LCD monitor VGA compatibility database

Reply 40 of 69, by ahyeadude

Posted on 2019-08-11, 22:06

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Monitor: Samsung 204B
Native res: 1600x1200
Scaling: Nearest neighbour
Aspect rto: 4:3
Machine: Pentium 233mhz MMX, MS-DOS 6.22
Video card: STB Virge GX 385 4MB
UniVBE: S3VBE318
Tested by: ahyeadude

OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING: 13/14 (excellent)

1  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
2,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
3| Ambience           | X |   |   |                                            |
4| Luminati           | X |   |   |                                            |
5| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
6| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
7| Dowhackado         | X |   |   |                                            |
8| Kukoo2             |   |   | X | Not smooth, glitchy                        |
9| Copper             |   | X |   |                                            |
10| Sunflower          | X |   |   |                                            |
11| Yo                 | X |   |   |                                            |
12| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   |                                            |
13| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   |                                            |
14| Tweak 256x256      | X |   |   |                                            |
15| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
16| Tweak 376x564      |   |   | X | Displays, but out of sync                  |
17| PAL-on-VGA         |   |   | X | Displays, but glitchy                      |
18| NTSC-on-VGA        |   |   | X | Displays, but glitchy                      |
19|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
20| Other notes:                                                                |
21|                                                                             |
22|                                                                             |
23`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Just picked up a lightly used Samsung 204B manufactured in 2006. Very compatible. Good looking display with nice scaling. Also, no frameskipping issues on lower resolutions. It does however frameskip on VESA resolutions above 70 HZ. It is much less noticeable than other monitors I have tested, but it is still there. Fortunately I can use S3REFRSH to set all VESA resolutions to 60Hz. There does not seems to any frameskipping with 13h 70Hz DOS stuff uses (DOOM, etc).

Reply 41 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2019-08-12, 03:23

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^^ thanks for keeping this thread alive, guys! I was originally going to take all the results here & compile up a Wiki (maybe on Vogonswiki) with photos of each monitor for easy browsing, but never got around to it & I definitely don't have time anymore. Anyone want to take up the mantle?

(Don't get me wrong, if that doesn't happen it's no big deal either - the results here are super useful either way. BTW I've got some great candidates for this thread now & will submit them when I get some time.)

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Reply 42 of 69, by wbc

Posted on 2019-08-15, 19:52

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ahyeadude wrote:
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1| Kukoo2             |   |   | X | Not smooth, glitchy                        |

as we have discovered, Kukoo2 doesn't reset attribute controller address/data flip-flop before writing to horizontal pixel panning register for smooth scrolling, and some video BIOSes leave that flip-flop set after mode switch, so as result it's not properly written and screen becomes jumpy. It's not a monitor issue but rather video BIOS/intro one 😉

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Reply 43 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2019-10-02, 09:47

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I finally got my hands on a Dell 2007FPb (20", 1600x1200, VGA/DVI/15kHz composite & s-video), so here's the results. I was expecting it to do a little better than this, to be honest, given how well the earlier 2001FPs do. It's a gorgeous display but I'd really recommend it for a Win98 or later machine, something where hackmodes aren't as important and you're running it in standard VESA most of the time. For a pure DOS/VGA rig stick to the 2001FP instead.

Positive: the way it upscales low-res modes (320x200, 640x480, etc.) to fill the screen looks really nice. Crisp and sharp all the way.

Monitor: Dell 2007FPb rev.A03 (manufactured Jan. 2007)
Native res: 1600x1200
Scaling: Crisp, with a tiny bit of edge smoothing
Aspect rto: 4:3
Machine: P3/500, SE440BX-3, MS-DOS 7.1 (Win98SE)
Video card: ATI Rage LT Pro
UniVBE: No
Tested by: xjas

OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING: 7.5/13 - disappointing
(Note: Cubic Player not tested, hence scored out of 13 rather than 14.)

