Is it possible to safely monitor good colour correction using BM Intensity?

Is it possible to safely monitor good colour correction using my output of my Black Magic Intensity Card? It has an HDMI out so Im thinking there is no need to go to an external VTR and then into a Monitor. Also, I cannot afford an HD monitor.. not even close! SO im thinking to use a 1080p Samsung computer/TV monitor. I hear for the money they make excellent (budget) monitor substitutes?!
OR maybe just buy another Apple 23" HighDEf monitor?
FYI: I’m using AVCHD & HDV , encoding into ProRes and ProRes HQ.

This question keeps coming up in different contexts, with a variety of answers. Correct color depends on correct calibration all the way through the chain from digital signal to playback. No single hardware piece can do it all, even a perfect monitor, without calibration.
As JP correctly states, Rec709 is the standard for HD, Rec 601 for SD. These standards define the color temperature of gray, 6500 in both cases, and the specific color of the primary that generate the 6500. The 6500 needs to be generated correctly at all gray levels from 0 to 100 IRE.
In addition, the luminosity needs to track the 2.2 (or 2.5) gamma curve closely.
Lastly, the monitor needs to have 0 overscan, and high enough resolution to clearly see the finest resolution the input is capable of.
Some of these adjustments can be done by eye - most require a spectrophotometer of some kind, and a monitor that has all the adjustment capability to perform the adjustments.
The best way to make these adjustments is in hardware, but in the cases where this isn't possible, it is possible to generate a color look up table (LUT) to compensate for some, but not all errors. Apple's colorsync is such a LUT, although it cannot adjust for the primary colors, it can do gamma and the 6500 balance.
More of an answer than you wanted I know, but that is just the way it works.
You can have less expensive equipment give good results with proper calibration, and the best equipment uncalibrated provide terrible results.

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I am using a Sony PVM-14L5 Multiformat monitor. This accepts an HD signal via component, or like I am doing it, via and HD SDI option card. It has 800 scanlines of resolution and when balanced, comes DARN CLOSE to equaling the $35,000 HD monitors.
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I have a Windows 7 Pc where Lightroom 5 is on installed.
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Hi There
As per the STD SAP,,
601 Goods issue for delivery (SD)
This movement cannot be entered manually. It is created automatically in SD using the function "Goods issue for delivery".
The quantity is taken from unrestricted-use stock.Possible special stock indicators: E, K, Q
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Is it possible to post a good issue movement before post the good receipt movement for the same material, into the same period?
We try to explain better, today we've done a test:
Step 1 :   We have created a material, wich material type is HAWA, with price control V, and 1 euro for 1 ST.
Step 2 :   We have post a good receipt movement, 561 of this material with 1000 ST of stock, and on posting date: 05.05.2011.
Step 3 :   Then, we have post a good issue movement, 562 of the same material, with 500 ST of stock, on posting date: 01.05.2011 ( so that, the posting date of the 562 is before from the posting date of 561).
And it has worked, so that on trx "mb51" for this material we saw:
PLANT1-----STO1---- 562----- Mat. Doc.101.05.2011--
500-   ST
PLANT1-----STO1---561Mat. Doc.205.05.2011--
1000 ST
And with "fbl3n" for this G/L account , the same situation:
G/LAccount1--DocumentNo101.05.2011--99--
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G/LAccount1--DocumentNo205.05.2011--89--
1000 EUR
We don't like this fact, someone knows how is it possible? The negative stocks aren't flagged!!!!
Edited by: Ariana Serrano Aguila on May 5, 2011 5:50 PM

Hi,
Though sap allows like this ,, the document created will be with the date of the actual posting system date. If you look into the MSEG table you will get to know this.
In theory .. this kind of practice should not be allowed .
since this is a 562 which is a individual entry may be system would have allowed.you try a 102 .
Regards,

Is it possible to post a good issue movement before post the good receipt

Is it possible to post a good issue movement before post the good receipt movement for the same material, into the same period?
We try to explain better, today we've done a test:
Step 1 :   We have created a material, wich material type is HAWA, with price control V, and 1 euro for 1 ST.
Step 2 :   We have post a good receipt movement, 561 of this material with 1000 ST of stock, and on posting date: 05.05.2011.
Step 3 :   Then, we have post a good issue movement, 562 of the same material, with 500 ST of stock, on posting date: 01.05.2011 ( so that, the posting date of the 562 is before from the posting date of 561).
And it has worked, so that on trx "mb51" for this material we saw:
PLANT1           STO1         562           Mat. Doc.1           01.05.2011            500- ST
PLANT1           STO1         561           Mat. Doc.2           05.05.2011           1000 ST
And with "fbl3n" for this G/L account , the same situation:
G/LAccount1            DocumentNo1            01.05.2011        99            500- EUR
G/LAccount1            DocumentNo2            05.05.2011        89            1000 EUR
We don't like this fact, someone knows how is it possible? The negative stocks aren't flagged!!!!
Edited by: Ariana Serrano Aguila on May 5, 2011 5:50 PM

SAP only checks if there is enough quantity in the period (month), it does not check if there is enough stock at date level.
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CFG_2451,
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