Hantarex Polo: good or not?

[ipaqlinux48]

Hi,

I have a dilemma? I want to buy a WG D9200 for my arcade machine. However, because I live in Belgium (Europe), the shipping costs will be too high. So, I searched for another arcade monitor: the Hantarex Polo. There is a dealer in my region, so that there are no shipping costs. Is there anyone who has such a monitor? Is it a good monitor or not? Do I need additional hardware in order to connect a Hantarex Polo to a PC?

Thanks in advance.

[Minwah]

I have a Polo 2 (or is it 3?), but anyway I think you mean the Polo Star, the auto-frequency-switching one?

If so I haven't heard much about them, but my Polo (fixed 15khz) seems great so far - that said it has not been up & running in my cab yet so I wouldn't like to make too much of an assumption...

[b3atmania]

Hi,

I have a dilemma? I want to buy a WG D9200 for my arcade machine. However, because I live in Belgium (Europe), the shipping costs will be too high. So, I searched for another arcade monitor: the Hantarex Polo. There is a dealer in my region, so that there are no shipping costs. Is there anyone who has such a monitor? Is it a good monitor or not? Do I need additional hardware in order to connect a Hantarex Polo to a PC?

Thanks in advance.

Hi neighbour, I'm in the Netherlands. I purchased an Hantarex Polostar as well. I could not find a dealership for WG locally. Even so, the D9200 costs EUR 150 more even if you don't take shipping from the US into account.

It's an excellent monitor. You don't need any other hardware to connect it to PC. Although you probably will want an videocard that can do 15kHz and 25kHz modes. Myself, I use an ATI Rage based Xpert98 card.

There are two inputs on the monitor:
- regular VGA 15-pin D-connector (0.7V RGB level)
- 6-pin molex connector (1~4V RGB level) for a JAMMA harnass.

Some advice: when I bought it, the monitor did not include the extension cable for the monitor controls. Without the extension cable, the controls are stationary behind the tube. This makes sense for single game arcade operation, but for home use you want the controls in a place where you can view the screen while making adjustments.

[ipaqlinux48]

Dag b3atmania

Ik hoop dat ik geen probleem ga krijgen omdat ik plots in't nederlands begin te schrijven.

Heb jij zelf je eigen arcade machine gemaakt of heb je een bestaande kast gekocht en die "omgevormd"? Ik ben nog steeds op zoek naar afmetingen voor ene upright cabinet kast. Heb jij misschien afmetingen voor zo'n kast.

BTW, waar heb je de controls gekocht. In Nederland zelf of rechtreeks een controller besteld bij www.slikstik.com of happcontrols?

Allez, merci voor uw antwoord op mijn vraagje betreft de hantarex polo! Doei