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Today I hooked up the FW900 to the Intel iGPU, and 3840x2400i at 72Hz looks absolutely stunning on it! I had to tweak the timings a little to get below the 458.49MHz limit, but it worked flawlessly. Crystal clear picture! With only 90.1kHz and 72Hz, it's far from the maximum limits of this...

Awesome to so see another video on that legendary thing! And looks like more is to come in the future on those Siemens black and white models! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asfViYLpShM

Alright, here it is! Today I was finally able to test the last gen Intel integrated graphics with interlaced modes. This time I went straight to DisplayPort, tried with the default drivers installed by Windows Update and as expected... no interlacing working. No surprise there. So I went...

Timings are either CVT or GTF. CVT always works fine, I seem to remember for GTF it depends on the resolution. --- A few days ago I got my hands on a Intel ARC A380, so I could test interlaced resolutions support by myself. I found no real reports out there, and some contradictory informations...

No worries, it's back to stock limits already. I didn't do more testing that that, and I did it with the monitor I had full spare parts for, just in case something wrong happenned. I have another F520 with a shorted tube, but I'd like to keep it original as long as possible. Tests were done only...

Yes, I usually don't appreciate at all using UI scaling, but to make things readable for the photo, it was set pretty high here indeed! It took me quite some time back then, to tweak the timings until I got an acceptable result! I did hit the 655.35MHz pixel clock limit in CRU, and trying to use...

I was able to get a LK7112 adapter from eBay as well, and just received it! I will do a longer post soon, but quick summary. I was able to reach 431MHz with the stock small heatsink and 3D printed enclosure from the seller. I will improve the cooling and make a much better enclosure for it...

On another subject, I was finally able to get my hands on a replacement compatible flyback for my FW900. The original flyback from the FW900 (G1W chassis) is the NX-4504//J1D4 (1-453-348-11). I remember some talk about the flyback from the Sony G1 chassis being compatible and working...

First of all, congratulations on getting your FW900! So regarding the adapters, to be able to go up to 2304x1440 at 80Hz you'd need the Sunix DPU3000 / Delock 87685 (rebadged Sunix). At that resolution, 80Hz is indeed the maximum the FW900 can do. I tend to use both that resolution and also...

Interesting, I can't really say it looks blurry, but I didn't do a side by side comparison with a direct GPU output. I will do that when I can. The ghosting is only noticeable in certain conditions, so it's not too annoying. Haha damn, I went too fast. That said I'm interested in getting the...

Alright, I just tested both the Sunnix DPU3000 and the Delock 62967 with interlaced resolutions. They both display interlaced resolutions perfectly fine! :D I have to say I'm really impressed! So I just received a few adapters I ordered (all at a really good discount of -50 to -70%, which is...

I would say that depending on the game it might be hit or miss. But from my testing a few posts above, most games I tried did run well using old 2015 drivers with the 4890. There are a few tricks needed sometimes though, for example I had to have a monitor plugged in to the 3080 for Call of Duty...

Short follow up. I got a reply from ToastyX, he mentionned that he indeed vaguely remembers that 545.45MHz limit with the 5000 series, but he doesn't know where it comes from. The 272.72MHz limit for the interlaced resolutions seems to be linked, considering it's exactly half the maximum...

Oh I completely missed that indeed! I didn't really know ATI/AMD hardware before, I mainly had Nvidia cards for the past 13 years. So I tried it with the Radeon HD 5870, and wow indeed it pushes the pixel clock limit to exactly 545.45MHz for progressive resolutions and the maximum horizontal...

That would be something really interesting indeed to try with my RX 5700 XT maybe! It will give me an excuse to do some more testing with recent AMD cards as well. I will probably get my hands on a 280X / 380X at some point, since these are the last AMD cards with analog output. So if I'm...

Some new updates on the interlaced resolutions subject. Today I received two more ATI GPUs: ATI Radeon HD 4890, TerraScale 1 (DX10) architecture (the same generation of GPU I already tested before with my HD 4550) ATI Radeon HD 5870, TerraScale 2 (DX11, pre-GCN) architecture The HD 5870...

Something else, I tested my Sunnix DPU3000 to its limits, I was able to display 3840x2160 at 50Hz (for testing only, of course, as it gets really flickery) on the F520 and FW900. I had to manually lower the VGA timings, to get a perfect picture on the CRT at 4K, and yet not go above the 540MHz...

Congrats for your big CRT collection, being a fellow CRT collector myself. :D Over the past couple years a friend and I achieved almost the same combined number of CRTs (mostly 16 Trinitron/Diamondtron monitors, 5 PVMs, 2 or 3 smaller lower end monitors and a few SD TVs). Though with the added...