1  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
2,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
3| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range. Adjusting the demo with the  |
4| Luminati           |   | X |   |   up & down arrows did not fix this.       |
5| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | Worked fine. Image displaced towards the   |
6|                     -----------|   bottom of the screen.                    |
7| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
8| Dowhackado         |   | X |   | Briefly displays image, then spazzes out.  |
9| Kukoo2             |   |   | X | Smooth scrolling but some animation        |
10|                     -----------|   glitches. See wbc's explanation above.   |
11| Copper             |   |   | X | No wobble for you. Lots of black screens.  |
12| Sunflower          | X |   |   |                                            |
13| Yo                 | X |   |   |                                            |
14| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   |                                            |
15| CubicPlayer 132x43 | -- N/A -- | Couldn’t enter 132x43 mode.                |
16| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | Displayed 256x240, bottom 16 lines cut off.|
17| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
18| Tweak 376x564      |   | X |   | Black screen. No “out of range” error.     |
19|                     -----------| NOTE: Only ~1/3 of the Tweak modes worked. |
20| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
21| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
22`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Other notes: 400x300, 512x384, 640x350 resolutions worked fine in SEA. The monitor seemed to always want to auto-adjust a second after initializing a new mode, which got annoying. I confirmed some results (DO, Copper, Kukoo2, Ambience, Luminati, Tweak, PAL/NTSC) on Thinkpad 365ED (Chips & Tech. 65545 video) to eliminate the ATI video card as source of incompatibilities.

It seems to be able to sync down to ~50Hz and up to 75Hz without issue.

Only Timeless worked out of Tran's three demos. The 56Hz version here gets shoved down the screen a bit, but the 60Hz version runs nicely centered.

Sunflower's fakemode looks pretty good...

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Reply 44 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2019-10-02, 19:34

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Monitor: Dell P190S Rev.A00, mfgd. March 2010
Native res: 1280x1024
Scaling: Reasonably nice. All 4:3 modes scaled full-screen to 5:4.
Aspect rto: 5:4
Machine: Thinkpad 365ED, MS-DOS 7.0 (Win95 OSR2)
Video card: Chips & Tech. 65545 1MB
UniVBE: No
Tested by: xjas

OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING: 10.5/13 (Cubic Player not tested)

This one does a surprisingly good job, especially considering the poor results from the 2007FP. If you don’t need the composite/s-video inputs, and don’t care about 4x3 modes getting scaled (as nicely as possible) to full 5x4, this is a much better choice.

1  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
2,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
3| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range. Adjusting the refresh with   |
4| Luminati           |   | X |   |   the arrow keys was not enough to fix it. |
5| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
6| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
7| Dowhackado         | X |   |   |                                            |
8| Kukoo2             |   |   | X | Same glitches present & scrolling didn’t   |
9|                            `---|   seem as smooth as the 2007FP.            |
10| Copper             | X |   |   | Wobble is a bit chunky, but not bad. Most  |
11|                    `-----------.   parts worked fine, stable image.         |
12| Sunflower          | X |   |   |                                            |
13| Yo                 | X |   |   |                                            |
14| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   |                                            |
15| CubicPlayer 132x43 | -- N/A -- | Mode not available on this video chip.     |
16| Tweak 256x256      | X |   |   | Displayed 250 lines by default. Adjustable |
17|                    `-----------.   in the menu to show missing 6 lines.     |
18| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
19| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   |                                            |
20| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   |                                            |
21| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   |                                            |
22`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Other notes: this monitor isn’t NEARLY as trigger-happy to auto adjust as the 2007FP, which makes for a much nicer experience. Some of the more “difficult” modes in Tweak such as 400x600.256 worked fine. Synced happily down to 48Hz and up to 75Hz.

Dowhackado looks great but doesn't pose nice for a photo.

An example of the uneven vertical scaling (200 -> 1024.) Some pixels are 5 lines high & some are 4, with a line of interpolation in between. Without taking a macro photo you don't really notice.

256x256 is interpreted as a line-doubled 500p mode at 57Hz here, instead of the more typical 480p, so less pixels are "lost."

Copper's wobble turns a bit "chunky" as the signal processor tries to compensate for the scanline offset, but it otherwise looks pretty good. This is typical of a lot of panels in my experience.

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Reply 45 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2019-10-04, 06:30

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Another Dell model from the same-ish lineup, this time the budget-oriented E177FPb. I'm pretty surprised with how differently all these perform; I was expecting them to behave more-or-less the same, but there's fairly significant changes in the DSP code and processing. Note that this monitor is VGA input ONLY and doesn't have an adjustable height stand, unlike the last two.

Monitor: Dell E177FPb Rev.A00 (Sept. 2006)
Native res: 1280x1024
Scaling: Crude nearest neighbor, causing uneven pixel sizes
Aspect rto: 5x4. All 4:3 modes stretched to full-screen.
Machine: Thinkpad 365ED, MS-DOS 7
Video card: Chips & Technologies 65545 1MB
UniVBE: No
Tested by: xjas

OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING: 7.5 / 13

While technically the same score as the 2007FP, the faster mode changes & fact that it doesn't automatically "auto adjust" make it less irritating to use.

