It's the supreme Hitachi picture tube... A buddy of mine has a Gateway monitor with a Hitachi tube as well, My friend hooked it up to his Dreamcast, And Holy Balls... Best CRT monitor I've seen in my entire life. Wish this video could do that bit of kit justice...
For what it's worth, I edit and colour correct all my videos on one of these monitors. They are absolutely lovely, and they out-perform pretty much any sub-$800 LCD I could buy.
Hi, I just saw your Video and it helped me to repair the front dial of my old Bacco Monitor I just realived. On my old Mac there is still Operating System 9 and the Calibrator Talk Software works well. Thank you much for your video and Information.
This was made Oct. 2001, at that time it's likely this accompanied a SGI workstation like an O2 or an Octane, I've also seen them with Sun computers but not usually a PC. The serial ports are to communicate the calibration and some monitor data back to a host computer where it would count down the hours until recalibration was required, The Barco chip is likely to deal with the calibration and so is most of the extra electronics. I think the USB is just a hub on these. I'm more familiar with the earlier monitors but Barco used to claim that they only used "A" grade CRTs while most PC grade monitors had "C" grade CRTs. These were mostly sold with large graphic systems costing sometimes millions of dollars, they sold that division in the mid 2000s which was a sad day for me as I had years of experience, Barco training and enjoyed working with them, they had film printers that could do over 6000dpi and software that did things you still can't do with Photoshop or Illustrator. Today you commonly see Barco LED displays at hospitals for viewing X rays and the like. If you're at a big event with video projectors they might also be from Barco.
Most older monitors had the BNC connectors because the VGA connector wasn't always around. Even some of the mid-age CRTs will have both VGA and BNC connectors, especially the originally NEC MultiSync monitors.
This monitor dates from well within the time of VGA as a consumer standard; I'd wager the use of BNC has more to do with industrial compatibility, since this monitor is certified for medical and ATC use.
Pretty awesome to find a Barco display of any kind in the trash. They're very highly regarded in industry and they supply screens for extreme high reliability applications like air traffic control radar displays and airline flight simulators. Assuming the caps inside don't dry out and go high-ESR, that thing should have another 14,000 hours in it! Too bad the internal comms have failed, but nice workaround with your Spyder4.
Hi there! Yes, those screens where really top of the line!! My brother actually works in the factory in Belgium of Barco (indeed, for those who not know it yet, it's a Belgian company). He works at the "Digital Cinema" division. It's a really great brand!! I know I'm probably boosting here :-P. But it's pretty hard to believe that this high end brand is Belgian, just like me :-P Not many good stuff is readable online of Belgium...
BNCs were used on all high end monitors because VGA leads are often unscreened and suffer from crosstalk. I've come across some that are effectively unusable.The serial port is I believe for diagnostics and soft setup.
The slab of aluminum in the back may be a ballast to make it less front-heavy, as I have seen before, if in fact it is heavy enough to have an effect compared to the leaded glass front.
I have a Compaq Q-Vision 210 with the same Phillips turquoise driver chip in it. That monitor is from 1996 and also has the same separated VGA to BNC connector on the back. It also has a Hitachi CRT in it, but I forget the model.
+Mark Furneaux fun fact: a lot of monitors came like that if they were primarily for the photo editing or prepress markets. I recall quite a few Applevision Trinitron monitors with the same hookups, and their respective Apple-rebranded graphics cards for the time. I'm believing it had something to do with higher resolutions or color-correctness, but I could be absolutely wrong on that front.
We use calibrated CRTs in the industry still for this very reason. They are still outperforming even the top top end professional IPS monitors on the market.
+JJ Warner for us refresh rate isn't a big deal.(all the stuff I work with is just 24fps) It's mostly just about colour accuracy and luminance characteristics.
Not sure about this nokia case looks really dodgy, flyback should die off pretty quick... I have a best CRT ever made, Mitsu DP 2070sb and it won't go over 160hz. Eizo does 240hz, ofcourse tvs don't have capability of driving 600hz signal, that would be retarded to assume... You would need some engineering to make it capable of that.
