Hi,
I'm new here and have a question on laptops for those that use them to capture and edit video footage. I own 3 Sony VX2100 prosumer cameras and was looking for a notebook over a very bulky proffesional Video monitor in order to set up my cameras for white balance and color tempeture. There is a program that does this called DV Rack. Actually it is a program in that software called Broadcast Feild monitor, which even sets up zebra patterns to show areas that are over exposed much like my cameras do on the very small on camera screen. This program has a calibration tool for setting up brightness and contrast before I start using it. And so I am looking for the best LCD display in a notebook with the widest range from darkness to brightness and on one that shows contrast and colors the best.
I was considering the Toshiba Qosmio G35 for this but not sure if the 1.83 GHz processor, 1gig Ram and sub par video card would give me problems in captureing the video. I also want to capture the video or at least the audio from one of my cameras for a back up to the dv tapes. I do not have any plans on editing anything with this notebook as I have a Dell XPS 3.4 GHz with 2 gig's of Ram Desktop that I can use for this when I get back from a job.
I have looked over all the notebooks for the last three days and came up with some conclusions:
Dells LCD's are the most powerful and reliable but their LCD's are dark and do not have as high of range in Contrast Ratio. The Qosmio G35 has a contrast rasio of 700:1 and a color saturation of 72%, which is tops for all LCD's that I have seen or read about.
Sony's have a good high adjustable brightness range but are also troubled with low CPU's and sub par grapics cards that could effect capture.
Sager, Acer and Alenware notebooks have had many complaints as of late on defects requireing the people to send them back for repairs, which would be unreliable one's to buy right now even though the Sager seems to have very good LCD specs and a incredably powerful CPU starting at 3Ghz.
I don't have any need in this life or the next for using a notebook to play games. My only other use would be for watching movies on the DVD player, listening to audio, using it with a GPS for looking at road maps while on a trip and doing occasional office work.
Also, the Sony VAIO's and Toshiba notebooks seem overpriced as compared to the Dell. Actually the only thing holding me back from buying the dell is the complaints I have been reading about the dark screen. It may be too dark to be adjusted properly in DV Rack for broadcast standards.
Finally, the Toshiba Qosmio G35 seems to use a better LCD than all other Toshiba's. I compared the picture of the Qosmio G35 with a Toshiba Satellite and the Satellite was much darker at full brightness. In the descriptions the G35 is the only one listed as Ultimate True Bright and all others are only listed as True Bright. There seems to be quite a bit more range of brigtness control with the G35 as they were both around the same darkness when turned all the way down, but the G35 could be raised in brightness several more notches up past the Satellite's range.
I'm new here and have a question on laptops for those that use them to capture and edit video footage. I own 3 Sony VX2100 prosumer cameras and was looking for a notebook over a very bulky proffesional Video monitor in order to set up my cameras for white balance and color tempeture. There is a program that does this called DV Rack. Actually it is a program in that software called Broadcast Feild monitor, which even sets up zebra patterns to show areas that are over exposed much like my cameras do on the very small on camera screen. This program has a calibration tool for setting up brightness and contrast before I start using it. And so I am looking for the best LCD display in a notebook with the widest range from darkness to brightness and on one that shows contrast and colors the best.
I was considering the Toshiba Qosmio G35 for this but not sure if the 1.83 GHz processor, 1gig Ram and sub par video card would give me problems in captureing the video. I also want to capture the video or at least the audio from one of my cameras for a back up to the dv tapes. I do not have any plans on editing anything with this notebook as I have a Dell XPS 3.4 GHz with 2 gig's of Ram Desktop that I can use for this when I get back from a job.
I have looked over all the notebooks for the last three days and came up with some conclusions:
Dells LCD's are the most powerful and reliable but their LCD's are dark and do not have as high of range in Contrast Ratio. The Qosmio G35 has a contrast rasio of 700:1 and a color saturation of 72%, which is tops for all LCD's that I have seen or read about.
Sony's have a good high adjustable brightness range but are also troubled with low CPU's and sub par grapics cards that could effect capture.
Sager, Acer and Alenware notebooks have had many complaints as of late on defects requireing the people to send them back for repairs, which would be unreliable one's to buy right now even though the Sager seems to have very good LCD specs and a incredably powerful CPU starting at 3Ghz.
I don't have any need in this life or the next for using a notebook to play games. My only other use would be for watching movies on the DVD player, listening to audio, using it with a GPS for looking at road maps while on a trip and doing occasional office work.
Also, the Sony VAIO's and Toshiba notebooks seem overpriced as compared to the Dell. Actually the only thing holding me back from buying the dell is the complaints I have been reading about the dark screen. It may be too dark to be adjusted properly in DV Rack for broadcast standards.
Finally, the Toshiba Qosmio G35 seems to use a better LCD than all other Toshiba's. I compared the picture of the Qosmio G35 with a Toshiba Satellite and the Satellite was much darker at full brightness. In the descriptions the G35 is the only one listed as Ultimate True Bright and all others are only listed as True Bright. There seems to be quite a bit more range of brigtness control with the G35 as they were both around the same darkness when turned all the way down, but the G35 could be raised in brightness several more notches up past the Satellite's range.