Note that the Cubic Player test is still not included, as the video chip in the laptop I used won't switch into 132x43 text mode.

1  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
2,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
3| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range. Couldn't fix by adjusting    |
4| Luminati           |   | X |   |   the scan rate with the arrow keys.       |
5| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
6| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
7| Dowhackado         | X |   |   |                                            |
8| Kukoo2             |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
9| Copper             |   | X |   | Wobble completely unsupported. The image   |
10|                                |   stayed static for a bit, then went blank.|
11| Sunflower          | X |   |   | Fakemode showed much more pronounced bands |
12|                                |   of unevenly scaled pixels compared to    |
13|                                |   the other Dells.                         |
14| Yo                 | X |   |   |                                            |
15| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | Similar to Sunflower, primitive horizontal |
16|                                |   scaling made the font uneven.            |
17| CubicPlayer 132x43 | -- N/A -- |                                            |
18| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | Cuts off the TOP 16 pixels for some reason |
19| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
20| Tweak 376x564      |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
21| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   |                                            |
22| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   |                                            |
23`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Other notes: mode changes and auto-adjustment are MUCH FASTER than the 2007FPb or even the P190S. A lot of Tweak modes that worked on either of those two just don't work on this one. It seems like this uses a less sophisticated DSP & scaling algorithm, trading some flexibility for faster response.

^^ Copper's wobble effect doesn't even register. The image just stays dead still until the DSP gets too confused and the screen goes black. It re-syncs when the effect is done without you having to do anything.

The unsophisticated scaling algorithm manifests as bands of unevenly-sized pixels, as seen here. This affects all these displays, but it seems far more pronounced on this one.

On an image with heavy use of ordered dithering, you can see the effect in both vertical and horizontal. This was 320x200 stretched to 1280x1024. You do notice this sitting at a normal viewing distance, but of course it looks way worse in a macro shot.

Gah! Too close! Abort!

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Reply 46 of 69, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-28, 23:23

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I know this is a fairly old thread, but I thought it might be useful to expand it to VGA to HDMI scalers (or possibly start a new thread for that) ?

Reply 47 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2020-04-28, 23:53

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The thread is still "current" as long as people keep adding to it. And sure, the results of some scalers would be handy to know! Keep in mind not all "TVs"/monitors handle not-quite-standard HDMI modes equally well, so there's another point of failure that's not related to the scaler itself. (Especially since manufacturers of consumer living room-oriented TVs like to get really lazy... and HDMI is the worst PC video standard since RF, IMHO.)

A little word of caution on the testing suite I made up - some of the tests (Kukoo2, Copper, Dowhackado, 132x43 text mode) are more GPU dependent than I originally thought (well, I already knew Copper was totally GPU dependent, but you get the idea.) Just check the discussion in the last couple pages here. I still think those results are useful to have, but also need to be taken with a grain of salt.

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Reply 48 of 69, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-29, 00:05

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xjas wrote on 2020-04-28, 23:53:

The thread is still "current" as long as people keep adding to it. And sure, the results of some scalers would be handy to know!

A little word of caution on the testing suite I made up - some of the tests (Kukoo2, Copper, Dowhackado, 132x43 text mode) are more GPU dependent than I originally thought (well, I already knew Copper was totally GPU dependent, but you get the idea.) Just check the discussion in the last couple pages here. I still think those results are useful to have, but also need to be taken with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the info regarding GPU compatibility, I usually use a Voodoo 3 for VGA output and I no longer have a CRT to establish a baseline with ot, but I do have some other PCI cards I could try .

Once I get my Crestron unit, I will test it out and more formally test de Gefen VGA to DVI Dcaler Plus as well .

A list of known working GPUs (when used with CRTs) would help avoid blaming monitors or scalers for GPU fails .

Reply 49 of 69, by xjas

Posted on 2020-04-29, 00:10

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Voodoo3 should be OK, they're known for having good DOS mode compatibility. Nothing particularly will "break" on the wrong video card, but you'd notice stuff not displaying right or showing glitches depending on what it is. It's more of a crapshoot with later WinXP+ era AGP or PCIe cards.

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Reply 50 of 69, by Horun

Posted on 2020-08-07, 02:18

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Thanks for this topic ! I have a Samsung 930B and is good to see it tested OK: (11/14, good) by ahyeadude. Can I use my 486DX4-100 with a 2Mb VLB CL5428 to test a Dell 1908FP with the test suite ? Or do I should I use a Pentium computer with PCI with this test ? I also want to test my old Nokia 446XS CRT on same card just for a comparison.