That's a beautiful reference monitor, the little fence around it is to shield light and give you the best possible picture, I don't think that's for privacy.
Hello, do you still happen to have the calibration software for this monitor? I am about to pick one of these up but it unfortunately does not come with the software. Thanks!
I dont know about these old ones, But modern Barco monitors need custom Barco GPUs (they look like they are based on AMD Firepro GPUs) for their calibration software to properly work.
@@l0rdm0rd The Reference Calibrator had clamped black as well as white levels. I believe the Lacie had drifting black levels. So the calibration would drift over time on the Lacie while the Barco would remain more stable for a longer time.
you can skip to the () if you wish because I now what wrote was long. I have dell 1998 dell CRT monitor that is almost new the person how had it didn't use it a lot I played sonic and seat all stars racing and it looked better and was smother then my old LCD that likes to be bad and it can go to 1600x900 but its not recommend to go over 1024x720. I uses to play my old windows xp games on because on like my old LCD if you changed the resolution it would cut off the image I have 3 CRTs monitors and 4 CRT TV which one I still use all the time and 2 monochrome ones . the TV I uses is an 1995 Samsung 24" inch to play my DVD, vhs, n64,Wii because none are HD and it looks better on it. (cool find)
+Graham R Any 80 mm 12 V fan will probably do - they don't need extreme airflow by any means, the total consumption is only about100 W or so. It's funny you'd mention that, though - I'm actually fixing up a second one of these right now, and one of the fans I was considering putting in was a Noctua, but it had to give way in favour of an Arctic F8.
+Ryan Wolfe The sun is shining in through the windows and lighting up dust particles. It's usually not sunny around here, so you rarely see this effect.
+simontay1984 To be fair, in 1999, it wasn't possible to be much more than a first-year student with regards to Java, since Java wasn't really a thing before 1995. And since the software IS written in Java, you really do have a point, I suppose.
I might have missed it but I didn't catch if you were using a serial line directly connected to the RS232 output on the computer, or if you were using a USB to Serial converter. If so, the USB dongles out there don't work very well. If you were using a normal RS232 output it probably was borked. :c
15 years old, 14000 hours used but it looks Brand New... wow
+FelixBraun That's more to do with the previous owner - I know that he takes very good care of his technology.
It's the supreme Hitachi picture tube...
A buddy of mine has a Gateway monitor with a Hitachi tube as well,
My friend hooked it up to his Dreamcast, And Holy Balls... Best CRT monitor
I've seen in my entire life. Wish this video could do that bit of kit justice...
For what it's worth, I edit and colour correct all my videos on one of these monitors. They are absolutely lovely, and they out-perform pretty much any sub-$800 LCD I could buy.
Hi, I just saw your Video and it helped me to repair the front dial of my old Bacco Monitor I just realived. On my old Mac there is still Operating System 9 and the Calibrator Talk Software works well. Thank you much for your video and Information.
This was made Oct. 2001, at that time it's likely this accompanied a SGI workstation like an O2 or an Octane, I've also seen them with Sun computers but not usually a PC. The serial ports are to communicate the calibration and some monitor data back to a host computer where it would count down the hours until recalibration was required, The Barco chip is likely to deal with the calibration and so is most of the extra electronics. I think the USB is just a hub on these. I'm more familiar with the earlier monitors but Barco used to claim that they only used "A" grade CRTs while most PC grade monitors had "C" grade CRTs. These were mostly sold with large graphic systems costing sometimes millions of dollars, they sold that division in the mid 2000s which was a sad day for me as I had years of experience, Barco training and enjoyed working with them, they had film printers that could do over 6000dpi and software that did things you still can't do with Photoshop or Illustrator. Today you commonly see Barco LED displays at hospitals for viewing X rays and the like. If you're at a big event with video projectors they might also be from Barco.
Cool.
