Alternate Amiga monitors

[Olecranon]

I'm hoping someone knows the answer to this question.  I'd like to get a new monitor for my Amiga, but would like something with a little better quality than the used commodore monitors that pop up on ebay.

Would it be possible to get RGB from the amiga to this particular monitor?

SONY  PVM-14M4U

My thought was taking an Amiga monitor cable, and hacking the monitor connector off.  Then connecting BNC connectors to the appropriate wires/pins.  

I know these monitors are 15kHz, but I'm not sure if the amiga RGB signal is compatible.  It would be awesome if it would work though.  I've seen these sony monitors in 19"/21" sizes with the same connectors.

Any thoughts?

[Olecranon]

They use these monitors in the medical field, so that might explain the high prices.  They do vary quite a bit, but shipping is a killer because they are built like a tank. I'm hoping to find someone who has done this before I pay $100 to have one shipped.  At that price I might be better off going for a scandoubler/FF.

[Olecranon]

Framiga wrote:
i have one of these for video editing porposes.. mine is a quad standard version (it is not the medical version)

It is perfectly Amiga compatible via RGB-Sync.

An excellent monitor

Thanks for the reply!

So any of these professional video editing monitors that have the R G B and external SYNC connectors should be able to work with an an Amiga's RGB signal?

I would only need to use pins 3(R), 4(G), 5(B), 10(composite sync)?  No need for the ground wire?

Time to start looking for a 19"/21" hehe

[Olecranon]

CLS2086 wrote:
Hi,
yes i can be use for your Amiga, but you'll have to adapte a RGB Scart/Péritel cable to BNC connector, some tips were on aminet.
It seems to be able to switch to 50Hz mode, so nice for European demos/SW. ;-)

I looked on Aminet but couldn't find anything.  Happen to know the link?  :idea:

[Olecranon]

Framiga wrote:

"I would only need to use pins 3(R), 4(G), 5(B), 10(composite sync)? No need for the ground wire?"

yes you need the GNDs also. (pins 16-17-18-19-20 of the Amiga RGB port... don't use pin 13 thats a digital gnd)

A quick solution is to use an Amiga to Scart cable with an additional Scart (female) to RGB+Sync BNC cable.

Or do it yourself an Amiga RGB 23 pins socket to RGB+Sync BNC. (single shielded RGB wires if possible)

I'm not sure where all those ground lines would connect up.  The monitor only has a four BNC inputs.  It's got an R,G,B, and SYNC.

Also, I checked for SCART cables and they are $$$.  I live in the US so that might have something to do with it.  One cable I saw had SCART on one side and four BNC connectors on the other.  Brilliant!  Except it was $120, hehe.  Not a very cost effective solution.

The cheapest solution would be for me to buy a cheap amiga monitor cable, hack off the monitor connection and solder the 4 BNC connectors to the other side.

I guess I need to know if

A) Is this possible without any extra electronics between the Amiga and the monitor?

B) What would the pinouts be.  On the monitor side I only have four connection points.  It seems logical the I would use the three RGB pins and the composite sync pin.  No clue where all those grounds would connect on the monitor side.

[Olecranon]

I've never seen anything with SCART here in the states.