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Reply 51 of 69, by jtchip

Posted on 2020-09-06, 22:32

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1Monitor:    Dell ST2310 (manufactured 2009-11)
2Native res: 1920x1080 60Hz
3Inputs:     VGA (tested), DVI-D, HDMI
4Scaling:    Interpolation
5Aspect rto: 16:9, manual 4:3 pillarboxing
6Machine:    Asus P2B, Celeron 900, MS-DOS 7.1
7Video card: ATI Rage 128 16MB AGP2X
8UniVBE:     no
9Tested by:  jtchip
10
11OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
12  11.5/14 - Good
13
14  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
15,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
16| Ambience           |   | X |   | OSD: Resolution not supported              |
17| Luminati           |   | X |   | OSD: Resolution not supported              |
18| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | OSD: 720x480@56Hz, Image at bottom         |
19| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480@60Hz                          |
20| Dowhackado         |   | X |   | Blank, OSD unresponsive                    |
21| Kukoo2             | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480@55Hz                          |
22| Copper             |   | X |   | Blank, OSD unresponsive during wobble      |
23| Sunflower          | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400@70Hz                          |
24| Yo                 | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400@70Hz                          |
25| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400@70Hz                          |
26| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400@70Hz                          |
27| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | OSD: 640x480@57Hz, missing bottom 16 lines |
28| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480@60Hz                          |
29| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   | OSD: 720x576@50Hz                          |
30| PAL-on-VGA         | X |   |   | OSD: 720x288@50Hz, letterboxed             |
31| NTSC-on-VGA        | X |   |   | OSD: 720x240@60Hz, letterboxed             |
32|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
33| Other notes:                                                                |
34| Takes 1.5s to sync on switching modes, unresponsive OSD may be due to       |
35| attempts to sync.                                                           |
36| Specifications: 30-83kHz horizontal, 56-76Hz vertical scan                  |
37| Also claims SOG (Composite Sync on Green) but I have not tested this.       |
38| Shares specifications, apart from panel size, with ST2210 and ST2410.       |
39| When fed 50/60Hz SD broadcast video scan rates from X.org on Linux, OSD     |
40| shows 576i/480i, respectively, though it performs bob de-interlacing so     |
41| really 288p50/240p60.                                                       |
42`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 52 of 69, by jtchip

Posted on 2020-09-08, 23:37

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1Monitor:    HP LP2065 (manufactured 2007-05)
2Native res: 1600x1200 60Hz
3Scaling:    Interpolation, one-to-one
4Aspect rto: 4:3, manual "fill aspect ratio" (letterboxing?)
5Machine:    Asus P2B, Celeron 900, MS-DOS 7.1
6Video card: ATI Rage 128 16MB AGP2X
7UniVBE:     no
8Tested by:  jtchip
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
11  9.5/14 - Average
12
13  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
14,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
15| Ambience           |   | X |   | OSD: Input signal out of range, image is   |
16|                    |###########| visible but flickery and monitor blanks    |
17|                    |###########| with DPMS after a while                    |
18| Luminati           |   | X |   | As above                                   |
19| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480-56Hz                          |
20| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480-60Hz                          |
21| Dowhackado         |   | X |   | Blank, OSD unresponsive                    |
22| Kukoo2             | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480-55Hz                          |
23| Copper             |   | X |   | Blank, OSD unresponsive during wobble      |
24| Sunflower          | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400-70Hz                          |
25| Yo                 | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400-70Hz                          |
26| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400-70Hz                          |
27| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   | OSD: 720x400-70Hz                          |
28| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | OSD: 640x480-57Hz, missing bottom 16 lines |
29| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   | OSD: 640x480-60Hz                          |
30| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   | OSD: 800x600-50Hz                          |
31| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | OSD: Input signal out of range, image is   |
32|                    |###########| visible but with wavy vertical lines,      |
33|                    |###########| monitor blanks with DPMS after a while     |
34| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | As above                                   |
35|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
36| Other notes:                                                                |
37| Takes 1s to sync on switching modes                                         |
38| Specifications: 30-94kHz horizontal, 48-85Hz vertical scan                  |
39`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 53 of 69, by NJRoadfan

Posted on 2020-09-20, 03:18

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One of these days I have to subject the OSSC to this torture test. Using a CRT as the output device because enough monitors choke on these modes without an extra device in the chain!

