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Add EIZO FlexScan L365 strengths for retro Atari use

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<p>The study holds the bulk of the serious gear. The <a href="/retro/mist-mister-fpga/">MiSTer FPGA</a> and the MiST FPGA are set up here, both connected to a <a href="https://www.nec-display.com/" target="_blank">NEC 1970NXp</a>. The <a href="/retro/atari-mega-st-fleet/">Mega ST 4 "Low"</a> machine is set up and running on a <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0957KH8X7/" target="_blank">Dell SE2722HX 27</a> that handles 15kHz, serving as the demo- and game-machine.</p>
<p>The rest of the Atari hardware is stored here but not set up, mainly for lack of space:</p>
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<li><strong>The Mega ST 4 "High"</strong>, the upgraded workstation, is boxed and can be set up on demand. It has its own EIZO FlexScan L365 15-inch monitor for the ET4000, and when I use it I set it up in the living room on the dining table. The L365 is a genuinely good 15-inch TFT panel, with a sharp 1024×768 image, wide viewing angles and consistent colour that make it a great fit for high-resolution Atari desktop work, and it does the ET4000's output justice.</li>
<li><strong>The Mega ST 4 "High"</strong>, the upgraded workstation, is boxed and can be set up on demand. It has its own EIZO FlexScan L365 15-inch monitor for the ET4000, and when I use it I set it up in the living room on the dining table. The L365 is a genuinely good 15-inch panel, with a sharp 1024×768 image and wide viewing angles that make it a great fit for high-resolution Atari desktop work, and it does the ET4000's output justice.</li>
<li><strong>The heirloom Mega ST 4</strong>, kept factory-original, is not set up.</li>
<li><strong>The Mega ST 2</strong>, the spare and donor machine, is not set up.</li>
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<h2>Why the EIZO FlexScan L365 is a great fit</h2>
<p>The L365 was a genuinely premium 15-inch panel when it launched in 2001, and that quality still shows today. It was one of the brightest and most contrast-rich LCDs of its era, with 300 cd/m² brightness and a 450:1 contrast ratio, far ahead of most competitors, and it already offered gamma correction and precise colour temperature adjustment, features usually reserved for expensive CRT monitors. It also had a DVI-D digital input alongside VGA, which avoided the flicker of analogue LCDs and gave a pixel-sharp image.</p>
<p>For retro computing it's ideal. Its native 1024×768 at 4:3 matches the classic Atari/DOS desktop resolutions, and its high-quality scaling chip upscales lower resolutions like 640×480 or 800×600 far more cleanly than cheap monitors from the same era. And EIZO built it for round-the-clock industrial and office use, so after more than 20 years it still runs perfectly without noticeable backlight degradation. That's exactly what you want driving the ET4000 in the "High" machine.</p>
<h2>The living room</h2>
<p>The <a href="/retro/batocera-living-room/">Batocera box</a> is the couch-friendly setup for casual sessions across dozens of systems, no FPGA timing precision required. The Raspberry Pi 400 (running Hatari and <a href="/retro/pimiga-journey/">PiMiga</a>) also lives here, connected to a small NEC 18-inch monitor as the flexible, high-resolution alternative to the original hardware. The <a href="/retro/the-a1200/">A1200</a> console is on pre-order and will join this setup.</p>