In my search for information about purchasing a debugging station, I came across this image: It appears to be a type of early Sony PVM, badged with the PlayStation logo. But what model number is it? Does it have any significance to PlayStation development history? As a broader topic, what sort of monitor would have been the "official" test monitor of choice? I believe it could have been a PVM-1390. It would have been a common, high quality, relatively cheap reference monitor for the time period.
Hmmmm, Looks like a normal sony monitor and some nice guy paste a Playstation logo sticker on it? :wink-new: Dont ponder too much on it, focus on your search for the debugging station.
I had thought about that, but the the guy "lingjr" is a collector of all these sorts of things, and he doesn't seem the type to just be putting stickers on the front of an also-collectible Sony monitor. But you may be right.
Hmm... It would be a PlayStation sticker from the lid of any based version. I will ask him to be 100% sure... I'll reply back when lingjr does. EDIT: I too have a PlayStation sticker on my CRT monitor
Is the monitor part of the auction? If it is it's probably official. LingJr's prices are a bit daft but he knows what's real and what isn't.
Indeed, I'll eagerly wait for his reply, but my real question wasn't really if this was some type of PlayStation branded monitor, but whether or not it was a monitor that would have commonly been paired with the development kits and debugging stations. If it wasn't, what was?
Right on! mystery solved! " Playstation logo sticker on it" Lets move on peeps! and Jackburton to get a Debugging station! :redface-new:
*ahem* This is what I really want to know. Going by some of the videos and photos I've been looking at I'm thinking the two Sony's seen in this thread are actually a bit older than what would have been in common use for PlayStation development. Unless they tended to stick around the same studios for long amounts of time. The PVM-1390 can be seen in the beginning of this Square video: [video=youtube_share;z6pcfINCB4o]http://youtu.be/z6pcfINCB4o[/video] The white/beige PVM's were eventually replaced by the grey/black models with proper separate RGB inputs on the back.
A message from Lingjr Hello I'm NOT sure, I got the monitor from my Japanese friend for over 15 years (may even more) it does came with few DTL-H1000 & Sony 14CP1 but I don't thing it's special for using with PlayStation, as it got AV, S-Video Analog RGB & Digitel RGB inputs. Sony GVM-1400 is it's model. Sorry for my worse english, wish you could understand. lingjr --- 2012年11月18日 星期日 (email address disclosed) 寫道﹕ 寄件人: (email address disclosed) 主題: PlayStation Development Monitor? 收件人: (email address disclosed) 日期: 2012年11月18日,星期日,上午7:55 Hi lingjr. Does this monitor have a sticker on it, or is it a PlayStation development monitor/screen? http://i.imgur.com/LBsNz.jpg Thanks.
This is interesting - I can't find more than one or two articles, or even the Sony page for the GVM-1400! Maybe it really is a monitor meant for some specialized usage (E.g. development).
Those sony monitors are mainly used for video production. Their color palette is supposed to be far superior than that of consumer TVs, hence the old models are quite collectible.
Well IMO Sony developers would be given an RGB TV. Makes more sense. I surely doubt they would be using composite as their video signal
I don't know... I would seem obvious to use the best quality video signal, but things are not always so in the game industry. I would not be surprised if S-video was also used since it is a bit more convenient to connect to these kinds of monitors. Also, GVM? Very interesting. That's why I could never find it in my searches through google images. It appears to be very similar to the GVM-2020, if not the exact same model outright. Hmm, I wonder if it was part of a kit, or they just happened to find their way together within some developer's offices? More likely the latter. Even so, knowing that that this particular -was- used during PlayStation development gives it just that little bit more prestige. I want one.
I done some research but I did not get the clear answer, Does PlayStation debugging built in to support the VGA Cable ?
The Debugging Stations do not feature a VGA port. They have the exact same video features as the standard first-gen consoles.
I could say same if not for epic fail with its PSU, with sparks and smoke for no reason - dead FBT and a lot of other components, i've replaced almost a half of its PCB. Works for about 7 years since that incident though.
