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!

https://Spectrumview.com

    Hi. This looks really interesting. I am thinking of buying it. Do you think you could take a video of it in action? How do you feel about buying it? is it worth it? Is there a lot of noise from fans? I am thinking of buying the 24" to work on as a translator. Maybe I will also buy the 31.5" to use as a TV, I am not sure.

    What type of spectrometer is that? Thinking of buying this as well.

      Sindre
      Hello I can try to get a video sometime soon. I have not tried it yet since I am flared up from another device at the moment + being sick with covid which messed with my vision further. I am taking a break from my phone and going to try it soon when I feel better. Just dont want to try anything new until I feel ready. I feel very hopeful, will post again here when I try it. The fans arent that bad, I was expecting them to be louder.

      The spectrometer is a uprtek mk350n premium. They are over $2k new but there is someone on ebay selling them brand new cheaper from japan, thats where i bought mine.

      beyondthelight
      LOL thats funny! I am hoping it works great for me, I dont want to be plugged into the matrix anymore with blue light.

      ensete
      Yup. They have an open source guide on their website on making one out of a laptop.

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            @jordan Any update? It is good to see that the product is legitimate. Since the light source is healthier than LED, I am curious about other factors such as TCON issues, pixel inversion patterns, dithering, other image processing issues, etc. I ultimately hope to order one of these, but it seems like modern LCD panels have issues beyond the backlight, so I hoped see a more in-depth review before making such a sizable investment.

              macsforme

              photon78s

              I just have had a lot going on after I got it so I have not sat down with it for a good amount of time yet so will try and do that maybe after thanksgiving when I have some time! I also am trying to figure out what hardware to run since I dont have a confirmed safe pc/os, main reason why I havent just went for it and tried it fully yet. If my pc ends up dithering itll make me feel terrible for awhile since im super sensitive so just waiting for a time where I dont have anything upcoming going on in case of a flare up. The seller did say he did not see any dithering under a microscope when connected to a older intel macbook running fedora gnome with x11. Ill try to get to this soon!

                    moonpie It's just lightbulbs and fans

                    its not as easy as that, there are many variables involved in making a thermally equilibrated product to last for many years, and sure you can make a home, why dont you show us how to build one with just fans and bulbs? Instead of praising this new solution and looking into it, you seem to be mocking it and desacralizing it, there is no constructive anything in that.

                      jordan I just have had a lot going on after I got it so I have not sat down with it for a good amount of time

                      can't believe you still have not used it.

                        moonpie

                        So you can forecast the future and can criticize something you have not even seen with your own eyes or felt with your hands, let alone made one, lol, to see if what you say has any substance, talk about having hubris, but thats ok, there are many people like that, let each one choose their path, you must be from some place at conflict with their neighbors constantly, that needs that attitude to make a living. May one day you follow the good light brother, until then, Au revoir! 👋

                          With 30 years of experience into this matter, I can also say that the problem is not the spectrum of light, because that would be resolved with blue blocking glasses. Also, why would a CRT television from 90's and a video project cause eye strain, if it was the LED or the spectrum?

                          These LCD displays with some backlight gimmick or reflective technology are not going to help anyone who has a real issue.

                            moonpie You have made your position clear that the causes of eye strain are more limited than what others have proposed. For those of us who wish to objectively evaluate factors such as spectrum (this topic), it would be helpful to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high.

                            The possibility of heat damage to the display causing discoloration is a valid concern. I hope that their ventilation design, as well as the depth of the light box itself, will mitigate this. Time will tell.

                            I suspect that a DIY design would prove more difficult than initially thought. For one, to get an even backlight (and to mitigate heat, as discussed above), one would likely have to experiment with diffuser characteristics and the gap between the bulbs and panel. If this company has solved these problems, personally I am willing to pay a reasonable premium versus attempting a DIY.

                                Maxx

                                So in your 30 years of experience you must have tried an incandescent backlit monitor right? otherwise what is backing your claims that it does not work if you have not used one

                                  dev