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

[Ian Finder]

This post: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-16744.html
Seems to indicate that the Rainbow is a 15khz sync signal, more akin to
normal interlaced video- which I called out in my other post as being the
one type of signal that doesn't always work for these displays.

You may find success using a GBS-8220 scan-doubler, (ebay, c. $28
USD), perhaps with a sync-strainer circuit to feed the SoG signal to the
Scan Doubler as composite sync, if it doesn't work directly with the 2007FP.

Curious to hear what you figure out.



On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Jarratt RMA <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>
> >
> >     On 16 May 2016 at 22:52 Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >     On 16/05/2016 20:13, "Ian Finder" <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     > 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.
> >
> >     In fact there was one available for ukp35 so it's now mine. I
> remember
> > these
> >     monitors from a few years ago at a customer that specialised in
> video for
> >     aeroplanes, I used one not quite daily but remember being irked at
> the
> > time
> >     that it was several button presses needed to get from VGA to DVI
> input,
> >     hahaha.
> >
>
>
> He had another one at that price (the last one apparently), so I have
> bagged
> that one. I tried my Viewsonic, which does SoG, on my Rainbow at the
> weekend,
> but that didn't work, perhaps this will. Even if it doesn't it will still
> be a
> good second monitor for my everyday PC.
>
> Regards
>
> Rob
>



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