Not a "privacy screen": it's a hood to prevent overhead and sideways light sources from hitting the screen.
This is true.
Most older monitors had the BNC connectors because the VGA connector wasn't always around. Even some of the mid-age CRTs will have both VGA and BNC connectors, especially the originally NEC MultiSync monitors.
This monitor dates from well within the time of VGA as a consumer standard; I'd wager the use of BNC has more to do with industrial compatibility, since this monitor is certified for medical and ATC use.
Damn, that thing could survive an EMP. Your computer would be dead, but your monitor still works!
Great video, never seen a proper monitor like that before.
Pretty awesome to find a Barco display of any kind in the trash. They're very highly regarded in industry and they supply screens for extreme high reliability applications like air traffic control radar displays and airline flight simulators. Assuming the caps inside don't dry out and go high-ESR, that thing should have another 14,000 hours in it! Too bad the internal comms have failed, but nice workaround with your Spyder4.
Oh, air traffic control - that's cool. Given how this thing looks, I do not doubt your statement.
Hi there! Yes, those screens where really top of the line!! My brother actually works in the factory in Belgium of Barco (indeed, for those who not know it yet, it's a Belgian company). He works at the "Digital Cinema" division. It's a really great brand!! I know I'm probably boosting here :-P. But it's pretty hard to believe that this high end brand is Belgian, just like me :-P Not many good stuff is readable online of Belgium...
Hi, I work for a cinema installation company and we do sell Barco. Is your brother dealing with customer service by any chance?
No, he works at engineering. I'm sorry.
Cool, then he's probably in my thoughts when things go wrong! :) Say hello to him from the UK!
Sure thing! :-)
BNCs were used on all high end monitors because VGA leads are often unscreened and suffer from crosstalk. I've come across some that are effectively unusable.The serial port is I believe for diagnostics and soft setup.
The slab of aluminum in the back may be a ballast to make it less front-heavy, as I have seen before, if in fact it is heavy enough to have an effect compared to the leaded glass front.
This monitor is a thing of beauty. Is Barco a brand that specialized in high accuracy graphics displays or just one local to Euroope?
Barco specialised (and I believe they still do) in ultra-high-end displays for things like medical devices and air traffic control.
I have a Compaq Q-Vision 210 with the same Phillips turquoise driver chip in it. That monitor is from 1996 and also has the same separated VGA to BNC connector on the back. It also has a Hitachi CRT in it, but I forget the model.
+Mark Furneaux fun fact: a lot of monitors came like that if they were primarily for the photo editing or prepress markets. I recall quite a few Applevision Trinitron monitors with the same hookups, and their respective Apple-rebranded graphics cards for the time. I'm believing it had something to do with higher resolutions or color-correctness, but I could be absolutely wrong on that front.
0.26mm and 106kHz. That's quite underwhelming for a $7K monitor, even in 1999.
+ikkejw You're paying for the colour accuracy, not the resolution.
Omg this really is the terminator of all Monitors xD But seriously I love crt's but I have to find some way getting my hand on something like this ^^
God Id give an arm and a leg for a CRT that high end
We use calibrated CRTs in the industry still for this very reason. They are still outperforming even the top top end professional IPS monitors on the market.
+JJ Warner for us refresh rate isn't a big deal.(all the stuff I work with is just 24fps) It's mostly just about colour accuracy and luminance characteristics.
IPS, yes.
OLED, no.
JJ Warner
No OLEDs are better but we don't have the wallet where I work. So we use these with very high end calibrated IPS monitors.
No CRT does over 200hz. LCDs do 250hz, some TVs do 600hz.
Not sure about this nokia case looks really dodgy, flyback should die off pretty quick...
I have a best CRT ever made, Mitsu DP 2070sb and it won't go over 160hz.
Eizo does 240hz, ofcourse tvs don't have capability of driving 600hz signal, that would be retarded to assume... You would need some engineering to make it capable of that.
