I tried the Dell on my Rainbow, but unfortunately it did not work. Looks like I would need the scan doubler that was mentioned.
Regards Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt > Sent: 17 May 2016 07:31 > To: Ian Finder <[email protected]>; General Discussion: On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Best LCDs for retrocomputing - Was: Re: New *square* 1:1 > 26.5"LCD monitor 1920x1920 > > I’ll let you know in a few days when I get back home. > > Regards > > Rob > > Sent from my Windows 10 phone > > From: Ian Finder > Sent: 16 May 2016 23:48 > To: Jarratt RMA; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Best LCDs for retrocomputing - Was: Re: New *square* 1:1 > 26.5"LCD monitor 1920x1920 > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 16 May 2016 at 22:52 Adrian Graham > ><[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On 16/05/2016 20:13, "Ian Finder" <[email protected]> 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 > > > > -- > Ian Finder > (206) 395-MIPS > [email protected] > > > > -- > Ian Finder > (206) 395-MIPS > [email protected]
