Ah, Packard Bell.  For every decent product that escaped the factory, about 13,000 affronts to all that is good and decent followed it.

Amazingly, this looks like one of the good ones!  This sucker dates all the way back to March 1994 and maybe I've gone senile in my old age, but the picture on this thing doesn't seem too shabby at all by the standards of the day - and especially not by the standards of anything that says "Packard Bell" on it.  The VGA cable is a little bent and misshapen, but it fits, just a bit snugly.  The case has the expected (and desired?) yellowing, but not /too/ bad, and the swivel base is intact.  

Here's some specs according to the web:

  • Model - PB8549SVGL
  • Tube Size (measured diagonally) - 14"
  • Viewable image size (measured diagonally) - Unknown
  • Dot Pitch - 0.28mm
  • Resolutions - 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480
  • Horizontal frequency (kHz) - 31.5/35.2/35.5/48
  • Vertical frequency (Hz) - 50-90
  • Bandwidth - Unknown
  • Digital controls - None
  • Other controls - Horizontal Position, Horizontal Size, Vertical Position, Vertical Size, Brightness, Contrast, Power
  • Low magnetic emission standard - VLMF
  • Max. display area (H x V) - 9.5" (243mm) x 7.1" (182mm)
  • Tilt/swivel base - Yes
  • Energy Star compliant - Unknown
  • Dimensions (H x W x D) - 14.5" (368.3mm) x 12.9" (327.66mm) x 15.2" (386.08mm)
  • Power requirement - 120V, 60Hz or 220V, 50Hz