Commodore Amiga Monitor 1084S-D Help

Hey everyone,

I have an Commodore 1084S-P (Phillips variant) monitor that has a busted flyback.
Here's a vine of the problem: https://vine.co/v/MQ0uVvQAppQ
I've been searching off and on for the past year trying to find a new flyback and a cap kit to this monitor only to get dead ends.

Are there any trusted suppliers out there where I can buy a 1084S-D flyback from? (I can probably just buy the caps once I know which ones to get)

I really don't want to give up repair efforts on this monitor as I know it's an RGB monitor (and would like to use it for my retro consoles and Amiga when I get that going again).

 

No idea, but if I might suggest, you might be better off looking for a Sony PVM monitor rather than trying to fix that Commodore monitor. It's a professional grade RGB monitor with a better tube, better adjustment, and more flexible inputs. I managed to pick up two different ones for about $30 each. Video professionals have been dumping them over the last five years for IPS screens and the like, and they don't see them as worth anything, so they often go cheap. You could try ebay, but you'd be better off with whatever local online classifieds site you have in your area. Because of the weight, you'll need something you can pick up. Could be hard if you're not near a major city.

 

You can get them from television repair trade suppliers, but they're not cheap. In Europe, it's 50 Euros. You really should consider getting a broadcast monitor at that price.

 

Yeah guys, you're probably right (just made a bid for a 14" PVM!). The basement hasn't been too kind to this monitor. When I finally got it open (being VERY careful to NOT to touch the tube) the board looked OK, but one of the monitor adjust knobs on the back rusted off. So even if I did get it going with a fresh flyback, there probably would have been issues WAY beyond my pay grade to fix (and I fear nobody might not make those TV adjustment knobs anymore).

Would the tube by itself be of value to someone who would need it for an arcade cabaret?

 

Arcade cabinets aren't 14" - the only person who would need the tube is someone with another Commodore monitor. The controls are standard potentiometers usually - the only part that might not be readily available is the plastic knob, if it has one... but they should swap over fine.

Be wary of the 14" PVMs - not all of them have RGB inputs! Be sure it does.

 

3 steps ahead of you! The one I won (PVM-14M2MDU) has those inputs, and apparently it can output video (this'll do nicely since I plan to record stuff).