Greetings,
I hunted down and found a 19" KDS crt PC monitor. I need a CRT monitor for MS-DOS projects and for hardware/software preservation projects, and I have never found an LCD that can display old software and OS properly. I used this KDS for probably less than 20 hours. I was updating Windows 98 and the monitor blanked in and out a few times, and the picture was then fuzzy and distorted. Eventually, it was corrupted and black and white. I connected it to the VGA port on my laptop and was able to get a distorted picture and I tested the various refresh rates.
I then reconnected it to it's PC and the colors are normal. However, it seems that half of the geometry settings in the OSD aren't working at all. If I go into Windows safe mode with low color depth and 640x480 resolution, the picture almost looks normal. However, running it at 800x600 or 1024x768 creates a pincushion effect, as if the sides are pushed all of the way in. The pincushion option in the OSD does nothing at all. I can stretch or shrink screen on the vertical end, though not on the horizontal, and the picture looks overscanned on certain edges, no matter what I do.
This monitor sat unused in a sealed box, perhaps since 2003 or so, so maybe the caps started going bad just from age. It seems that this monitor can be salvaged, as I am getting a picture. I have no idea what the components are in this thing, though I do have a 17 inch KDS and wonder if the part that controls some of the geometry settings is the same as the 19". I know that CRTs are hard to find and finding someone that repairs them is even harder to find, though if anyone has any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated. I spent a chunk of money on this and I desperately need to get it working again.
Many thanks!
Scythifuge
I hunted down and found a 19" KDS crt PC monitor. I need a CRT monitor for MS-DOS projects and for hardware/software preservation projects, and I have never found an LCD that can display old software and OS properly. I used this KDS for probably less than 20 hours. I was updating Windows 98 and the monitor blanked in and out a few times, and the picture was then fuzzy and distorted. Eventually, it was corrupted and black and white. I connected it to the VGA port on my laptop and was able to get a distorted picture and I tested the various refresh rates.
I then reconnected it to it's PC and the colors are normal. However, it seems that half of the geometry settings in the OSD aren't working at all. If I go into Windows safe mode with low color depth and 640x480 resolution, the picture almost looks normal. However, running it at 800x600 or 1024x768 creates a pincushion effect, as if the sides are pushed all of the way in. The pincushion option in the OSD does nothing at all. I can stretch or shrink screen on the vertical end, though not on the horizontal, and the picture looks overscanned on certain edges, no matter what I do.
This monitor sat unused in a sealed box, perhaps since 2003 or so, so maybe the caps started going bad just from age. It seems that this monitor can be salvaged, as I am getting a picture. I have no idea what the components are in this thing, though I do have a 17 inch KDS and wonder if the part that controls some of the geometry settings is the same as the 19". I know that CRTs are hard to find and finding someone that repairs them is even harder to find, though if anyone has any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated. I spent a chunk of money on this and I desperately need to get it working again.
Many thanks!
Scythifuge
