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Kat Manton · 20th Jul 2011, 1:56 pm

You could try asking on uk.tech.broadcast - that's how I acquired my Pye 405/525/625 monitor (mostly solid-state, slowly getting more reliable; I should overhaul it properly rather than just fix it when it breaks!)

I'd second the suggestion of the little Sony TV9-90UB; I have approximately 1.8 of them (I'll probably re-case the incomplete one without the tuner/IF bits at some point.) Poor sync ('cogging' on test cards) is a common fault; replacing electrolytics in the sync-sep. cures that. A neat trick with them is they'll do 405-line on UHF if you push both buttons in at the same time; that let me test my Linux/MythTV system with a UHF modulator (easily pinched from a VCR.)

Kat

20th Jul 2011, 1:56 pm	#64
Kat Manton Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,700	Re: Simple memory card player idea You could try asking on uk.tech.broadcast - that's how I acquired my Pye 405/525/625 monitor (mostly solid-state, slowly getting more reliable; I should overhaul it properly rather than just fix it when it breaks!) I'd second the suggestion of the little Sony TV9-90UB; I have approximately 1.8 of them (I'll probably re-case the incomplete one without the tuner/IF bits at some point.) Poor sync ('cogging' on test cards) is a common fault; replacing electrolytics in the sync-sep. cures that. A neat trick with them is they'll do 405-line on UHF if you push both buttons in at the same time; that let me test my Linux/MythTV system with a UHF modulator (easily pinched from a VCR.) Kat