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hercule12 wrote:68 views! Has anyone bought one?
Dal seems pleased with it, anyone else buying one?
Zogging Hell wrote:I'd like one but cash is short at the moment sadly
hercule12 wrote:68 views! Has anyone bought one?
Dal seems pleased with it, anyone else buying one?
tenox wrote:Zogging Hell wrote:I'd like one but cash is short at the moment sadly
And I tried to make these cheaper. The goal was < $100. Didn't work for couple of reasons: quality and quantity
tenox wrote:And I tried to make these cheaper. The goal was < $100. Didn't work for couple of reasons: quality and quantity
dbsys wrote:hercule12 wrote:68 views! Has anyone bought one?
Dal seems pleased with it, anyone else buying one?
I ordered one and will report.
tenox wrote:Just stumbled upon this as a better solution to the cable:
http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_65345/merkmale/1.html
Found one on ebay.de: lite pricey but may be a worthwhile:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/301008615994
tenox wrote:Excellent question! I have looked through the user manuals of all these models and they all include have the settings that make the difference. These are 1:1 and custom expansion, H.Size, Fine, Sharpness and Black level. Interestingly Dal's NEC monitor doesn't have these but still works perfectly. I'd bet any of these types will work fine. I got my SXi by a chance. It will probably work same as well on FX. So far I actually haven't found what is the difference between FX and SX. It may be worth to research that.
Just to give you an idea: TT High with the adapter on my NEC looks EXACTLY same as ST High with custom resolution on Steem from a PC connected via DVI port of the same monitor. I flip VGA/DVI source and there is absolutely no difference in quality.
Any other monitor with 1:1 expansion will look same as good. If you don't have 1:1 and say best you can do is aspect scale, it will be usable but the display will be slightly anti aliased.
dbsys wrote:First off, I got my ECL2VGA adapter today. Second, I was able to acquire a NEC 1990 SXi off ebay Germany last weekend and it arrived today too. Hooked both up to my TT and immediately had a 1280 x 960 resolution displayed upon boot up. Wow!
I was trying to tweak the NEC advanced settings to the best of my knowledge, but still have a flickering display. There are plenty of parameters and I am a bit overwhelmed, to be honest.
@tenox: Since you have done most of your testing with your NEC and found, that this monitor is a very good choice, would it be possible for you to publish your settings for those who have a NEC or will have one soon?
That would be great! Thanks.
tenox wrote:Awesome, happy to hear it arrived safely![]()
Yeah, NEC 1990 has a ton of settings. It's partly why I love it so much. You will love it too once you get it right
OK so let's do this:
1. Figure out if flickering is not caused by cabling. If you ordered the short VGA extension cable then, temporarily remove it and connect the adapter directly to the monitor port in TT. Try a different VGA cable. You can also tap, bend and twist the cables a little bit to see if the flickering changes in any way. If it does it definitely is cabling.
2. Factory reset NEC. And more than once. I often find that auto adjust doesn't always pick up the TT signal correctly. I often factory reset 2-3 times. Pick the best auto adjust after factory reset.
3. Adjust H.Size. Mine is 1792. Immediately afterwards adjust Fine. My fine is around 79% but it may vary.
4. Set brightness and contrast to 100% both.
5. Set Black Level to around 19% and sharpness to 21%.
You should almost never touch H.Size, Fine once set correctly. Same for brightness and contrast.
It takes a bit to play with Black Level and Sharpness. If not set correctly they will cause vertical black bars to appear on white background.
Once all set correctly it should work just perfect, no flickering and artifacts.
Let me know if this helps.
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