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[c0dehunter]

To be honest, I am not 100% satisfied with the image quality of my SONY PVM-2030.

1) Compared to my 13" Commodore 1084S-D1, the scan-lines (which I love to have, don't get me wrong) are STRONGLY pronounced, and the actual R, G, B pixels standout prominently: Maybe this phenomenon is a feature of the Trinotron tube, but the image quality of my 1084S-D1 is much sharper/smoother. (Maybe it is the size of the 1084S-D1, but everything seems sharper.)

2) I managed to open my PVM-2030 and adjusted many settings, but I still could not get to produce the image that I came to love and adore with my 1084S-D1.

3) Using my SONY PVM-2030, when I launch different emulators, the image is completely off, so I have to spend time and manually adjust for each individual emulator. On my 1084S-D1, amazingly they stay pretty much centered and the way I like, (not to mention that 1084S-D1 features the adjusting knobs in the back for easy access, unlike the PVM-2030, which force me to leave it opened all the times for constant fine tuning.)

Obviously, this is a very subjective matter, but in my opinion, my 1084S-D1 is capable of producing a more sharper image. I will post some images to prove my observations.

After all the time and money spent, I guess I am back to my trusty Commodore 1084S-D1 for retro gaming emulation, but I think it was worth the try.

[level42]

A smaller screen is always sharper of course.

Gotta remember that both monitors were designed for totally different goals. The Sony is a broadcast monitor. Frequencies are very fixed at broadcasting, where (classic) arcade games used to "make up" their own sync timings with a wide variety between games/PCBs.

This is (just) one of the reasons why I stopped using TV's as monitor.

On the sharpness: I do have to say that is odd. I never liked the Trinitron system because the colors are not as natural as a good Philips tube f.i. On trinitron computer monitors I always hated the black lines that were not so noticeable on TV,s but very much on computer monitors because of the mainly white screens.
However, I think with computer monitors the picture really was unbeatable sharp on Trinitrons, which was a big plus on computer use. On TV's however i always felt that sharpness to be unnatural.
So, it might be you have a comparable preference for picture "looks".

Oh by the way......Trinitron tubes are the only tubes that can't be use on vector monitors because they don't have a shadow mask. I'd love to try it just to see how it would look

[c0dehunter]

Glad to hear your observation. As I said, the PVM might look great for DVD/broadcast sources, but I am not that impressed with playing games on it (compared to my 1084S-D1 of course). Had I not seen it on my 1084, then I would have said that it was the best, but my 1084 is sharper, and the image stays centered and no need to adjustment.