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Well, you definitively don't have a clue about what you're talking about.I'm not trying to protect him or anything but do you do realize that coating is easy to remove even by a handicapped person, right? That should be the least of people concern IMO.
If you so worried about leaving the monitor without it there's plenty of modern solutions with way better anti-glare properties also less thick (not sure why would anyone need one but OK to each their own).
My dear, sometimes it is a good idea to stay shut and stop spreading your heresy in front of people. That way you can at least look smarter.
Judging by your repeated edgy posts related to everyone who's trying to sell their FW900's for more than $100 I can tell that you are nothing but a butthurt kid who can't afford one either is a lowball, who wants one for free in NOS condition. Who is also swearing like a drunk sailor probably thinking that it will make him look more mature or if that somewhat magically adds weight to his gibberish and that everyone's around him (or at least mostly) people are idiots (because duh, if he can't find a good replacement parts then nobody can and so on).
Either way, it is a waste of time talking to such in arrogant and ignorant pal so good luck.
I am here not to convince people or dissuade them.
I even regret that I notified about it in the first place.
PS I wonder why do you sit in this thread at all if many of your posts here nothing but a butthurt swearing garbage about how people shouldn't pay for them and buy cheaper LCD garbage instead 'because they have better geometry or something like that' that adds nothing to the community. That's a rhetorical question.
Sorry for the off-topic, I'm out.
...not with the goal to use them as a display.
If you get such monitor and do not have replacement ready do not remove AG and use it scratched.I'm considering getting an FW900, but most of the ones I've seen have scuffs in the anti glare.
My question is. If the antiglare coat is removed from the monitor, how dark does the room have to be for it to look good? I'm asking because the curtains in my apartment rental don't block sunlight completely, and am wondering if i could just turn off all the lights and bring down the curtains and be able to have a good image still or if I'd be just a night-only monitor.
Why?
Original AG coating on FW900 was nothing I would personally want to replicate. It was pretty light not providing enough contrast boost and had greenish tint, yuck.If replacing that kind of film was that easy, we'd have found a good alternative long ago, not just placeholders. Way better ? Good luck finding that. It's a custom film with specific electrical and optical properties, the only way to have it is to manufacture it on specification and the few companies that could do that will laugh at you for any order of a lower magnitude than hundreds of square meters.
I've seen that NOS 2070sb for sale on avito for 10k roubles = 135 usd. So that guy bought it and decided to sell it on ebay, huh.
Strat_84 it seems like my F520 problems which I've encountered after placing a cap on the B+ line in reverse polarity are tied to that MCZ3001D IC.
I've checked every component by following your post on possible issues with B+ voltage line and everything seemed fine.
I've replaced it with an IC from a dead FW900, hopefully it would start now after a full assembly.
I also have an E530 which does exactly the same thing F520 did after that disaster. 3 click sounds and B+ error code.
Yoke placement can affect linearity. Could be that the folks assembling the monitor were just getting sloppy?LAGRUNAUER When you were looking at those Diamondtrons, did you notice vertical stretching in the top 5% or so of the picture? From what I've read, it seems like a very common problem on these late Diamondtrons. My LaCie E22BIV definitely has it.
Do you have any clue on how somebody would remedy that? There isn't enough granularity in the firmware's linearity controls, so I think it would have to be something manual. Maybe a slight tweak to certain components in the vertical deflection curcuitry?
Thanks for the picture. Worth 1000 words. I agree with you this doesn't look like a yoke issue. Could some of the caps on the deflection board be getting old? I'm kind of surprised you cannot fix this with the controls. What model is your monitor?This doesn't look like a yoke issue, with how it switches from normal to stretched only at the very top row of boxes:
No... we didn't notice what you are stating... Please provide us an image(s) of the issue....LAGRUNAUER When you were looking at those Diamondtrons, did you notice vertical stretching in the top 5% or so of the picture? From what I've read, it seems like a very common problem on these late Diamondtrons. My LaCie E22BIV definitely has it.
Do you have any clue on how somebody would remedy that? There isn't enough granularity in the firmware's linearity controls, so I think it would have to be something manual. Maybe a slight tweak to certain components in the vertical deflection curcuitry?
That is correct!Yoke placement can affect linearity. Could be that the folks assembling the monitor were just getting sloppy?
