paul79 wrote: » I’ve been looking at getting a bvm/pvm lately unfortunately this is out of my price rangehttps://www.donedeal.ie/tv-for-sale/sony-bvm-d24e1we-crt-monitor-brand-new-crt-tube/19216999
Nerdkiller1991 wrote: » Ahhh, feck me. I could have found a similar model for about a 3rd of the price a few months back.
paul79 wrote: » Any 20” floating around you know of?
o1s1n wrote: » Totally overpriced but it's a bit of a grail monitor. Multiformat which is kinda rare. So will do 480p, HD resolutions etc.
DaveyDave wrote: » Feck it. Trying to return the Hama Scart switch I got because the picture quality is atrocious only to remember I got it sent over with AddressPal. Anyone any experience on returning stuff like that? Maybe ParcelMotel to one of the Royal Mail drop off locations?
paul79 wrote: » Yes it is overpriced crazy money , I’d love a 20f1e but very pricey, I have been offered a pvm 20m4e for 240 but would have to have it shipped ,which is a worry in itself damn my love of retro
o1s1n wrote: » I've had four Sony CRT production monitors shipped at this stage. It's just not a good idea, unless it's going in a flight case or on a palette, so far I have a 50/50 damage rate. 9 inch PVM - shipped fine 14 inch 1 BVM - broken on arrival 14 inch 2 BVM - shipped fine 20 inch PVM - I bought this from someone who had it shipped from Germany, still works but the bezel had a massive break from taking a knock. Where's the 20M4E coming from?
Doge wrote: » Just saw this posted on The CRT Collective:https://m.facebook.com/groups/444560212348840?view=permalink&id=1125096007628587 What a setup! There's a video of it in action in the second last shot of the album.
Doge wrote: » That's very strange, mine has a very clear output. Are you sure you didn't have one of the switches pressed that shouldn't have been? And are you using a decent scart cable to go from the switcher to the TV?
DaveyDave wrote: » I'm certain I don't have any switches pressed. I'll have to buy a different Scart cable to test. Hard to tell if they'll be good though.
o1s1n wrote: » Might be an obvious one but is your scart switchers going to an RGB enabled scart socket? Sometimes TVs have two scart sockets but only one of them is actually RGB and the other is composite.
DaveyDave wrote: » I'm using a Scart adaptor as TV doesn't support it, the consoles themselves connected to the adaptor look great. Problem with the adaptor and switch box is that each one seems to add an extra chance for something to go wrong. The Scart on the living room TV seems fine also as the Dreamcast looks very nice on it. But the Scart switch plugged into both TVs looks the exact same. Looks like composite on the Mega Drive and the Dreamcast is almost black it's so dark. I'll try a different Scart but it's either the Scart of the switch box.
Doge wrote: » What kind of scart adapter are you using? Is it one of those composite to scart adapters, yellow white and red? Make sure the 3 switches on the left are off, as in pushing out. It's a shame your TV doesn't support RGB, these switchers would really shine if it did. Also make sure the scsrt cables from the consoles are pushed into the sockets on the switcher properly. The sockets tend to flex a bit as the quality isn't the greatest. Can you post pics of the way you're using them along with the scsrt adaptor?
DaveyDave wrote: » The adaptor is just Scart to the AV port that LG thought was a good idea. The joys of a modern TV. The cables themselves are normal Scart. I'll get a photo of the setup on Wednesday. Is it worth chancing a Scart from Argos for €15? Don't think there's many options without buying online...
