Sun Microsystems GDM-5410

Andy King, scomico
October 6, 2025, 9:56 pm
October 6, 2025, 10:09 pm

Summary

A rebrand of the Sony GDM-5410, this is a professional 21" PC Monitor capable of 121kHz horizontal scanning. It has one VGA input and one 13W3 input (a proprietary SUN connector).

Manuals & Promo Materials

Notes

There is an onscreen display for degaussing, along with changing 9300k, 6500k, and 5000k temperature settings.

Like most Sony Trinitron monitors this suffers from gradual G2 brightness that can be corrected only by using WinDAS. The port is under the purple cover in the back, bottom right.

The monitor can rotate side-to-side or up-down, however the plastic stands are known for breaking, along with the tilt mechanism inside the housing.

Several adaptors for the 13W3 to VGA exist, of varying quality. Or you can build your own: https://www.hackster.io/news/eric-schlaepfer-s-13w3-video-snake-oil-is-here-to-save-you-from-badly-wired-vintage-vga-adapters-387c9c87cc08

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