What we have here is another exceptional 14" monitor. This uses a very fine slot mask tube, very similar to the one we see in a Commodore 1084. This tube has an "etched glass" and I don't think I've seen that on a 1084. The etched glass is really nice, because it helps diffuse the light that hits it, reducing glare. (I have confirmed the Commodore 1081 and 1084 have been offered with this tube, still not sure if they came with the etched glass though)
Overall, just a beautiful monitor. I would argue 5-600tvl, and for a slot mask that is especially rare. I imagine this whole setup is a clone of some commodore monitor, but I'm not sure which one.
It accepts composite, and digital and analog RGB, The composite actually looks pretty good, and there's a button to enable a comb filter. A comb filter is basically a quick way to clean up the composite signal, thus improving the composite signal a little bit. You can tell when you click it, it does work. Now, it's not going to look anywhere near as amazing as RGB, but it's still neat.
For RGB in on this monitor there is a unique commodore style plug, so if you have the setup for that, it's still available, but I added BNC connectors for my own setup, and I think that will make it more user friendly for most peoples' setups also. Or maybe you want the bnc connectors removed, and I could do that too.
Now, it does accept Red, Green, Blue and H and V sync, but I tried sending a setup with just composite sync and that does work too, which is great! It actually worked/synced if I sent composite sync to either or of the Horizontal or Vertical sync bnc's connectors.
There are even the main geometry adjustments accessible around the back of the monitor, and you can just adjust it with your fingers. H size and center and v size and center, which is super super convenient to make adjustments on the fly.
So, once again, overall this is just an awesome monitor. Especially for the time, I don't see a year on it, but I'm sure it came out in the early 80's. Oh, and it has the door on the front, which is also especially rare to find on these early commodore'esque monitors!
I'm definitely going to be playing this one a lot, and might even decide on keeping it. (I have a few other commodore monitors that I am definitely hoarding though!)
