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

[Ian Finder]

Addendum-

This thread  (http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44692)  seems to
indicate the 2007FP CAN do 15hkz on the VGA / RGB input... so maybe you're
all good. Anyone here want to test?

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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