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Hello so I decided to give it a go and ordered one of those hand made monitors from spectrumview.com. The whole process is super easy even with using Bitcoin to purchase. I bought Bitcoin on Phantom wallet app and then transfered it to the address mentioned on their site.
So my first thought is.. WOW.. the crate looks so professional! I'm use to getting monitors in cardboard boxes haha.
Now onto getting this thing setup!!
I am completely blown away by the craftsmanship and quality of this monitor. Beyond exceeds my expectations. This feels like furniture and not so much a monitor!
The lightbox has intake and exhaust fans as well for keeping it well ventilated.
The laser engraving is suuuuuper cool. I love these small details. There's a lot of love put in this thing for sure.
The monitor it's self can be placed in front of a window to illuminate the display with natural light. You can also use the lightbox with the included diffuser that you insert behind the monitor if you prefer to use the incandescent light. Here is a picture of the monitor with the incandescent lightbox dialed to max brightness.
Now for the spectrometer test of the light being emitted from the display with its multi incandescent light bulb - light box. As you can see this is VERY good results as there's no blue light peak as you would find on a normal led backlit display. I will attach a comparison of a led backlit display below this image.
led backlit laptop display:
incandescent light box flicker test (Perfect sine wave. GOOD)
Just wanted to show everyone that this monitor does exist! The quality is amazing and is such a beautiful piece. The monitor came with additional light bulbs spares but luckily the size light bulbs are still commonly found as they are the size of appliance bulbs which are not banned. There is no cheap materials involved here. The power adapter is external and is a very nice Samsung adapter and not some cheap off brand adapter. I am pleased to find it's external as I heard internal power supplies could cause pixel inversion. The monitor is 4K VA and was told is true 10 bit. The seller has stated he tested it for dithering and none was found under a microscope.
There is also a joystick menu control behind the chin of the monitor as well. The side switch on light box is to turn it on/off and the knob is an analog voltage dimmer for the AC lightbulbs.
I only unboxed and set this thing up. I have not yet tested it on my eyes yet since I'm waiting for my eyes to unwind from a flare up + sick with covid which has messed my vision up. I will post an update when I get around to testing this. I just really wanted to get some content out there of it. Feel free to ask any questions!