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Lebowsky

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Re: Advice/Help Thread
« Reply #75 on: May 23, 2019, 06:03:17 pm »
hi NCX,

first of all, let me thank you for all your work and effort to the monitor review community, I had followed you advice a lot back then when I was active on [H] forums. I was glad to find out about your site!

I have an advice request that might not really fit the bill of what you usually look for / review in monitors, but I guess it doesn't hurt to try.

I am looking for a display (computer monitor or small tv) that supports 1080p signals over hdmi at 24 Hz (and also 23.976), 25 Hz and 30 Hz (and also 29.97). Reason: it will be used as proofing monitor for a signal sent to a projector when screening movies. Same signal as the one sent to the projector will be sent to the monitor using an hdmi splitter. The projector supports all those signals, so the monitor needs to handle them as well. (in addition to regular 50 Hz and 60 Hz).

I found it hard to easily search for a monitor that supports those refresh rates, I guess several do, but it's not really advertised in specs, reviews or in monitor databases. The display should be as cheap as possible. Image quality, glow, etc. are not really concerns. My current only "cheap" options are to find used Eizos (CS240, CS230, CX241, CX240, CG246) which support those signals according to the manuals, mainly because I couldn't find any other monitor where I am sure it supports all those refresh rates.

A TV could be an option as long as it's cheap, wall mountable and small (under 24"). Size and wall mountability also apply to the monitor requirements.

Any other ideas? Thanks!