Interesting... I did a quick search and found the "3M ARP 320" film that's used for car LCD screens. I'm not sure that's the kind of film you were talking about though. I'm gonna look around my area and see what I can find in the part of the world I live in.

You are correct for the anti glare on the F520. There is no film on this one, unlike the FW900. The sharpness of the F520 is absolutely impressive, overall I've been in awe using this monitor. I didn't use it that much the past few days, but I enjoy the picture quality every time I sit in...

Thanks! This is a really good starting point for me to start working on both the Sun and the P1130 monitors. Colors shifting seems to be quite a common issue across different models, most of the time green it seems, and also red for one monitor. I'll start by adding more grounding wires to see...

Well, long time no posting but I'm amazed everytime I come here once in a while and see all you guys still active and passionate about CRTs! Since the days I got my FW900 back in 2015 nothing much changed until quite recently, about a year ago. Being in Reunion Island with absolutely no high...

Just passing by real quick as I'm in a hurry, I'll read that through another time. But just to answer that. flod, I seem to understand that a new device has been found during the past few months. It's a USB Type C adapter from the brand Vention. It doesn't seem like a lot of people have tried...

But for those who removed the stock anti glare coating already, could this be at least a partial improvement? That's what I'm thinking. It might not be a true replacement, but it might still make things better than nothing at all. Worth a try I'd say, if it fits at least.

Oh, that's very interesting. I also removed my antiglare film back in 2015 when I got my FW900. It had some scratches. And just like you said, the image quality is great, but only in a dark room, or at least not much light coming from the back. I would be curious to see how this really works...

I'm curious, what's the setup you've got underneath the BVM, right next to the control unit? And by the way, which control unit is that, I only know the BKM-10R and this one doesn't seem like it.

Oh you got both of the CRT kings. The one for PCs, and the one for other contents like retro game consoles and maybe movies and stuff. 32" sure is big! Congratulations :D And welcome to the community! It's never too late to join us haha. PS: Gotta get my hands on a BVM D32 one day as well...

I would advise you against it as this would be quite risky! If the part numbers were exactly the same, then ok. If not, it's a bit of a gamble, and this could potentially fry other compnents if not compatible. But I'm no expert either.

Hi there. Long time no see, but I'm still around once in a while :D I've seen in the past few days that there is another Digital to Analog adapter that could support the high bandwidth of the FW900 (and even way higher), the USB Type C one. I got one from Amazon, still waiting for the package...

Yeah I saw that. Still doesn't work for me. Which graphics card do you have?

Well then... I guess I'll try with a Live USB of Ubuntu. But that's sad I can't just set the interlaced resolution I want on the OS I use daily. That's kinda weird though, the Nvidia Control Panel has the option, no idea why it won't work.

Ok I finally got my hands on the Sunix adapter. For the Delock one, they took almost 3 weeks to refund me after telling me my address was not valid. I'll order again next month, and provide a friend's address. Anyway, I spent the past few hours testing the Sunix adapter on my GTX1080. So far...

Ok I ordered the Delock adapter from Jakob.de. Shipping to France, but with my address in Reunion. I do that all the time on places like eBay, it works great, except when the seller uses a software with address verification. Then they just tell me my address is not valid, despite the fact that...

Still working great. I did not try anything else since then. I've just been using it mostly at 1920x1200@96 and also 2304x1440@71 sometimes (default GTF settings, I know I could tweak that to get 72Hz, but after reinstalling the PC I did not bother, I did not need the extra 1Hz for movies and...

Yeah definately. I'm also going to get the Delock one soon. I'd like to have a spare adapter anyway, and why not give this one a try at the same time. I'll also get the extra cables. The price is quite high though. With the deal I got, the Delock ends up being twice the cost of the Sunix. Yeah...

I bought from Amazon right away, I got the Sunix DPU3000-D3. And there is a -30% discount btw, that's really nice.

It was on HDFury official forum. That's also what brought me back here, I just realised you guys actually found an adapter capable of reaching frequencies above 500-600MHz, hell... :ROFLMAO: That's something I was not expecting at all. And no input lag! Well then, I seem to understand noone...

Ok I ran some tests for 72Hz, this is what I came up with. I can do 72Hz both ways. A. I get a display by decreasing Vertical Total to 1482, stable. Black screen for 1483. B. If I decrease Horizontal Total down to 3131, I have a display, but it's unstable. At 3029 it seems to be perfectly...

Yes, me too. I was already planning for a heatsink, but it definately won't be useful at all.

Oh, and I forgot to add! As I said I've been running 2304x1440@71Hz, 337.392MHz (GTF default settings from Nvidia Control Panel, see attachment) for a few hours. I just used a cheap infrared thermometer to check the chip, it reads 51°C / 124°F. I'm not sure it's the right temperature, but what...