View Full Version : CRT Monitor Advice Needed!
segafan1989
10-16-2013, 10:29 PM
I've been looking around the forums at different threads on the Sony PVM monitors and have decided to get one. I'm using a 32" Sony Wega right now and it has been having problems lately. I found one on CL for $100 with no remote. It's a PVM-20N6U. The guy says he is the sole owner and bought it in 2001 for studio use. He said it was used maybe 5 hours a week for editing. Here is his response when I asked how it was used:
The monitor was occasionally used (less than 5 hours per week) in our editing suite that we decided to close to extend one of our studios (we are a audio-post studio).
Should I jump on this? I don't know anything about these monitors other that what I've seen on the forums here. From what people say about them, they are amazing. What additional questions should I ask? Is the $100 price decent or should I try to negotiate? I was thinking of offering him $75 since I will have to drive to LA to get it and I live in Vegas. Well, that and the fact that it has no remote control. Is the remote necessary to obtain full functionality? I know I have a lot of questions, but any answers (especially from those who own one) would be immensely appreciated.
PreZZ
10-16-2013, 11:37 PM
I've been looking around the forums at different threads on the Sony PVM monitors and have decided to get one. I'm using a 32" Sony Wega right now and it has been having problems lately. I found one on CL for $100 with no remote. It's a PVM-20N6U. The guy says he is the sole owner and bought it in 2001 for studio use. He said it was used maybe 5 hours a week for editing. Here is his response when I asked how it was used:
The monitor was occasionally used (less than 5 hours per week) in our editing suite that we decided to close to extend one of our studios (we are a audio-post studio).
Should I jump on this? I don't know anything about these monitors other that what I've seen on the forums here. From what people say about them, they are amazing. What additional questions should I ask? Is the $100 price decent or should I try to negotiate? I was thinking of offering him $75 since I will have to drive to LA to get it and I live in Vegas. Well, that and the fact that it has no remote control. Is the remote necessary to obtain full functionality? I know I have a lot of questions, but any answers (especially from those who own one) would be immensely appreciated.
Im not sure they all have remote controls, at least mine didnt come with it, no big deal since I solely use the BNC input and have to change it each time I switch system. I would offer 50$, these monitors are only valuable to us old school retro gamers, im sure nobody answered his ad.
segafan1989
10-17-2013, 12:21 AM
Yeah, the ad has only been up since 9 October. I just don't know how often these become available and I'm not the kind of person who will wait 1.2 million years to get a good deal. I'd rather just get it and enjoy playing it. I just wanted to know what the consensus was on these things since I don't know much about them. Thanks for you inputs though, they are appreciated :)
Ed Oscuro
10-17-2013, 12:57 AM
At 500 TV lines, it's not Sony's sharpest monitor - but that actually might not be a bad thing. The BVM-20F1U, which is right at the top of the line, has 900 lines, but that can lead to too much difference between scanlines for some tastes. See if you can talk him down slightly on the price, maybe $80 or so (I'm just throwing random numbers out here, but many of the other "good" PVMs can be $100 still online, and this is local).
You will likely want to find a remote, in case you need to do any service menu adjustments and there aren't any direct controls for what you want. That is one reason to talk the price down slightly.
Overall it is a good deal. I would like to find ANY PVM or BVM especially locally, and I would personally be willing to pay $200 for one at 20 inches or a bit more.
segafan1989
10-17-2013, 01:08 AM
At 500 TV lines, it's not Sony's sharpest monitor - but that actually might not be a bad thing. The BVM-20F1U, which is right at the top of the line, has 900 lines, but that can lead to too much difference between scanlines for some tastes. See if you can talk him down slightly on the price, maybe $80 or so (I'm just throwing random numbers out here, but many of the other "good" PVMs can be $100 still online, and this is local).
You will likely want to find a remote, in case you need to do any service menu adjustments and there aren't any direct controls for what you want. That is one reason to talk the price down slightly.
Overall it is a good deal. I would like to find ANY PVM or BVM especially locally, and I would personally be willing to pay $200 for one at 20 inches or a bit more.
So this sounds like a budget model monitor? I currently own a 32" Sony KV-32FS320. Would this monitor be a big enough upgrade to warrant the trouble i'm gonna have to go through to get it?
I used a Sony monitor like this back in around 2000 to do some quality control for Adobe's DVD stock library collection. We used it specifically because these monitors reproduce DVD and BetaCam SP signals faithfully.
So I'm willing to bet it would make a nice screen for classic video games.
As far as I know, this is a fairly specialized monitor. Hence the price sounds fair.
I'm not sure about the "only 5 hours a week" part of it. It's hard to get much video editing at all done in only five hours. Be sure to check for burn-in.
segafan1989
10-17-2013, 08:20 PM
I used a Sony monitor like this back in around 2000 to do some quality control for Adobe's DVD stock library collection. We used it specifically because these monitors reproduce DVD and BetaCam SP signals faithfully.
So I'm willing to bet it would make a nice screen for classic video games.
As far as I know, this is a fairly specialized monitor. Hence the price sounds fair.
I'm not sure about the "only 5 hours a week" part of it. It's hard to get much video editing at all done in only five hours. Be sure to check for burn-in.
Will do, thank you for your inputs Neb6!
CRTGAMER
10-18-2013, 12:26 AM
I'm using a 32" Sony Wega right now and it has been having problems lately.
The WEGAs have an issue with the power detection chips. A shame especially when some are HD CRTs, so many are tossed out over an inexpensive though meteculous fix.
Sony WEGA Twenty Dollar Repair Guide
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&p=458437#p458437