aaronangell
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Hello,
first time posting on this forum, hope my question is not too irritating or obscure.
I have recently picked up a number of beautiful old Hantarex crt monitors for a song . As I am an artist and curator, these monitors are the absolute gold standard for displaying video works in a gallery setting. Anyway, my problem is this:
The monitors I have are a rare version modified for mainly videowall use, and as such only have on input; a 9 pin din (or similar) RGB HV connection. Basically they are MGG 28 EQ models, but are rgb only. I need to be able to connect to these monitors as individual units. Ideally with dvd players, but possibly with pc or mac laptops etc. I am no expert and this has kinda stumped me. Have been searching manically around the web for days trying every avenue I can think of. I need to find a solution which does not require changing the chassis to have a SCART input (expensive to get done professionally/I have no idea how to do this myself), or getting an expensive scan converter or whatever, which i don't know if i'd need anyway.
I have the splitter boxes too (ImageMAG Electrosonic) to make a video wall with. These have individual 9 pin outputs to connect to multiple monitors, and y/c BNC composite input (which also says S-vhs above it) and also 6 pin RS232 Din input. I tried today to take a component phono lead from a basic DVD player to a phono-bnc adaptor into the composite bnc input on the splitter, and then took a single 9 pin from the first output on the splitter to a monitor (I hope no-one is laughing at me right now!), I managed to get a pretty stable but quite shaky and bright blue and red image on the monitor.
Another option suggested to me was to get a 9 pin din to S video cable and take this direct from monitor to dvd. I have no idea whether these cables actually exist though. Not much seems to be made for 9 pin din.
Big big thanks in advance for any responses, all feedback is welcome. I hope i'm no amateur-ing up the place too much!
Here are some pictures of the monitors in question, and also the reverse of the imageMAG splitter:
Monitors:
The back panel and only input - 9 pin RGBHV?
The spec panel (the 'q' on MGG EQ is inked out on all of them, obviously to signify that they are different):
first time posting on this forum, hope my question is not too irritating or obscure.
I have recently picked up a number of beautiful old Hantarex crt monitors for a song . As I am an artist and curator, these monitors are the absolute gold standard for displaying video works in a gallery setting. Anyway, my problem is this:
The monitors I have are a rare version modified for mainly videowall use, and as such only have on input; a 9 pin din (or similar) RGB HV connection. Basically they are MGG 28 EQ models, but are rgb only. I need to be able to connect to these monitors as individual units. Ideally with dvd players, but possibly with pc or mac laptops etc. I am no expert and this has kinda stumped me. Have been searching manically around the web for days trying every avenue I can think of. I need to find a solution which does not require changing the chassis to have a SCART input (expensive to get done professionally/I have no idea how to do this myself), or getting an expensive scan converter or whatever, which i don't know if i'd need anyway.
I have the splitter boxes too (ImageMAG Electrosonic) to make a video wall with. These have individual 9 pin outputs to connect to multiple monitors, and y/c BNC composite input (which also says S-vhs above it) and also 6 pin RS232 Din input. I tried today to take a component phono lead from a basic DVD player to a phono-bnc adaptor into the composite bnc input on the splitter, and then took a single 9 pin from the first output on the splitter to a monitor (I hope no-one is laughing at me right now!), I managed to get a pretty stable but quite shaky and bright blue and red image on the monitor.
Another option suggested to me was to get a 9 pin din to S video cable and take this direct from monitor to dvd. I have no idea whether these cables actually exist though. Not much seems to be made for 9 pin din.
Big big thanks in advance for any responses, all feedback is welcome. I hope i'm no amateur-ing up the place too much!
Here are some pictures of the monitors in question, and also the reverse of the imageMAG splitter:
Monitors:
The back panel and only input - 9 pin RGBHV?
The spec panel (the 'q' on MGG EQ is inked out on all of them, obviously to signify that they are different):