[rescue] LCD hi res 17" monitor wanted

[Peter Stokes]

Hi Romain

This is for a system which has quite a few monitors, so they are looking for a
replaceable unit if possible.

I think I will get them to provide an actual measurement of the aperture to
make sure that it has to be 17 inch or if a 19 may be squeezed into it.

I take your point on the refresh rate and will check.

Thanks for the reply

Peter

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> On 11 Mar 2019, at 10:38, Romain Dolbeau <romain at dolbeau.org> wrote:
>
> Le lun. 11 mars 2019 C  00:22, Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> a C)crit :
>> Anyone know of a 17" LCD capable of 1600x1200 4:3 form factor?
>> I have a customer after some to replace some old CRTs built into a cabinet
>> assembly.
>
> I don't remember ever seeing such a beast - 4:3 went out of fashion
> before such resolution became affordable...
>
> Also beware - high-res CRT usually have very high analog input
> bandwidth to support high refresh rate (rarely below 75 Hz, commonly
> as high as 85 Hz). Modern LCD monitors can't keep up and usually only
> support lower bandwidth and a very narrow range of refresh rate around
> 60 Hz. That's an issue to drive a modern LCD with an older
> analog-oriented framebuffer [I've managed to get a TGX+ to display on
> a Full HD LCD, but it's very borderline as the TGX+ is not meant to
> output a signal of such low bandwidth and high resolution].
>
> Maybe you could look for second-hand, still working CRT as well. They
> might be easier to find? (my old, trusty Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17
> still works ...) Shipping might be an issue for such heavy, fragile
> things without the original packaging...
>
> Good luck & cordially,
>
> --
> Romain Dolbeau
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