Reply 54 of 69, by mOBSCENE

Posted on 2021-01-27, 18:14

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I thought it would be interesting to test the Dell 2007FPb rev. A12, since xjas already tested rev. A03. Result difference is very minor though. Still looking for a replacement 2001FP...
Note: Serial numbers ending in "L" have an S-IPS panel. Serial numbers ending in "S" have an S-PVA panel.

1Monitor:    Dell 2007FPb rev. A12 (May 2012) - S-IPS panel
2Native res: 1600x1200
3Scaling:    Crisp, with a tiny bit of edge smoothing
4Aspect rto: 4:3
5Machine:    K6-III+ 550Mhz, Asus P5A, MS-DOS 7.1
6Video card: NVIDIA RIVA128ZX
7UniVBE:     No
8Tested by:  mOBSCENE
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING: 9.5/14 - alright.
11
12  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
13,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
14| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range. Adjusting the demo with the  |
15| Luminati           |   | X |   |   up & down arrows did not fix this.       |
16| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | Worked fine. Image displaced towards the   |
17                     |-----------|   bottom of the screen.                    |
18| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
19| Dowhackado         |   |   | X | Bottom section has glitches,               |
20                     |-----------|   but this might be intended(?)            |
21| Kukoo2             | X |   |   |                                            |
22| Copper             |   |   | X |  "Wobble" sections blank the screen.       |
23| Sunflower          | X |   |   |                                            |
24| Yo                 | X |   |   |  (Nice PC speaker beeps.)                  |
25| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | Won't play the songs, but display is fine. |
26| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   |                                            |
27| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | Displayed 256x240, bottom 16 lines cut off.|
28| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
29| Tweak 376x564      |   | X |   | Black screen. No “out of range” error.     |
30| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
31| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
32|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
33| Other notes: No option to disable auto-adjusting. Also seems to have limited|
34|              memory to store display settings: when BIOS screen is auto-    |
35|              adjusted, DOS screen does not properly align, and vice versa.  |
36`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 55 of 69, by stringray

Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:36

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1Monitor:    Dell E1913Sf (manufactured Apr 2013)
2Native res: 1280x1024
3Scaling:
4Aspect rto: 5:4, letterboxing not supported
5Machine:    Pentium 4 3.0GHz, MS-DOS 7.1
6Video card: S3 Virge DX 4MB
7UniVBE:     no
8Tested by:  stringray
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
11  10 / 14 - Average
12
13  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
14,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
15| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
16| Luminati           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
17| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x500@56Hz. Image at top, black bars     |
18|                    |###########| on bottom.                                 |
19| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x480@60Hz. Black bars on top and bottom.|
20| Dowhackado         |   |   | X | 640x500@55Hz. Black bars on top and left   |
21|                    |###########| and bottom section has glitches.           |
22| Kukoo2             | X |   |   | 720x576@55Hz. Black bars on bottom and     |
23|                    |###########| glitches.                                  |
24| Copper             |   | X |   | 720x400@70Hz. "Wobble" sections black      |
25|                    |###########| screen.                                    |
26| Sunflower          | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz. fakemode look very bad.      |
27| Yo                 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
28| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
29| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
30| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | 640x500@58Hz. Vertical Displayed 250 lines,|
31|                    |###########| cropped bottom 6 lines.                    |
32| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   | 640x480@60Hz.                              |
33| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   | 720x576@50Hz.                              |
34| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
35| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
36|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
37| Other notes:                                                                |
38|                                                                             |
39|                                                                             |
40`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 56 of 69, by stringray

Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:36

stringray Offline

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Rank: Newbie
Posts: 5
Joined: 2021-03-08, 17:12

1Monitor:    Dell P1917S (manufactured Jan 2022)
2Native res: 1280x1024
3Scaling:
4Aspect rto: 5:4, letterboxing not supported
5Machine:    Pentium 4 3.0GHz, MS-DOS 7.1
6Video card: S3 Virge DX 4MB
7UniVBE:     no
8Tested by:  stringray
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
11  10 / 14 - Average
12
13  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
14,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
15| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
16| Luminati           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
17| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x500@56Hz. Image at top, black bars     |
18|                    |###########| on bottom.                                 |
19| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x480@60Hz. Black bars on top and bottom.|
20| Dowhackado         |   |   | X | 640x500@55Hz. Bottom section has glitches. |
21| Kukoo2             | X |   |   | Can't call out OSD Menu, glitches.         |
22| Copper             |   | X |   | 720x400@70Hz. "Wobble" sections black      |
23|                    |###########| screen.                                    |
24| Sunflower          | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz. fakemode look very bad.      |
25| Yo                 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
26| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
27| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
28| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | 640x500@58Hz. Vertical Displayed 250 lines,|
29|                    |###########| cropped bottom 6 lines.                    |
30| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   | 640x480@60Hz.                              |
31| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   | 720x576@50Hz.                              |
32| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
33| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
34|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
35| Other notes:                                                                |
36|                                                                             |
37|                                                                             |
38`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 57 of 69, by stringray

Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:37

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Rank: Newbie
Posts: 5
Joined: 2021-03-08, 17:12

1Monitor:    ViewSonic VA2405-mh (manufactured May 2020)
2Native res: 1920x1080
3Scaling:
4Aspect rto: 16:9, OSD have 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, 16:10 mode.
5Machine:    Pentium 4 3.0GHz, MS-DOS 7.1
6Video card: S3 Virge DX 4MB
7UniVBE:     no
8Tested by:  stringray
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
11  10 / 14 - Average
12
13  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
14,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
15| Ambience           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
16| Luminati           |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
17| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x480@59Hz.                              |
18| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   | 640x480@59Hz.                              |
19| Dowhackado         |   |   | X | 640x480@59Hz. glitches.                    |
20| Kukoo2             | X |   |   | 700x570@50Hz. glitches.                    |
21| Copper             |   | X |   | 720x400@70Hz. "Wobble" sections black      |
22|                    |###########| screen.                                    |
23| Sunflower          | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz. fakemode look very bad.      |
24| Yo                 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
25| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
26| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   | 720x400@70Hz.                              |
27| Tweak 256x256      |   |   | X | 640x480@59Hz. Vertical Displayed 240 lines,|
28|                    |xxxxxxxxxxx| cropped top 4, bottom 12.                  |
29| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   | 640x480@59Hz.                              |
30| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   | 800x600@56Hz.                              |
31| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
32| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   | Out of range.                              |
33|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
34| Other notes:                                                                |
35|                                                                             |
36|                                                                             |
37`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Reply 58 of 69, by mrzmaster

Posted on 2022-05-17, 14:34

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Rank: Member
Posts: 116
Joined: 2021-09-14, 02:38

Does anyone know how the HP LP2035 fares? I'm looking for a decent performing 1600x1200 monitor and this one has come up in my searches.

Thanks!

Reply 59 of 69, by brassicGamer

Posted on 2022-07-26, 21:29

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Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1121
Joined: 2015-08-16, 22:17

Been wanting to add to this thread for a while and the acquisition of an Eizo Flexscan seemed like the perfect monitor to try this out. Much more impressive than any of the LCD panels I've tried previously.

1Monitor:    Eizo Flexscan 9070S
2Native res: Unknown
3Scaling:    Unknown
4Aspect rto: 4:3
5Machine:    486DX/50, DOS 6.22
6Video card: 2theMax ET4000 W32i 2MB
7UniVBE:     N/A
8Tested by:  Brassic Gamer
9
10OVERALL COMPATIBILITY RATING:
11  13.5/14 - Pretty awesome!
12
13  Application          P   F   CP  Notes
14,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
15| Ambience           | X |   |   | Vertically squashed, noticeable flicker.   |
16| Luminati           | X |   |   | As above.                                  |
17| Timeless (56Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
18| Timeless (60Hz)    | X |   |   |                                            |
19| Dowhackado         | X |   |   |                                            |
20| Kukoo2             | X |   |   |                                            |
21| Copper             |   |   | X | Bars great, wobble partial, no line fade,  |
22|                    |   |   |   | flood partial, zoom fine, water works,     |
23|                    |   |   |   | y-zoom & wobble mostly yes, next bit no.   |
24| Sunflower          | X |   |   |                                            |
25| Yo                 | X |   |   |                                            |
26| Impulse Tracker    | X |   |   |                                            |
27| CubicPlayer 132x43 | X |   |   |                                            |
28| Tweak 256x256      | X |   |   |                                            |
29| Tweak 360x480      | X |   |   |                                            |
30| Tweak 376x564      | X |   |   |                                            |
31| PAL-on-VGA         |   | X |   |                                            |
32| NTSC-on-VGA        |   | X |   |                                            |
33|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
34| Other notes:                                                                |
35|                                                                             |
36|                                                                             |
37`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'

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