That's a beautiful reference monitor, the little fence around it is to shield light and give you the best possible picture, I don't think that's for privacy.
Hello, do you still happen to have the calibration software for this monitor? I am about to pick one of these up but it unfortunately does not come with the software. Thanks!
I should have the CDs still. Check Archive.org, if you can't find it anywhere online, send me an email at ffcossag at gmail dot com.
AMAZING!
I dont know about these old ones, But modern Barco monitors need custom Barco GPUs (they look like they are based on AMD Firepro GPUs) for their calibration software to properly work.
hi @FFcossag, i already have a Lacie electron22blue ... do think a Barco Calibrator would be way better?
No, I don't think so.
ok thanks mate!
@@l0rdm0rd The Reference Calibrator had clamped black as well as white levels. I believe the Lacie had drifting black levels. So the calibration would drift over time on the Lacie while the Barco would remain more stable for a longer time.
Well overbuilt, like vintage Japanese TVs
you can skip to the () if you wish because I now what wrote was long.
I have dell 1998 dell CRT monitor that is almost new the person how had it didn't use it a lot I played sonic and seat all stars racing and it looked better and was smother then my old LCD that likes to be bad and it can go to 1600x900 but its not recommend to go over 1024x720. I uses to play my old windows xp games on because on like my old LCD if you changed the resolution it would cut off the image I have 3 CRTs monitors and 4 CRT TV which one I still use all the time and 2 monochrome ones . the TV I uses is an 1995 Samsung 24" inch to play my DVD, vhs, n64,Wii because none are HD and it looks better on it. (cool find)
I want one of these.. I wonder if you could put a Noctua fan in the case.
+Graham R Any 80 mm 12 V fan will probably do - they don't need extreme airflow by any means, the total consumption is only about100 W or so.
It's funny you'd mention that, though - I'm actually fixing up a second one of these right now, and one of the fans I was considering putting in was a Noctua, but it had to give way in favour of an Arctic F8.
is there like a whole bunch of bugs in your room? from 10:26 and on you just see lots of little flurries
+Ryan Wolfe The sun is shining in through the windows and lighting up dust particles. It's usually not sunny around here, so you rarely see this effect.
how much does this monitor weigh?
How much does this monster weight?
And what is the max. resolution?
+Das OSi About 32 kg and 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz. I personally find the lower resolution modes at 100 Hz to be more interesting, though.
+simontay1984 To be fair, in 1999, it wasn't possible to be much more than a first-year student with regards to Java, since Java wasn't really a thing before 1995. And since the software IS written in Java, you really do have a point, I suppose.
With those BNC RGB connectors I wonder if that monitor does 15kHz 240p, that monitor would be great for retro gaming.
Nope 30-106kHz H, 45-160Hz V. Yep, we are both interested in using medical grade devices just to play games on :-D
neat
Thumbs up :)
Alex
+High Voltage Every time you post this, it gets filtered as spam for some reason and I have to manually approve your comment, lol.
FFcossag Hmm...
Interesting
what's your camera?
I think I shot this one on a Panasonic HC-VX980. It's not very good.
I might have missed it but I didn't catch if you were using a serial line directly connected to the RS232 output on the computer, or if you were using a USB to Serial converter.
If so, the USB dongles out there don't work very well. If you were using a normal RS232 output it probably was borked. :c
+ReverendNillerz Real serial. I later got another identical monitor, and it worked flawlessly on ALL the systems. This one is fucked.
+FFcossag huh, well that'll do it. thanks for the reply.
Use manual focus on ht transformer
In the trash more like a gold mine
This kind of monitor was used by ghibli studio
ruclips.net/video/Srx3aBcodok/видео.html @2 minutes
I am in the UK
What lamguage is he speaking iam in england i have never heard anyone talk like this is he trying to sound intellectual
His accent tells me he is Scottish.
Is that you Furry? from /g/ ?
>Headphones
Yes.
Try my PC everything works on it
Not cool. Need see 28 inches CRT Barco