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karmeck
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The PANASONIC DT2930

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Got offer this monitor but can't find much about it other then some Russian site.

http://rus.panasonic.ru/discontinued/pr ... en/DT-2930

Should I buy it? Currently using a dell ultrascan p991 with my raspberry pi for retro gaming.
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Re: The PANASONIC DT2930

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http://sfa-hk.hpcl.hk/productspec/080754.pdf

It is a 29" multisync monitor. If it looks good and the price is right, yes, you should buy it.

Edit: maybe ask if it accepts 15kHz over RGB first.
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Xer Xian wrote:http://sfa-hk.hpcl.hk/productspec/080754.pdf

It is a 29" multisync monitor. If it looks good and the price is right, yes, you should buy it.

Edit: maybe ask if it accepts 15kHz over RGB first.
239$ and 15hz is supported. He says he is the orginal owner and the monitor has seem little use.
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Yes, but you want to ask if it supports 15kHz on the RGB/VGA input specifically.

If the monitor has had little use and looks good, $239 is a great price. It won't be as sharp as BVM's are but still, it's a 29" multisync monitor. Ask for some pictures of it turned on before committing to buy. Or better yet, test it yourself prior to that (if you can).
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Re: The PANASONIC DT2930

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Here is more info on the monitor from a scanned manual.
Covering hz and general monitor information

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 8266129654
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Re: The PANASONIC DT2930

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI-KLhuqaaE

I think the DT2930 and DT2730 monitors are probably the same, just referred to differently in different markets.

As far as I am aware, this monitor will accept a 15KHz signal via composite and s-video, but not RGB. However, it might be possible to mod it to accept 15KHz over RGB similar to how Mike did it here - http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0051-nettv-rgb.html.
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Re: The PANASONIC DT2930

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I tried but could not bare the fan sound. It also had a probelm with my current solution using hdmi->vga. Using the vga hat I bought for my raspberry pi solved this. But alas, that fan. No thank you.
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Re: The PANASONIC DT2930

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This model uses a 12v 92mm fan. It can be replaced with a much quieter 92mm fan from a manufacturer like Noctua. https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a9-flx
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xga wrote:As far as I am aware, this monitor will accept a 15KHz signal via composite and s-video, but not RGB. However, it might be possible to mod it to accept 15KHz over RGB similar to how Mike did it here - http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0051-nettv-rgb.html.
I can say first-hand that it supports 15KHz over RGB just fine, and any future googlers won't need to wonder. Picked one up this past week.
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