Sony PVM-20L4 resolution

[Stan]

According to the last page of this flyer
http://www.pmotions.com/Public/PDFs/SON ... (brch).pdf
it has a resolution of 800 TV lines.
But the scanning frequency is mentioned with 15.734 kHz

My question: does it support VGA resolution?

[Fudoh]

You need 800 TV lines to display anamorphic 576i. The monitor supports 15khz only.

[Stan]

You need 800 TV lines to display anamorphic 576i. The monitor supports 15khz only.

Ok, it means it will display the anamorphic 576i, but will not display 480p, right?

[Fudoh]

that's right, 240p, 480i, 288p and 576i only. All in 4:3 and 16:9. I'm just getting a 20 F1E myself.

[mesmer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_lines

[Fudoh]

damn, I knew this (once). I stand corrected

[mesmer]

I'll expand:

800 TVL on a 4:3 monitor means that you should be able to send it a 1066 x 240p or 1066 x 480i signal, and the monitor should be able to resolve that horizontal resolution. It's usually related to how fine the dot pitch is in the shadow mask.

I believe the test is only for the center of the screen, where the crt is the sharpest. So if you tried to display 1066 alternating white/black columns. It would just look grey towards the sides.

[Stan]

that's right, 240p, 480i, 288p and 576i only. All in 4:3 and 16:9. I'm just getting a 20 F1E myself.

Thanks.

Do you know if it will accept "standard" RGB-signal (from DVD-player or console) from SCART using a BNC adaptor?
I am not sure, as in the flyer it also says "Sync on G"...

[Fudoh]

RGBs is ok, but you need clean sync, meaning that if your source does only provide composite video as sync, you need to run the signal through a sync stripper/cleaner.

[fagin]

I'm just getting a 20 F1E myself.

WHAT..... you're getting a CRT!?!?!?

I never thought I would see the day.

[Fudoh]

yeah, wanted to have owned a class 1 CRT at some point (not actually own).