 Hey everybody, we're back and we're going to try to do a real quick video for you today on the Sony PVM 53MD series. This is one of my personal favorite. This is the first monitor line the 50 series that actually incorporated any type of service menu by pressing the menu button and give you the features built in with that service menu like adjustability on just about everything you could want on a CRT monitor and It changed the form factor a little bit gave you some more fresh knobs on the front and the freshened up on the case design And that was also something that they kept into the later Series designs some of the cool little features on this one. We've got the HR Trinitron logo Now that was something that was eventually removed from most of the medical monitor bezels Once we got into the M series, which is the series that follows up after this 50 series for medical monitors They would have just said Trinitron right there and in that HR would have been reserved for the M4 series Which would have which had a higher resolution tube and this tube is 600 TV lines And again, we've got the full service menu on here some other cool little features that were specific to only this particular Run of PVMs were these knobs or handles right here that were used generally to have Either a protection splash guard in front of your buttons or were used for rack mount pullouts more likely with the medical monitors they were used with splash guard covers that were clear and plastic to protect the buttons and these are actually aluminum or a metal and Later in the M series they abandon this Metal and exchange it for a cheaper plastic that tends to break very often in Shipping or moving because it is so weak It's a lot tougher and a lot more durable And I really like the accent look on it where it shines a little more than just the dull plastic that you'll notice On any of the M series monitors now on the 50 series Sony introduced their best input board to this point It featured one line a input that had daisy chain out ability for composite And then you have one S video input on line B But the best part about this monitor is that it has two different inputs that are supporting RGB Sync and component meaning you can switch either of these to support whichever you want for your setup So you can have two RGB inputs or you can have two component inputs Or you can mix and match and use either now the first input does have a daisy chain out For your signal if you want to go into a different device, but the bottom is an input only input So there is no output from there You've also got some remote access if you have and a setup with an older style remote And then you've got DC out of five volts and one amp current other things to note These were made in pretty much the mid 90s That's between 1995 to about 1997 or eight and that means that most of the time they are due for some type of servicing they probably need to at least be cleaned and They are really good though for anything that has analog video. So you're gonna be able to use this for anything that is 240p in resolution or 480i in video resolution It will Not support any resolutions beyond those two resolutions anything over that will not work or sync to this monitor But Overall, it's one of my favorites and it's definitely something that I think if you are looking for a PVM and You want something that's high quality and you're considering a starter monitor This is a really great high quality first-time user monitor It's pretty user-friendly and easy to work through compared to other monitors Plus you have a lot of control and advanced features available that were not available in prior Series monitors those would have been way more difficult to adjust if you need some guide on how to adjust your 53 or 50 series PVM please see the videos linked in the description below, but otherwise I highly recommend this particular unit and Try to tell people that it's definitely worth getting one if one is available and it's one of my favorites and So that'll be it for the quick short video on the Sony PVM 53 MDU series. I'll see you guys next time with some more retro content