Dell U2410 on the Amiga

[rkauer]

This is awesome!

From the latests tests we did in Brazil all this Dell series monitors are able to sync in 15kHz.

Run for it while you can!

[Stephen Coates]

That's good to know

I don't have any other modern LCD monitors so can't test anything else, and since buying this one, I haven't been keeping up to date with what is available.

Which models did you test?

[rkauer]

Here we currently have the U2412M, which is the one two guys bought and are using hapilly.

[pedrorq]

Sorry for reviving this topic, but I just got a U2410 to use my Amiga with, and on PIP, the left side of my A1200's image is cut. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

Thanks in advance!

[Stephen Coates]

Hi pedrorq.

Do you mean like in this photo? Here, the left side is chopped off, and there is a blank space at the right. The Amiga is in PAL mode. I don't think there is anything you could do about this as the PIP box doesn't have any configuration options.

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However, if using Workbench, you could adjust the overscan setting to make the Workbench Screen fit as in this photo. I reckon it is probably just caused by some incompatibility with the Amiga's screen mode.

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DblPAL HiRes No Flicker works fine in PIP:

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But for some reason, when displayed full screen, the monitor thinks that DblPAL HiRes No Flicker is 1080i, and forces it to widescreen mode:

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[Harrison]

I'm wondering if it is because of the way the Amiga uses overscan?

[pedrorq]

Hi Stephen, thank you for your patience and for your help!

Hi pedrorq.

Do you mean like in this photo? Here, the left side is chopped off, and there is a blank space at the right. The Amiga is in PAL mode. I don't think there is anything you could do about this as the PIP box doesn't have any configuration options.

That's exactly what happens to me I can make it slightly better by adjusting the VGA settings before I activate PIP, but still lose a (smaller) section.

You mentioned PAL mode. I tried booting the A1200 in NTSC, same issue.

However, if using Workbench, you could adjust the overscan setting to make the Workbench Screen fit as in this photo. I reckon it is probably just caused by some incompatibility with the Amiga's screen mode.

I'm afraid my techie skills are not the greatest when it comes to the Amiga Where can I find this overscan setting? Also, does it stay "saved" between sessions or does it require adjusting every time I start the Amiga?

DblPAL HiRes No Flicker works fine in PIP:

But for some reason, when displayed full screen, the monitor thinks that DblPAL HiRes No Flicker is 1080i, and forces it to widescreen mode:

I confess to not knowing what DblPal HiRes is

Interestingly, my 2nd monitor is a Dell 2001FP that also works nicely with the amiga, but also with a few columns chopped on the left.

Thanks again!
Pedro

[Demon Cleaner]

How is the U2412M anyway? I wanted to buy one already over one year ago, but still use my older Samsung 22". It's not mandatory to buy one, but I always thought it was a good monitor. My online shop sells it for 236€ at the moment.

[Stephen Coates]

I'm afraid my techie skills are not the greatest when it comes to the Amiga Where can I find this overscan setting? Also, does it stay "saved" between sessions or does it require adjusting every time I start the Amiga?

Open up your Workbench disk, and open up the 'Prefs' drawer. Overscan is one of the icons in the prefs drawer. If you press the Save button, it will save it for when you are using Workbench. However, it won't affect any games, so if you end up missing parts of the screen when playing games, I think you'll just have to put up with it. The Overscan controls are quite handy as they allow you to make the best use of whatever available space you have on your particular monitor.

I confess to not knowing what DblPal HiRes is

DblPal and Multiscan are some other video modes which the Amiga 1200 can use. They have a higher horizontal frequency (around 30kHz) than the PAL and NTSC modes, so are better for VGA monitors. They also have a higher resolution, so you can get more usable space on the screen.

Hope that helps.