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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: lettuce on May 20, 2007, 07:02:22 am

Title: Arcade Monitor Distributors For The UK??
Post by: lettuce on May 20, 2007, 07:02:22 am

Anyone know of Arcade Monitor Companies here in the UK, as the majorty of them seem to be all USA based, i know of Hantarex, Suzo and Pentranic, but are there other companies or is that our lot for the UK? As im after a Multi sync 25" to 28" monitor and my only option looks like the POLO STAR monitor

Title: Re: Arcade Monitor Distributors For The UK??
Post by: grantspain on May 20, 2007, 07:30:50 am

pentranic do a multi sync,they are u.k based
others who stock monitors are suzo,brent,eurocoin and of course hantarex
i have used pentranic and they are o.k but  i prefer the hantarex polostar
remember if you want digital then pentranic is a better bet,the polostar is an analogue chassis so if you're swapping resolutions alot it will need manual adjustment

Title: Re: Arcade Monitor Distributors For The UK??
Post by: lettuce on May 20, 2007, 09:45:46 am

So how does a Digital differ from a Analogue monitor then?

Title: Re: Arcade Monitor Distributors For The UK??
Post by: grantspain on May 20, 2007, 10:02:40 am

the digital monitor is the same as a pc vga monitor,if you are using a pc based multi game system you may have to find the correct frequency that suits your system best.
a digital monitor can record your settings whereas anolgue monitor would need manual adjustment whilst swapping from 15k to 31k,the digital multisyncs are supposed to get around this problem.
i have polostar monitors but they are in dedicated cabs so there is only a 31k input
try emailing pentranic to see how sensitive their multi sync chassis is to change of input frequency.
http://www.pentranic-displays.co.uk/crt.htm#3