A1200 works with Dell SR2320L w/o FF/SD!

[magnetic]

wow awesome! please let us know if PAL works.. I wish my Dell would work on vga it does support analogue video (svideo and comp) but the only mode works on vga is vga modes on amiga....

[hbarcellos]

I have a Dell U2311H with an IPS panel.
...but I don't have the silver adapter!
How can I know if it would work?

[Mr_DBUG]

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=no&l=no&s=dhs&cs=nodhs1&sku=447161&~ck=dellSearch&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=10

Would this screen work as well I wonder ?? Its an ST2320L ?!?! Still for sale by Dell ??
I have a grey VGA adapter but way back I tried it it was just for special modes ..

Does this mean that the monitor supports standard games display modes
from floppy and WHDload ??

Would be awesome .. Id buy two monitors :-D

[stevee617]

The Cannon Fodder screenshots were loaded from the floppy.

[SamuraiCrow]

@hbarcellos

Buy an adapter.  They are cheap if you're not on the USD.  Here's an adapter at AmigaKit.

[Mr_DBUG]

But does anyone know if this ST2320L , is the same as the SR2320L ?

But is the PAL dblPAL ??
Do I have to set this setting somewhere ?

[magnetic]

mr debug

If you are on os 3.x then make sure you take the icons from Sys:Storage/Monitors and put them in Sys:Devs/Monitors to be able to use them in screenmode selection.

@stevee

Can you please report back on PAL?

[stevee617]

Here are some PAL Mode pics.I booted up the A1200 in PAL mode (pressing both mouse button at boot and selecting PAL) If you want pics of games, I can post some as well, granted my games collection is rather sparse!



Workbench - PAL


SysInfo - Reports as DBLPAL


Prefs/Overscan

[stevee617]

I have a Dell U2311H with an IPS panel.
...but I don't have the silver adapter!
How can I know if it would work?

@hbarcellos
I don't know. My C= adapter is the -01 version of the adapter, not the later -03 which had some corrections for Video Toaster use.

To be honest, this was a shot in the dark to see of this monitor would work with my A1200. To my speechless surprise, it did. I did no research to see if it would work, I merely plugged it in to the computer and turned it on.

[desiv]

I doubt many people are going to spend $200+ dollars on a monitor for this reason.
I think the "moral to the story" is to try it out...

It might work with the monitor you have..
Obviously, as has been pointed out, if you want to spend money for a solution, you're going to look for something like an Indivision..

But if you have an LCD around the house, try it (if you have the adapter..).

Also, as it's looking like there are more and more of these, it might be nice for someone to try to keep a list (thread?) of monitors and varying degrees of success/failure with them, so people could refer to it...

I happen to really like my 1084's (I know), but I also realize that at some time, they will stop working...  ;-(  
So I might pick up a VGA adapter to have on hand, just in case...

desiv

[stevee617]

Exactly!

I know $200 is a lot for a monitor. This monitor is used on my everyday computer (Mac Mini). I got this cause an Apple monitor price is rediculus and this one looked great in the store.

I did this on a whim, you too might get lucky with the LCD you already own.

I doubt many people are going to spend $200+ dollars on a monitor for this reason.
I think the "moral to the story" is to try it out...

It might work with the monitor you have..
Obviously, as has been pointed out, if you want to spend money for a solution, you're going to look for something like an Indivision..

But if you have an LCD around the house, try it (if you have the adapter..).

Also, as it's looking like there are more and more of these, it might be nice for someone to try to keep a list (thread?) of monitors and varying degrees of success/failure with them, so people could refer to it...

I happen to really like my 1084's (I know), but I also realize that at some time, they will stop working...  ;-(  
So I might pick up a VGA adapter to have on hand, just in case...

desiv

[bbond007]

BestBuy have them for sale at $210.

I picked one up locally at the BB after reading this and figured I'd try it out. I have not been using my 1200 much because the best video I have is SVIDEO and my eyes start to strain after a while. I was actually thinking of getting a 1084 or something to get RGB. Anyway, no risk as it can go back to BB just as easy

Anyway, I tried it out and I may follow up later (or not), but here are my initial impressions:

The monitor itself is pretty basic with just a single VGA, HDMI and DVI port respectively. It also has standard 1/8" in/out jacks for audio, however you must use external speakers (or headphones) as there does not appear to be any speakers built in. Anyway, for a technical review of the monitor, all you need to know and more can be read here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-sr2320l-hp-2311x-samsung-px2370,2894-2.html

I have the NTSC, PAL and MULTISYNC monitors in devs/monitors and indeed all of the modes work. Non-interlace modes look excellent. I tried Shadow of the Beast and there is no screen tearing issues when scrolling and colors and contrast are EXCELLENT. I still SUCK at that game as the larger screen size apparently does not increase my reflexes.

Anything that uses INTERLACE mode does flicker like, well, interlace mode I was somehow expecting it to be de-interlaced. The interlace modes are possibly less annoying than on a 1084, but I have not used a 1084 in a long time, so maybe not.

There is a slight banding pattern which may bother the type of people who insist vinyl records, HiFi stereos with tubes and CRT monitors are superior to their modern day modern day counterparts.

You can configure the monitor so that 4:3 modes are not stretched which preserves the original aspect ratio of the Amiga content. I prefer this just like when DVDs came out I preferred widescreen mode on my tube TV.

MULTISYNC (640x480) mode looks good however the screen centers vertically wrong and the top workbench bar is cut off. You can go into the OSD (on screen display) and center the screen, however once you switch to a different mode and back again you'll need recenter as the setting does not seem to stick.

The bargain monitor has a few nice features I think are worth mentioning:

The menu system is really intuitive (compared to most monitors I have owned). An icon indicating the buttons function appears right next to the (PS3 like) touch sensitive buttons.

The monitor can tilt to change the viewing angle.

I have am Indivision AGA in my CD32 and this is not as good of a solution, however has a lot better picture than the AmigaManiac SVIDEO adapter or the Ambery converter.

Is there anything specific anyone wants me to test and post a screenshot of?

-nate

[NovaCoder]

My BenQ G2420HD supports all native modes as well (eg PAL, NTSC), check it out in action right -> here

[bbond007]

@hbarcellos
To be honest, this was a shot in the dark to see of this monitor would work with my A1200. To my speechless surprise, it did. I did no research to see if it would work, I merely plugged it in to the computer and turned it on.

I wonder how many more monitors have this undocumented feature. I know I have tried this several times with other monitors and its NEVER worked. None has HDMI though. I wonder if more monitors with HDMI would work?

[bbond007]

My BenQ G2420HD supports all native modes as well (eg PAL, NTSC), check it out in action right -> here

Does it flicker in interlace mode?

[desiv]

My BenQ G2420HD supports all native modes as well (eg PAL, NTSC), check it out in action right -> here

Does the BenQ support  4:3 non-stretched mode?
I'm not a huge fan of stretched modes..

@bbond007 and NC - If the Interlace mode still flickers, I would wonder how badly..
I would think people seriously considering an LCD would prefer non-painful flickering.. ;-)

Not sure there's a good way to show that.  Even a vid might not capture the flicker effect...

Why are all the monitors widescreen nowadays!!!  (OK, that's not true, but still.. ;-)

desiv