Unico phoenix monitors - Opinions?

[xb74]

This whole ongoing situation gives me the creeps as a potential future interested customer. They need to scrap this monitor, cut their losses and go back to the drawing board. Look at OLED as a premium option too, or at least something that doesn't have bad LCD blur.
What does this say about their faux Astro cab monitor too? Details are still scarce

 

[GeorgeSpinner]

This panel is also out in the wild now

https://www.panelook.com/LQ252B1LX01_Sharp_25.2__overview_59885.html
https://prolcddisplay.com/product/o...arp-screen-25-2-14401920-lq252b1lx01-display/

Is a true 4:3 but perhaps an odd size at 25.2", I'll have to compare this (Active Area 384.48(W)×512.64(H) mm) against some actual tubes

This is interesting.
Any idea what a good interface board would be?
I didn't see any that supported 1920x1440.

 

[tiff_lee]

This is interesting.
Any idea what a good interface board would be?
I didn't see any that supported 1920x1440.

I haven't had a chance to look into LVDS controller board yet. Says on panel look these are for gaming, I wonder who they are making them for ..... and what board they are using. I find the quality of the board/firmware is almost as important as the panel, my acrooda 21" LCD (which uses an LG panel) has a somewhat gimped controller and really could of done with more features negating the need to use something like a GBS8200.

 

[tiff_lee]

So I just did a quick measure and the 'active area' on a Toshiba PFX comes in at around approximately 412 x 542 allow for a bit of error as its set back from the glass but the physical size of the sharp panel is almost the same as the active area on the PFX.

Sharp Outline Size 408(W)x536(H)
PFX active area size 412(W)x542(H)

 

[mathewbeall]

From Unico's facebook page:

Do you want or need the fixed converter board for your Phoenix Monitor Series ULM26 26" Arcade CRT Replacement LCD Monitor.
We understand some will want one as they have a need to fix issues and others will not need one according to its use.
Please e-mail: updates@unico-usa.com
Please include your order or order numbers when replying. There will be no charge for the actual converter board replacement only applicable shipping to your destination mailing addresses.
We will give this two weeks to wait for responses then start shipping all requested replacement converter boards.
An email to all customers who have bought a ULM26 will be going out for those who don't follow our social media.

 

[Zepherino]

The emails for the replacement boards have finally been sent. I just received my link to the website listing and paid the $20 shipping cost. Pretty high price for what it is, but I guess it would sting less if I needed several.

Regardless of how good or bad the replacements are, I have to say that the communications from Unico has been atrocious and borderline unacceptable for a company that would be taken seriously and isn't just a Chinese drop shipper. Just the email request took well over a month (not counting the months long wait to even be allowed to send an email), with radio silence in between, and they are mostly unresponsive on social media. The Nova Blast delays are especially bad. Buyer beware, this isn't the first time they had problems, and it probably wont be the last.

 

[mathewbeall]

I would agree that their logistics and comms need ALOT of work.... and their ability to hold to a schedule. They did seem to at least respond fairly quickly on facebook when I would post things, but they often just had the estimated dates WAY off.

I mean, I got my phoenix 25" monitor 13 months ago, and its taken them this long to get new driver boards ready. That seems like a crazy long time to me. I really hope these driver boards work as expected.

Matt

 

[Zepherino]

At least they actually bothered to respond to you. They rarely, if ever would response to anything I said, except during a longer private message chain way back when the whole resolution and response time debacle was under heavy discussion and Unico was asking me questions.

At minimum, I'll test and post lag numbers when the board is in my hands. I'll also be interested in checking the resolution, image resizing, and gamma performance, although it'll mostly just be me eyeballing it and giving an opinion rather than any sort of serious test.

EDIT: As over the evening of 9/4/2024 Unico has privated or deleted their Facebook page and may have been deleting comments on IG as well. Not a good look from a public relations standpoint. Nevermind, the page is back now.