multiple desktop
> >> daily usage, so i'm keen to use 1 big monitor and switch. (Because i
> >> can. :) )
> >>
> >> Have any of you in our linux audio world such a setup?
> >>
> >> If you use a plasma tv, what sort of graphics card are you using, and
> >> how big a screen can i consider, for good resolution on a day in day
> >> out basis?
> >
> > I can't think of anything less suitable for use as a day-to-day monitor
> > in a studio. They are electrically noisy, often mechanically noisy with
> > cooling fans, produce huge amounts of heat and have a very low
> > resolution.
> >
> > You *will* get interference in your audio equipment from it.
>
> (assuming LCD, I think we already established plasma is not suitable
> cause of burn in)
>
> LCDs much less electrically noisy than even small CRT monitors, I
> don't have a studio, just line 6 guitar port, but I had annoying
> interference when playing guitar (i.e. humming) with CRT I used to have
> (which went away when I turned it off and was going down when guitar was
> further from it so i am sure it was the monitor). However with 52 inch
> CRT (sony bravia xbr4) I didn't detect any interference.
>
> Not sure what you mean by low resolution, 1920x1080 seems to be
> reasonable resolution, most 20+ inch monitors have 1920x1200 which is
> not that much of a difference.
>
> erik
>
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