It's not necessarily a placement problem, the way yokes are built can be a problem by itself, or the quality of the circuit before the yoke. I have several P1130, some have a yoke made in Japan, some others have what seem to be a cheap, more compact version that was made in China. The ones with the Japanese yokes all achieve a perfect convergence, whereas the ones with the Chinese yoke all have the exact same horizontal convergence faults, and these can't be fixed despite the zone convergence adjustment system.Yoke placement can affect linearity. Could be that the folks assembling the monitor were just getting sloppy?
The attachment in this post: https://hardforum.com/threads/24-wi...-ebay-arrived-comments.952788/post-1044868443No... we didn't notice what you are stating... Please provide us an image(s) of the issue....
Unkle Vito!
Japan makes better electronics than China? That's news to me.It's not necessarily a placement problem, the way yokes are built can be a problem by itself, or the quality of the circuit before the yoke. I have several P1130, some have a yoke made in Japan, some others have what seem to be a cheap, more compact version that was made in China. The ones with the Japanese yokes all achieve a perfect convergence, whereas the ones with the Chinese yoke all have the exact same horizontal convergence faults, and these can't be fixed despite the zone convergence adjustment system.
Depending on condition, I wouldn’t pay more than 500 for one. Hours don’t matter at this point, though they do have an impact on picture quality obviously. I’m not paying more than that for a monitor to grenade on me.I have a functioning FW900 I might end up selling, wonder what a fair price is, have the 3k ebay ones actually been selling?
The attachment in this post: https://hardforum.com/threads/24-wi...-ebay-arrived-comments.952788/post-1044868443
I have a functioning FW900 I might end up selling, wonder what a fair price is, have the 3k ebay ones actually been selling?
What equipment and which procedures did you use to reproduce the image(s)? Was the unit you tested properly calibrated, aligned, and adjusted to factory standards before you started testing it?
Then you answered your own question.... It is an issue with the unit you own, which may have developed functional issues (with time and heavy usage) which may be causing the problems you are experiencing...I know it's not related to the test pattern, because this stretching can be seen whether I have a PC, game console, or anything else hooked up.
I bought this monitor in 2012 when it had around 6,000 or 7,000 hours on it, and this stretching always been there, and hasn't changed as far as I can tell. I imagine it was very close to "factory standards" when I got it. So I believe this is a sort of manufacturing defect that is common some Diamondtron chassis
My point is that 6,000 hours isn't a lot, by professional monitor standards. And the issue hasn't become worse (or better) since I got it 8 years ago, which leads me to believe it's not a problem that arises with progressive wear and use.Then you answered your own question.... It is an issue with the unit you own, which may have developed functional issues (with time and heavy usage)
Yeah, I think it was only a thing in some of the last Diamondtrons produced around 2002-2004.^^ I had a 930pro or 920pro? It was a 21 inch Mitsu and it didn’t have that problem. I think it was the same monitor that the Electron Blue II was based.
My point is that 6,000 hours isn't a lot, by professional monitor standards. And the issue hasn't become worse (or better) since I got it 8 years ago, which leads me to believe it's not a problem that arises with progressive wear and use.
I mean, I don't have hundreds of reports, but I've heard from a dozen or so users with Diamondtrons over at CRTgaming on Reddit that their monitors have the same issue.
Like a couple of them had the Mitsubishi 2070sb, a few had the LaCie e22bIV like I do, a few had the NEC FP2141. That's what leads me to believe there is some problem with the design, of this generation in particular.
My brother's LaCie electron22blueIV has the same problem.This doesn't look like a yoke issue, with how it switches from normal to stretched only at the very top row of boxes:
My brother's LaCie electron22blueIV has the same problem.
He bought it new in 2004, should be made in Nagasaki.
I don't remember that problem when it was new, so it should have come out over the years.
Yeah, I understand that but when you consider the specific nature of this linearity error, and how it matches many other Diamondtron owners, like Derupter's brother mentioned above, I'm thinking it's some electronic or maybe even firmware issue.You can have jacked linearity with good convergence and linearity everywhere else.
Sure. But if in later runs, they loosened tolerances because time is money. Then that could account for it too. Only one way to find out, but it’s difficult and probably not worth your time (null out the electronic controls and realign it from scratch like at the factory).Yeah, I understand that but when you consider the specific nature of this linearity error, and how it matches many other Diamondtron owners, like Derupter's brother mentioned above, I'm thinking it's some electronic or maybe even firmware issue.
I mean, if it was a yoke alignment issue, then it would have to have happened at the factory to thousands of other monitors (if I extrapolate my sample size of a dozen or so people out to the production run of these late Diamondtrons). Right?