Changed things around again...

[mykyll2727]

It just keeps getting better! Way to go. Thanks for keeping us updated._mykl

[parney]

looks great did your sharp tv die on you or cause problems or did you just want the sony?

[Reinhart]

On 2012-08-19 18:14, parney wrote:
looks great did your sharp tv die on you or cause problems or did you just want the sony?

I wanted the Sony.  I also wanted a 1080p HDTV.  The Sharp was 720p.

[Reinhart]

Changed things around yet again.

I added SVHS ET.

[mykyll2727]

Thanks for the update. In my systems video tape has gone the way of audio tape. I have some machines that play it but I never do. Do you ever play VHS?_mykl

[Reinhart]

On 2012-11-18 07:41, mykyll2727 wrote:
Thanks for the update. In my systems video tape has gone the way of audio tape. I have some machines that play it but I never do. Do you ever play VHS?_mykl

Yeah, on occasion.  I even record on it, especially programming that still cannot be found on Blu-Ray Disc, DVD-Video, or LaserDisc.

[Maxxwire]

Reinhart- Is that a Sony PVM 2530 that you have? How did you ever manage to acquire it?



I was very fortunate to get mine from a video processing studio that was closing.


Sony H-9 MaxxPix

[Reinhart]

On 2012-12-31 06:15, Maxxwire wrote:

Reinhart- Is that a Sony PVM 2530 that you have? How did you ever manage to acquire it?

I was very fortunate to get mine from a video processing studio that was closing.

Sorry that it's taken a while to respond to your post.

I had gotten my 2530 from a relatively local eBay sale for about $10.  It was from a professional A/V supply company and they were trying to get rid of their surplus of these monitors.

I had also bought a PVM-2950Q from them as well.  Unfortunately, that monitor had serious problems with calibration likely owing to its age and use and, of course, finding someone who could competently service these monitors isn't easy to find in the southeast states and whose services would have been too expensive for me to afford.  I ended up selling the 2950Q at a garage sale.  If the 2950Q had been in better shape, I would have kept that because of its ability to accept component video as well as its 16x9 mode.  Other than the issues, its one weakness is that its audio amplifier isn't as powerful as the one used in the 2530.

My 2530 also had some issues (geometry and convergence), but they were easier to sort out.  It could still use a good reconditioning by a tech experienced with these monitors, but it's been stable enough at the moment.

The 2530 is used for old school gaming, with most of the systems connected via Y/C (s-video), some connected via CVBS (composite), and a couple connected via RGB through an adapter on the "computer" input socket.

I just hope the h-stat block between the flyback and the CRT stays good for a few more years.  Those are a failure item on many Sony TVs and monitors.