I just can't resist a Sony: KV-2900AST

[dr.ido]

I certainly don't need another big set at the moment, but I couldn't resist this one at $2.



At first glance it looks like one of PVM series of "cube" monitors, right down to the swing out detachable speakers. This is actually the first time I've gotten the speakers with one of these sets. None of my Profeel or PVM monitors came with them.



The original fault was a intermittant loss of horizontal sync and/or shut down. After resoldering some suspicious looking joints on the power/delfection board it seems to behaving itself. There is still an occasional crackle and a loud pop through the speakers when changing channels (even when it is muted). I'm in no real hurry to track that down though (I always use my stereo system for sound in my main setup).

I does have an odd "feature" I haven't seen before. The color control affects the RGB input.



I looks like there are at least a couple of related higher end models. There are a lot of unpopulated areas on the PCBs. There is probably a version with twin tuner picture-in-picture and more elaborate geometry correction.