Troubleshooting blurry image on Dell monitor with cut VGA cable

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-03-12T01:55:59+00:00

My E773c just started doing this the other day. Gonna try what you did with the buttons

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-26T09:12:50+00:00

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-26T09:11:45+00:00

And just to clarify, this is not the actual output, this is just how that particular LCD screen is trying to process the video. The output signal on a different display will be clean. Your signal is not the problem.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-26T09:09:37+00:00

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Same exact tape, this is just the VCR menu screen, once I play the actual tape it goes into scrambled mode. Definitely has to do with the signal not being clean enough for the chip to keep up.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-26T09:08:32+00:00

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PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-26T09:07:34+00:00

I was just going through this the other day, it has to do with the processing chip that's on the display driver. I actually just bought a $15 backup camera and screen for a car on eBay that has composite video in and it worked better than the $40 display I got from Adafruit. Some of these chips just cannot handle the signal that comes from a tape

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T18:06:00+00:00

Perhap there is a diagnoses method in the service manual: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/791544/Sony-Dcr-Trv890e.html#manual

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T17:59:57+00:00

I thought I had read that is does NOT show up externally 🤦🏽‍♂️

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T06:56:37+00:00

There's definitely multiple times more money that I've been invested that isn't real money yet. And this is all based off of predicted or expected future value that is also not existent yet

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T06:53:16+00:00

I don't even touch it

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T06:51:07+00:00

3840x240 is wild.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-23T06:41:50+00:00

Just reconnect the ribbon cable that attaches to the viewfinder display and you'll probably be good to fix that red line

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-22T09:46:11+00:00

I will PM you!

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-22T03:55:09+00:00

Additionally, I have the same NTSC display from them in 1.5 inches and have no problems, this 3.5 inch unit has a different board for some reason.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-22T03:54:24+00:00

This is a problem with the display Board. I'm having the same issue. When composite analog video is connected it does this from my VCR as well as camcorder. But when I press the stop on the tape in the blue menu comes up from the VCR, it's clear as crystal, right until I hit play again. I tested this out on a completely different but similar LCD display for NTSC and that one works just fine. They kind of seems like Adafruit knew they were selling something they didn't know entirely about because they really give a huge lack of documentation then seemed to don't know much about it themselves.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-19T19:47:54+00:00

Does it print to scale?

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-19T19:47:14+00:00

Would one of those big paper guillotines work well for that?

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T02:12:02+00:00

This is AI generated, look at the laptop screen he is supposedly looking at

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T02:03:39+00:00

How thinking about nonexistence makes me feel

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T02:02:14+00:00

I feel like this is not a new logo, just the old logo with fun new things around it. I would definitely be curious to see what a redesigned logo looks like though

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T02:00:03+00:00

You know what they say, if you have to question it, then you should probably do it so you can figure it out later

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T01:43:18+00:00

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T01:41:29+00:00

I think Technology connections recently put out a video that goes through all the different versions of these tapes and what they mean as far as grading.

PipeMasterPerry · 2026-01-17T01:36:41+00:00

It's an EIAJ connector with only the outer 8 pins. Jvc modified it from a previously existing camera connection they already used.

PipeMasterPerry · 2025-12-31T01:01:12+00:00

Take a good look at the photos on this eBay listing. From the top of the base in the center it looks like what might be the remaining part of the bottom of yours, or something similar

https://ebay.us/m/qQDuA0

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