Best Commodore 4000 Monitor?

[fondpondforever]

I'm willing to pay the international postage and packaging cost. It's no different from sending anything else worldwide, I've bought a big box of Megaman Items from the USA before, wasn't that expensive. So I'm still keen :cool:

[A6000]

It would need to be extremely well packed or it will not arrive in one piece, I will always go and collect monitors myself for that reason.

[XDelusion]

The Samsung Syncmaster 711r is a great flat screen solution.

[amigadave]

The "Dot Pitch" isn't the best and it also can't do very large resolutions (does 640 x 480 & 800 x 600 well and maybe 1024 x 768), but depending on what you want to use your A4000 for, I like my Toshiba "TIMM" 20" CRT monitor for most stuff.  It is huge and weighs a ton, so you don't want to be moving it around much, but if you have a NewTek Video Toaster/Flyer, or Macro Systems V-Lab Motion, or GVP IV-24, video effects boards, then having a CRT that also does Composite Video input, is a plus.  It beats working on the small 13" screen of a 1084S monitor.

At one time I had 3 Toshiba "TIMM" monitors, but sold one of them a couple of years ago, so now only have 2 of them in my collection.  I don't know how hard they are to find these days, or how many were manufactured, but if you want to stick with a CRT monitor for your A4000, I think the TIMM is one of the better choices (subjective opinion of course).

Edit:  Odd that the TIMM is not listed on the Monitor list at the Big Book of Amiga Hardware.

[fondpondforever]

Plenty of Big Bubble Wrap and 'Fragile Handle with Care' Sellotape will do the job for the Monitor to arrive in one piece

[Vlabguy1]

Plenty of Big Bubble Wrap and 'Fragile Handle with Care' Sellotape will do the job for the Monitor to arrive in one piece

I don't doubt my packing skills..however that being said just too much of a hassle for me at the moment.  Sorry.  I might just do a Craigslist ad.

[fondpondforever]

Where are you located? I have a 1942 if you are interested.

Rich

 
 You have a buyer though, I might not see one for another 2 years. You might not get a buyer on Craigslist for 2 years. I would be so happy if you were willing to make that effort and send it to England from the USA. So how much will the Postage and Packaging be? Go to your local Post Office and get Calculating

[Vlabguy1]

You have a buyer though, I might not see one for another 2 years. You might not get a buyer on Craigslist for 2 years. I would be so happy if you were willing to make that effort and send it to England from the USA. So how much will the Postage and Packaging be? Go to your local Post Office and get Calculating

I actually dont want a buyer, the monitor is free.  In order to get an accurate shipping quote I would have to source the perfect box, pack her up and get it weighed at the Post Office, not to mention you might get banged for import tax.. I just don't have the time at the moment to go through all that..

[fondpondforever]

I was going to offer you £100 for the Commodore Amiga 1942 Monitor plus the cost of Postage and Packaging but if you can't be bothered don't worry about it. :juggler:

[Vlabguy1]

I was going to offer you £100 for the Commodore Amiga 1942 Monitor plus the cost of Postage and Packaging but if you can't be bothered don't worry about it. :juggler:

Very generous.. Danke.  I bet shipping would cost about the same...or more.  I recently sent a 1lb. item to the UK and it was $22.

[fondpondforever]

How much do you think the Monitor is worth?

[danbeaver]

Is the 1942 able to do PAL/220V?  Since the last time I checked, NY was still in the land of NTSC/110V.

If not, you may want to look closer to home.  I know you want that C= experience, but the Dell ST2420L syncs to 15khz, has VGA, DVI and HDMI and looks pretty great with Amiga output.

[fondpondforever]

I was going to ask that question. Will an American Monitor be PAL Compatible? Thanks

[danbeaver]

The 1080 (and I believe the 1084) were made with enough wide tolerances that they would sync to PAL, but that is all I've read.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Every 1084 I've used, except for the earliest ones, were able to display both 50Hz (PAL) and 60Hz (NTSC) video modes just fine.  Might just have to twiddle the vertical size adjustment knob a bit.  Obviously that won't help you if one requires 110V and you're on 220V, however.  

[fondpondforever]

Will this do the trick?
 
 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NTSC-PAL-to-PAL-NTSC-SECAM-Mini-Bi-directional-TV-Format-System-Converter-Box-/281526799789
 
 And would you need this?
 
 http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-230v-to-110v-300w-voltage-converter-vr05f