Monitor for Video Editing

[Leug]

Need help. I'm planning to buy a monitor for video editing. 

 

I can edit 1080p videos very smooth (full playback resolution) and 4k videos smooth (1/2 playback resoution) in Premiere Pro. But I edit on a 1366x768 monitor (Laptop)

Will I get the same performance if lets say I buy a 1080p monitor and I edit those videos there? Will I still playback 1080p @ full and 4k @ 1/2? Also, if I buy a 4K monitor. Will I get the same performance? 

 

My logic is I can only edit 1080p and 4k videos smoothly because I have a small resolution display (downscaled so its using less power) or am I wrong? Please help me understand.

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1 minute ago, Leug said:

Need help. I'm planning to buy a monitor for video editing. 

 

I can edit 1080p videos very smooth (full playback resolution) and 4k videos smooth (1/2 playback resoution) in Premiere Pro. But I edit on a 1366x768 monitor (Laptop)

Will I get the same performance if lets say I buy a 1080p monitor and I edit those videos there? Will I still playback 1080p @ full and 4k @ 1/2? Also, if I buy a 4K monitor. Will I get the same performance? 

 

My logic is I can only edit 1080p and 4k videos smoothly because I have a small resolution display (downscaled so its using less power) or am I wrong? Please help me understand.

So It's using less power, yes, But It won't be benefiting you at all, Even if you went to a 1080P Monitor performance would not change, But it changes on the kind of footage your editing. What GPU Are you using by any chance? Just so I can confirm this.

[Leug]

1 minute ago, Killstreak said:

So It's using less power, yes, But It won't be benefiting you at all, Even if you went to a 1080P Monitor performance would not change, But it changes on the kind of footage your editing. What GPU Are you using by any chance? Just so I can confirm this.

My GPU is the GT 640M 2GB version. Kinda worried because I feel like if I edit 1080p videos at full resolution (true 1080p) and edit that footage on a native 1080p monitor, the performance would be worse than editing them at a 1366x768 resolution monitor.

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Just now, Leug said:

My GPU is the GT 640M 2GB version. Kinda worried because I feel like if I edit 1080p videos at full resolution (true 1080p) and edit that footage on a native 1080p monitor, the performance would be worse than editing them at a 1366x768 resolution monitor.

Well, If your fine with the performance rn It won't be changing since its still 1080P footage your editing. But say if your editing 4k footage on a 1080P monitor that's when the performance will drop since the 640M isn't that powerful of a GPU.

[Leug]

Just now, Killstreak said:

Well, If your fine with the performance rn It won't be changing since its still 1080P footage your editing. But say if your editing 4k footage on a 1080P monitor that's when the performance will drop since the 640M isn't that powerful of a GPU.

Oh okayyyy. So editing 4K footage on a 1080p monitor will become much slower? I can smoothly edit 4K at 1/2 resolution playback. So if I edit 4K at 1/2 resolution playback on a 1080p monitor, It will become much slower? Thanks for the input!

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Just now, Leug said:

Oh okayyyy. So editing 4K footage on a 1080p monitor will become much slower? I can smoothly edit 4K at 1/2 resolution playback. So if I edit 4K at 1/2 resolution playback on a 1080p monitor, It will become much slower? Thanks for the input!

Nope if its fine on a 768P Screen its fine on a 1080P Screen. Haha and welcome to the fourms

[Leug]

Just now, Killstreak said:

Nope if its fine on a 768P Screen its fine on a 1080P Screen. Haha and welcome to the fourms

Thank you haha!! One last thing? So if all of my footages are okay being edited on a 768p screen, then it would be okay at 1080p and 4K monitors? Thanks so much! I'm loving the fast replies haha!

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Just now, Leug said:

Thank you haha!! One last thing? So if all of my footages are okay being edited on a 768p screen, then it would be okay at 1080p and 4K monitors? Thanks so much! I'm loving the fast replies haha!

Yea It would be okay But then again if you try editing 4K Video on a 8K Monitor that's a different story. 

[Leug]

Thank you very much!