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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: level42 on June 16, 2015, 12:03:24 PM

Title: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 16, 2015, 12:03:24 PM

OK I said never Sony again but I couldnt resist this cuty.....only 9", RGB etc. So iDEAL as a portable test monitor !

The bonus for me was that it comes in a great carry bag :)

Silently hoping it also has one or two batteries :):)

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: ajhippel on June 16, 2015, 12:18:36 PM

cool. i have the same on my testbench :)

you can connect a fbas-video-signal as well as rgb...

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: Q*ris on June 16, 2015, 12:19:40 PM

VERY nice!  :spaceace:

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 16, 2015, 12:34:18 PM

Yep it accepts anything I need, composite (IIRC this is FBAS), s-video (or y/c) and RGB.
And sound too.

We had a number of the large 20" PVMs at the first Retro Game Experience and essentially this is the same beast only with a very tiny tube.

Gonna have to make some nice cables to make it possible to directly plug in the video connector from arcade harnesses. maybe just one with a couple of connectors.

Just read the service manual and it even has a button that will show you the horizontal and vertical sync signals....pretty useful !

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 16, 2015, 02:49:18 PM

Jochen I notice it only has a single sync input....I guess simply hooking up H and V sync is good enough for testing right ? Does it also accept negatieve and positive sync ?

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: ajhippel on June 16, 2015, 03:09:15 PM

i use a LS86 for combining h+vsync - and for invertion a LS04...

i don't know if the sony can display both...i read in the net that the pvm is a bit picky on signals...

until now it just had some smaller probs if the vfreq is a bit too high

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 16, 2015, 03:48:37 PM

Well, it is a broadcast monitor so its not that strange that it is a bit picky.

We'll see :)

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: Laszo on June 16, 2015, 11:33:38 PM

Nice find

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: ckong on June 16, 2015, 11:43:33 PM

Nice catch. PVM monitors rock. I have some and they are perfect for retro gaming. Or for Mame.

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 18, 2015, 12:17:52 AM

Yeah well the 20" I had earlier sucked right away sadly....

However, for a change I seem to have luck with a Sony product (for now !):

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: level42 on June 18, 2015, 12:19:07 AM

Picture quality is nothing short of fantastic !

Pics don't do it justice be LENGTHS ! Dark bars are the camera's fault (Samsung phone)....

This is COMPOSITE video and it already looks brilliant ! Sound works great too.

Love the aperture dial....

Title: Re: Picking up a new toy...
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on June 23, 2015, 11:24:13 AM

I need that for my next mini build  :D