RE: PC monitor recommendations

[Senex]

Anyone know of a good 19inch LCD PC Monitor, non-widescreen, that has one or more of the following connectors:
YPbPr analog component video
S-video
DVI-I dual link
If so, please advise brand name and model number, so I can track one down!

[NJRoadfan]

Its no longer made but the Samsung Syncmaster 930MP meets your requirements. 1280x1024 native resolution, has built in composite, s-video, YPbPr component, DVI-D (with HDCP), VGA , and even SCART RGB (15.75khz) inputs. The SD inputs even accept PAL, NTSC, and SECAM video.

[edDV]

Anyone know of a good 19inch LCD PC Monitor, non-widescreen, that has one or more of the following connectors:
YPbPr analog component video
S-video
DVI-I dual link
If so, please advise brand name and model number, so I can track one down!

Those are called LCD-TV sets and most are 16:9 (1920x1080) or some 16:10 (1680x1050).

Do you want square pixels or what?

[Senex]

Its no longer made but the Samsung Syncmaster 930MP meets your requirements. 1280x1024 native resolution, has built in composite, s-video, YPbPr component, DVI-D (with HDCP), VGA , and even SCART RGB (15.75khz) inputs. The SD inputs even accept PAL, NTSC, and SECAM video.

That's close but I require either DVI-I or no DVI at all. DVI-D and all the other versions (plus HDMI) have HDCP attached...a definite no-go for me.

[Senex]

Anyone know of a good 19inch LCD PC Monitor, non-widescreen, that has one or more of the following connectors:
YPbPr analog component video
S-video
DVI-I dual link
If so, please advise brand name and model number, so I can track one down!

Those are called LCD-TV sets and most are 16:9 (1920x1080) or some 16:10 (1680x1050).

Do you want square pixels or what?

So far as I know (not very far), a regular LCD TV set will not sub for a computer monitor. Anyway, already have LCD TV. If you're asking about resolution, '1280x720' is about best I need, and considering I will not touch HDCP crapola, I will likely get by with less resolution.

[edDV]

Anyone know of a good 19inch LCD PC Monitor, non-widescreen, that has one or more of the following connectors:
YPbPr analog component video
S-video
DVI-I dual link
If so, please advise brand name and model number, so I can track one down!

Those are called LCD-TV sets and most are 16:9 (1920x1080) or some 16:10 (1680x1050).

Do you want square pixels or what?

So far as I know (not very far), a regular LCD TV set will not sub for a computer monitor. Anyway, already have LCD TV. If you're asking about resolution, '1280x720' is about best I need, and considering I will not touch HDCP crapola, I will likely get by with less resolution.

I'd bet your 1280x720 LCD-TV is really 1366x768.

A 1920x1080 LCD-TV makes a good computer monitor but adds analog inputs and video processors for deinterlace, inverse telecine and higher quality scaling than a computer monitor.

Computer monitors are designed only for display card input.

[edDV]

DVI-I dual link

Only required for >1920x1080 resolutions (usually CAD). HDMI is single link.

[jagabo]

That's close but I require either DVI-I or no DVI at all. DVI-D and all the other versions (plus HDMI) have HDCP attached...a definite no-go for me.

DVI-I includes both DVI-D and DVI-A. So it will have HDCP. You're not going to find any TV or monitor without HDCP anymore. Note that HDCP isn't used unless the source device requires it.

[edDV]

Its no longer made but the Samsung Syncmaster 930MP meets your requirements. 1280x1024 native resolution, has built in composite, s-video, YPbPr component, DVI-D (with HDCP), VGA , and even SCART RGB (15.75khz) inputs. The SD inputs even accept PAL, NTSC, and SECAM video.

That's close but I require either DVI-I or no DVI at all. DVI-D and all the other versions (plus HDMI) have HDCP attached...a definite no-go for me.

I don't get this. HDCP is required to play protected HD media.

[NJRoadfan]

So far as I know (not very far), a regular LCD TV set will not sub for a computer monitor. Anyway, already have LCD TV. If you're asking about resolution, '1280x720' is about best I need, and considering I will not touch HDCP crapola, I will likely get by with less resolution.

The 930MP will display 1280x720 video letter boxed and 1:1 pixels, no overscan or scaling. HDCP comes in handy for BluRay playback, but only if your video card supports it. For those wondering, the 930MP uses a Genesis brand video processor chip.

[Senex]

Its no longer made but the Samsung Syncmaster 930MP meets your requirements. 1280x1024 native resolution, has built in composite, s-video, YPbPr component, DVI-D (with HDCP), VGA , and even SCART RGB (15.75khz) inputs. The SD inputs even accept PAL, NTSC, and SECAM video.

That's close but I require either DVI-I or no DVI at all. DVI-D and all the other versions (plus HDMI) have HDCP attached...a definite no-go for me.

I don't get this. HDCP is required to play protected HD media.

Yep...so it should then follow that I will not be playing "protected HD media". Had considered having HDCP then using 'strippers', etc., but decided on just not fooling with it from the get-go. Will excise DRM, COPP, etc., from XP Pro, Windows 2000, and Windows 98 which closes the door on HDCP...hence no need for HDMI, DVI-D, and so forth.

[Senex]

So far as I know (not very far), a regular LCD TV set will not sub for a computer monitor. Anyway, already have LCD TV. If you're asking about resolution, '1280x720' is about best I need, and considering I will not touch HDCP crapola, I will likely get by with less resolution.

The 930MP will display 1280x720 video letter boxed and 1:1 pixels, no overscan or scaling. HDCP comes in handy for BluRay playback, but only if your video card supports it. For those wondering, the 930MP uses a Genesis brand video processor chip.

I delved into this further, and liking what I see better now. Guess I can live without the DVI-I, as it has about everything else. Thanks for your assist!

[edDV]

930p
Response Time 25 ms

[jagabo]

The Samsung 930P is a six year old LCD. Letterboxing a 1280x720 image on the 1280x1024 display will leave you with a ~17" picture. It appears to have a 6 bit (per primary) LCD panel too. And it has HDCP on the DVI port. Total crap by todays standards. The best price I saw via a quick Google search was $300 for a refurb. About $1000 new!

[edDV]

It was an early attempt at a combo computer monitor/HDTV and probably the only one not wide screen.

Samsung has had a full line of 16:9/16:10 computer monitors with S-Video, component, VGA, DVI-D and HDMI inputs. Also an ATSC or DVB tuner.

I've got a 2333HD that has analog component, VGA, DVI-D and 2x HDMI inputs. There were several other models.

The latest models have dropped the analog inputs other than VGA but still include an HD tuner..
http://www.samsung.com/us/article/hdtv-monitor-101