This Monitor is the Future | Nostalgia Nerd

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0:00-04:23 Introduction
04:23-12:44 Steve Jones
12:44-15:59 Further Details
15:59-17:05 PIA
17:05-20:15 Summing up

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[TadanoHitohito]

It's good to see a monitor manufacturer, even a small one, finally paying attention to the retro space.

[ModernVintageGamer]

backed it. ill be sure to give it a full review when it comes out

[Nostalgianerd]

The Kickstarter for this is now over, but thankfully it turned around and fully succeeded. From what I understand hopefully there may be some spare units available next year after all the backer units are sent out, so if you want one, don't lose hope.

[retropulse]

"It only has a week left"
*Checks Date*
--11 months ago--

[simmadpaul]

Please don't give up on this. Extend the kick-start if you can. Get more videos out on this using other YouTubers. First I've heard of this with only 3 days to go. This looks awesome. I have 5 or 6 monitors/TVs at the moment and really no space. This could be a great solution. Don't give up

[RDJ]

Better idea is to extend the Kickstarter and visit more Youtubers (Retro Man Cave for example) that doing retro and let them tell about it. I didnt even knew this excisted cause of the lack of PR around it, if this video didnt came out it woulded passed me. Going to post this on my Dutch website so more people know about it, i like the modulair idea of it.

[bitwize]

4:3 is nice, but without an actual CRT it's the monitor equivalent of emulating with a Raspberry Pi. A big part of the retro experience is the analog, zero-lag display of a CRT.

[vwestlife]

AFAIK this is just a standard, off-the-shelf 19" 1280x1024 5:4 aspect ratio LCD panel -- the kind you can find at thrift stores for $10 - $15 -- with custom electronics and a custom case. And the claim that PAL is a 5:4 aspect ratio is incorrect. Both NTSC and PAL are officially 4:3 aspect ratio, despite their different resolutions. I think people got the false impression that PAL has a taller aspect ratio because Amiga and Atari ST owners would switch back and forth between NTSC and PAL modes depending on the software they're using, and rather than adjusting the monitor's vertical size every time to compensate for the different resolutions, they'd just leave it at a compromise position, so PAL would look taller than NTSC even though it shouldn't.

I'm not saying it isn't worth supporting this project; but the people expecting it to be a bespoke, true 4:3 aspect ratio LCD will be disappointed. If you want to display a correct 4:3 image on it, you'll have to live with some letterboxing.

[JacintoVG]

This is something I’d love to have at some point, but can’t afford it at the moment. I’m glad you did this video to give it a little more exposure. I hope the kickstarter meets its goal.

[edponpon]

Stephen made his goal! I happily sponsored this as well, since he provides high quality products and this is such a needed thing for retro gaming - not just for Amiga, but other legacy systems as well.

[DeltaNovum]

Thank you for a great start of the day. This was much needed. The win95 startup sound always gives me nostalgic goosebumps.

[shadowtheimpure]

I would classify this as a viable CRT alternative. CRTs are, unfortunately, a consumable resource that nobody is making anymore. As a result, those of us who enjoy retro machines have to start preparing for a future without CRTs.
EDIT: On second thought, this would also be a great place to put my MISTER so it isn't just sitting on my console shelf hooked up to my TV. Went ahead and pledged mine in Black.

[rocketskids]

I'm sorry, but there is just no substitute for a genuine CRT. I thoroughly regret getting rid of all of mine.

[jeremysart]

He should really get this out with more YouTubers! What a brilliant project!

[richneptune]

Unfortunately I think this project is a lesson in how not to do a Kickstarter. The monitor itself is a great idea, but the way you only pledge for the chassis/electronics and then have to pay later an uncertain amount in a different currency for one of three different types of panel just makes it needlessly complex and adds another step where things might go wrong.

Imo they should have just had the IPS option with a surcharge for the better panel. The budget panel is absurd on a project that costs so much for the chassis, it's like selling a Ferrari and allowing you to buy a version with the sub-1L engine from a Toyota Aygo.

[RicardoRamosRetrocomputacao]

I've been developing something similar for years, but my biggest problem is that I don't want a flat screen, I want something at least similar to a trinitron from the 90s, a slightly curved screen. This has been my challenge over the last 2 years, to design this front glass so that it doesn't distort the image.

[swissmrkc]

Let me say how much I appreciate you demoed orchestra classical music for the sound example.... I don't know why but it seems like everybody in the last two generations forgets highs lows all the dynamic range is best heard from speakers by listening to a robust classical soundtrack to test your I haven't seen someone do this on a YouTube video for years, if ever, so kudos to you

[shoopdawhoop]

I think, the one more solution to make it even better is to enable an optional adjustable v-synced strobe backlight (either LED or xenon) to eliminate the blur trailing and make motion image as crisp as it looks on CRT

[a_Fax_Machine]

This has been going around on the retro computer and gaming pages on Facebook the last few days. I didn't realize it was Checkmate, I remember seeing some of their Kickstarters.

[Gubalicious]

Incredible. This is the way things need to go. There's definitely a market for monitors for retro use. Now all you need is some sort of super bright 900 line OLED panel which (through science and algorithms) can mimic the horizontal/vertical scan frequency, beam landing and convergence of a CRT and you're laughing. Oh and the native scanlines as well. I'm sure we'll get there one day 😁