Dell U2410 Ultra Sharp Monitor, Supports 15kHZ!

[Matt_H]

I have one of these as well - great display. Zillions of inputs, too.

[Matt_H]

I have a DELL U2412M. I just want to confirm that by buying either one of:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=183
http://amigastore.eu/en/207-amiga-rgb-to-vga-monitor-adapter.html

will allow me to use a VGA cable from DELL to VGA/23Pin and will work without any problems. I am put off a little when amigastore says that workbench drivers are required.

Cheers.

I have a 2412 as well, which I use with a scandoubler. I don't think it works without one; it's not 15KHz friendly. It is 50Hz friendly, though, so your (scandoubled) PAL screenmodes will work.

[Matt_H]

I have a  Dell ST2420L monitor that syncs to 15k.  It has HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.  I picked it up off eBay for $60.00.  Non interlaced modes are fine but interlace flickers too much.  

Dell ST2420L - 1920x1080 24" widescreen monitor.

The ST2320L is the same, apart from being a tiny bit smaller. Supports 50Hz. I use it with an Indivision ECS. The monitor's scaler isn't great and leaves some visible phase banding and some blurred/soft edges, but it works well enough.

[Matt_H]

@ 3246251196

If someone else has tested the 2412 as 15KHz friendly, then all you should need is the adapter. BUT - see below.

To expand upon David Wright's comment, I have tested the 2320 in 15KHz and it works. Interlace "works" on that display, but the picture quality is very poor. The 2412 may behave similarly.

One important thing to bear in mind: my A2000 would not boot with a generic 23-15pin adapter plugged in. Something to do with a missing genlock signal if I remember the discussion here about it. The official Commodore "silverbox" adapters contain additional logic that circumvents that issue and work fine. Those generic adapters work fine on AGA Amigas however. I don't know if other ECS Amigas behave like the A2000 with the straight-through generic adapters.

The Amibay thread you linked refers to a version of the adapter with buffered sync that seems to serve as a drop-in replacement for the Commodore adapter. You may want to get one of those.

[Matt_H]

Matt its my understanding that some of the modes on the U2412 also work through the VGA port on this monitor with no flicker fixer.

Certainly possible! I can't remember if I tested it and since I've been using a scandoubler I thought it must have been because it wasn't compatible :crazy:

Can give it a test when my A/V module arrives

[Matt_H]

Either should work fine. The amigastore.eu one uses a real 23 pin connector, so that might be preferable.