Thomson cm36512 vi monitor

[Scooter83]

I came across a boxed Thomson cm36512 vi monitor and was wondering if anyone has any experience with this monitor with atari computers. I'm not sure I am gonna keep this or not but figure I'd ask if anyone has any experience with this monitor with atari systems. I see its composite so I know it would work with the systems . Thanks for the help. Cause it's not my area of knowledge since I hook my systems to tvs.

[+Nezgar]

A monitor with only composite in could probably just be considered a TV without an RF tuner.

 

Found this: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/898328/Thomson-Cm-36512-Vi.html

 

This manual says it has digital, rgb, composite, and separate luma / chroma too which seems pretty superb for an analog crt monitor.

 

Never used it but it looks like some of the Amiga/ commodore monitors

[Scooter83]

Yeah mine is complete in box with the manual. didnt think much of the RGB cause i dont know if any atari system could output in RGB natively like the sega master system could. Kinda didnt know what to do with this cause i just go to a tv and use that. Having something like this laying around is what happens when someone throws things like this out and i have this serious urge to rescue old tech.

[+Nezgar]

Definitely give it a try if your existing monitor doesn't do s-video. The luma/chroma input is basically 's-video' best output quality from the 8-bits and will be sharper than composite.

[+Nezgar]

The Atari ST's output RGB, might be compatible with the right adapted cable.

 

The VBXE video upgrade for the 8-Bits also gets you and RGB signal.

[Brentarian]

The VBXE video upgrade for the 8-Bits also gets you and RGB signal.

and the Sophia RGB upgrade.

[Level42]

The Commodore 1901 is the same monitor and it seems to have been only sold in Europe which is not too surprising since Thomson is a French brand.

 

I think it uses a quite small dot pitch CRT (smaller is better) because it was designed for the C128 to display both the 40 (C64) mode and 80 column mode. However......monitor manufacturers switched tubes "at will" though so it's not a guaranteed situation.

 

Googling Commodore 1901 seems to produce more info than the Thomson name and model number, very similar to the Commodore 1084 which was a Philips CM8833 but got way more know under the Commodore brand.

 

I'd like to know what brand of tube is used in this one, but sadly on all the pictures I could google the brand label is just not visible enough to see the name....it does produce a great picture

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNS55X4m8WY

[_The Doctor__]

*deleted* the forum should allow a 90 second window for deleting double posts and mistakes... grrr

Edited December 17, 2017 by _The Doctor__

[_The Doctor__]

You ever get around to sorting the disk and such from a while ago? or is this still part of that stuff?

Edited December 17, 2017 by _The Doctor__