Sony GDM-W900

Andy King
March 8, 2024, 12:00 am
February 4, 2025, 8:17 pm

Summary

The lesser-known precursor to the infamous Sony FW900. The W900 features a curved tube and a slightly lower scan range. It still supports 1080p but is very picky about the sync porch from game consoles. You can sometimes get it to work using Extron sync boxes that allow for horizontal position adjustment. 720p works much easier.

MAXIMUM REFRESH RATES

  • Sony 16:10: 1920 x 1200/76 Hz
  • Sony 16:9: 1920 x 1080/85 Hz

PRESET GRAPHICS MODES

  • VGA Graphics: 640 x 480/60 Hz Sony 16:9: 1920 x 1080/60 Hz
  • VGA Text: 720 x 400/70 Hz Sony 16:9: 1920 x 1080/72 Hz
  • VESA: 1280 x 1024/75 Hz Sony 16:9: 1920 x 1035/60 Hz
  • VESA: 1600 x 1200/75 Hz Sony 16:10: 1600 x 1024/76 Hz
  • Sony 16:10: 1920 x 1200/76 Hz

COLOUR TEMPERATURE CONTROL

  • Normal mode: 5000 K/6500 K/9300 K, variable
  • Expert mode: 5000 K/6500 K/9300 K, variable,
  • RGB Bias/Gain

Variable Aperture Grille Pitch

  • (0.25 - 0.28 mm)

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Notes

There are many rebrands of this monitor, all sharing identical internals and tube, with changes to the cosmetic design and/or input arrangement.

  • Compaq P1610
  • Dell P1690
  • Sun Microsystems GDM-90W10
  • SGI GDM-90W11
  • ELSA ECOMO 24H96
  • Intergraph 24HD96
  • LaCie electron 24
  • Digital SN-PCXAV-AZ
  • PowerComputing GDM-90W01T5
  • Step GDM-90W01T5
  • ArtMedia A-4000T
  • Formac ProNitron 24/600
  • miro C2496
  • Transtec (model number unknown)

This monitor shares the same flyback as the Sony BVM D24.

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