Monitors for SGIs

This article includes a major list of monitors that support Sync-On-Green (SoG) and a minor list of moitors that do not support SoG but are hackable. These monitors should be suitable for use with various Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems workstations (with suitable 13W3 adapter) as they utilize SoG.

SoG Monitors

• Acer AL1916W LCD (1440x900)

• CMV CT-720D 17" LCD

• Compaq P1220 22"

• Compaq TFT8030 (18.1" 1280x1024 LCD)

• Cornea MP704 (17" 1280x1024 VGA only LCD)

• Balance CM2019 (F192) (19" 1280x1024 VGA/DVI LCD TN-panel, 25ms resp)

• BenQ G2220HD (21.5" 1920x1080 LCD)

• BenQ E2200HD (22" 1920x1080 LCD)

• Dell 1800FP 18.1" SXGA LCD (S-IPS true 24-bit)

• Dell 1901FP

• Dell 1908FPc (Best run @ 50Hz or 60Hz)

• Dell 2001FP 20.1" UXGA LCD (S-IPS true 24-bit)

• Dell 2005FPW

• Dell 2405FPW

• Dell 2407wfp, (24" 1920x1200 DVI/VGA)

• Dell P1130 21"

• Eizo FlexScan S1910

• Elements EN-LM500/ Envision EN5100e 15" TFT, (same panel marketed under at least those two names, only supports 1024x768 max resolution VGA)

• Fujitsu Siemens X140f (1024x768)

• Gateway VX900 18" CRT

• Hanns-G HW191A 19" 1440x900 LCD

• HP 2035, (native 1600x1200. Nice feature is "Custom Scaling" which allows to map pixels 1:1, so any resolution looks good (black frame around image)

• HP F1703 17" SXGA LCD (dithered 18-bit)

• HP L2335 (good 1920x1200-16@60, 1920x1080-16@60, 1680x1050-16@60, at 32 bit large black boxes in the lower part of the screen; standard resolutions good)

• HP P1100

• HP P1130 21"

• HP P1230 21"

• IBM P70 17" CRT

• IC Power 17' & 19' LCDs

• Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17 17" CRT (both on HD15 and BNC inputs)

• LaCie 19 & 22 ElectronBlue IV (LaCie CRTs are re-badged Mitsubishi Diamondtrons)

• LG Flatron L1952H

• LG 22LG3000 (actually a 22" LCD TV, but seems to cope with a Fuel's output through VGA or DVI, with a DVI-HDMI cable)

• Mitsubishi Diamondtron RDF225WG 22"

• Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB

• NEC MultiSync FP1370 (22 CRT)

• NEC MultiSync FP1375X 22"

• NEC Multisync LCD 1830

• NEC 1860NX (18" TFT - 1280x1024, DVI/VGA)

• Philips 150S4, (15" 1024x768 VGA only LCD)

• Philips 150S6FG/00 (15" TFT)

• Samsung 153T 15" LCD (dithered 18-bit)

• Samsung 172x

• Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

• Samsung SyncMaster 710V

• Samsung 740N

• Samsung 950p

• Sony G530

• Sony G550

• Sony GDM-400PS 19"

• Sony W700 24" CRT

• ViewSonic G810

• ViewSonic P220F

• LG Flatron L1732TQ

• Samsung 940BF

• Samsung 940BW

Hackable Monitors

• Eizo FlexScan L567 (Colors are okay, some vertical regions of the displayed image are a little blurred. You probably notice this effect when working in the shell.)

• NEC Multisync LCD 1770 NX (You have to use a customized VGA cable (pin 11 - 15 removed) in order to force the display to use the SOG signal)

• Nokia Multigraph 449M ("almost" normal with a gamma-patch applied as suggested by)