USA power supply in Europe

[maiki]

I am from EU. I am about to order Wells Gardner 9500 arcade monitor. Do you think that I will need a specialist as for the plugging this beauty to european mains?

Is there anybody outside USA who is using american arcade monitor?

Judging from the description the monitor should be working in Europe, but right now I am waiting for some comments from Wells Gardner engineer, so I was just thinking about it that it might not be so easy, I mean, just plug & play.

Thank you.

http://www.wellsgardner.com/products/details.asp?iCat=2&iSubCat=10

[Jess--]

most cabinets in the UK have a dropper transformer (in place of the american isolation transformer) this gives you the 120v required by most arcade monitors.

[Level42]

Well the specs say it works between 90-265 VAC and 47-63 Hz.

US=110VAC, 60 Hz
Europe=230VAC,50Hz

so this will work without a doubt. Most modern electronics today get "universal" power supplies that accept all world voltages. It's because it's cheaper to use one standard power supply for all products sold worldwide and because it's relatively easy to make now with switching power supplies.

I am writing this on a Mac Mini that I bought in the US, no problems whatsoever to use in Europe.

However, why are you taking the expensive way of buying a monitor in the US and transporting it here ?
The monitor is $265, I can only imagine transporting a heavy thing like this is quite expensive as well (and risky).

Why don't you buy a European TV instead ? Through the SCART connector you can use it as a monitor with exactly the same quality as a "real" arcade monitor. You can buy brand new TV's size 51 cm (=19") for as low as € 109,- now here. Even cheaper is looking for a relatively young used TV.

[maiki]

D9500 is multisync, whereas TVs are not. D9500 has PC VGA cable input whereas TVs have not. D9500 can display VGA and SVGA whereas TVs can not. D9500 is a real arcade monitor whereas TVs are not.

Thank you for the answers. I hope it is like you said.

[Level42]

D9500 is multisync, whereas TVs are not. D9500 has PC VGA cable input whereas TVs have not. D9500 can display VGA and SVGA whereas TVs can not. D9500 is a real arcade monitor whereas TVs are not.

Thank you for the answers. I hope it is like you said.

Didn't know you needed (S)VGA but that's correct, not possible with a TV.

I agree with everything except the last, please explain what the difference is between a "real" arcade monitor and a TV run from RGB scart.

[maiki]

well, the only difference is probably the internal electronics that control the picture, is it right? apart from the feeling you have the real thing you know...