Summary

32" multisync Presentation monitor by PixelPro from 2004. Originally manufactured by Sampo in Taiwan. Features a fulls set of inputs, including higher resolutions over VGA.

Manuals

• Web page for Sampo model

Notes

This set is a rebadge of the Sampo SME-32FDL6. Other rebadges that use this chassis include the Tandberg SME-32L6TB. (Note the remote model is for Viewsonic and Gateway TVs, but given that the specific model number for this set is unknown, that one is the only known substitute.)

This set has velocity modulation you cannot turn off in the menu. The only way is to disconnect a jumper from the neckboard. Pics included are over s-video with VM enabled.

Speakers are excellent. Very bassy and high-powered.

Set uses a Lovely Toshiba Microfilter tube. Flyback has dual focus too.

Toshiba Microfilter Technology

This CRT uses Microfilter, a technology innovation by Toshiba that aimed to optimize both brightness and contrast without darkening the glass with tint.

Conventionally, most tubes have a dark tint layer in the glass to reduce the amount of light reflection or absorption of the glass, thereby increasing contrast performance - a trade that costs an average 30% loss of overall brightness in all ambient light conditions (including near-darkness). In comparison, clear glass on a tube has the advantage of maximum brightness emission - but at a huge loss of contrast in normal ambient light conditions due to increased reflection. Typically you'll only find clear glass on professional broadcast monitors (aka BVM) that are intended to be used in near-darkness where ambient light is not an concern.

Microfilter aimed to be the best of both worlds by achieving the necessary amount of ambient light filtering at a per-phosphor (micro) level without sacrificing brightness, while still providing the vivid contrast you could typically only expect from a dark-tinted lower-brightness tube. On a Microfilter tube, the glass itself remains clear for maximum light transmission, while still taking a darkened grey-purple appearance from a combination of both the AR coatings and Microfilter over the phosphors.

You can learn more about Microfilter in our full article.