Best LCDs for retrocomputing - Was: Re: New *square* 1:1 26.5" LCD monitor 1920x1920

[Ian Finder]

I dunno if it's relevant or not, but my go-to LCD for retro stuff is the
Dell 2007FP-
There was a panel lottery, some are TN, some IPS. Both are solid.

They are 4:3, 1600x1200 native.

They have DVI, VGA, Composite and S-Video inputs, and very stellar scalers.

They sync to SoG, and have no trouble with oddball resolutions like
1152x8-whatever.

My SGI stuff can drive it at native resolution. As an added bonus, you can
disable scaling if you want black bars and native resolution.

These are readily available for ~$35, and I have at least 6.

- Ian

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 05/16/2016 11:49 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > I have been keeping my eye out for older panels.  I have some 12"
> > 4:3 and a few 17" 4:3 and I think one 19" 4:3.  Never run across
> > anything larger.  I don't think there were too many 4:3 LCD
> > televisions sold larger than 19"... some, perhaps, but not many.  The
> > world switched to 16:9 about the time prices started falling on > 19"
> > panels.
> >
> > I have a couple of arcade cabinets I'd love to switch to LCD.  No
> > luck yet except with a 16:9 that would fill the cabinet space but
> > give me a black bars and a smaller playfield size than the CRT.
>
>
> I use a NEC 21.3" 4:3 monitor--they can be had for cheap.
>
> NEC sells a few refurb very inexpensive 4:3 19" monitors that accept SOG:
>
> http://www.necdisplay.com/category/desktop-monitors?Refurbished=1
>
> --Chuck
>



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