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Hello... new to this forum... need advice on a monitor
ImBerzerk2:
Hello,
I'm new to this forum, however, not to cabinet making, MAME and having fun with it. I own 3 MAME cabinets, 2 upright, 1 cafe for the kids.
The IBM P275 monitor I had in the cafe cabinet blew out. I need a replacement... but... they are scarce. I found a Telcovision TE2001 on line, but it looks like a PC/CCTV monitor without a case? It's $215 for the unit.
At this point... I have no options, no other place to go to get what I need. Any ideas would help... I'm desperate as I hate to have this cabinet become abandoned because they don't make the parts anymore.
Thanks,
IMBerzerk
Havok:
That's just a standard 21" Trinitron monitor. I would check your local Craigslist - you can probably get one for free. Where are you located? If you're close to me, I'll give you a Compaq P1100 Trinitron monitor for free, however I'm not shipping that beast if you're not local...
Really any 21" monitor should do for you, unless the cabinet is extremely tight on space and the IBM monitor is fairly shallow.
DJ_Izumi:
Other 21" Trinitron models to considder would be the Dell P1110, HP P1110 or Sony P1110 (Same tube, different shells and badging) or the Dell P1130 as well.
I actually had two Dell P1110's untill recently and they're awesome. ...Till the heater died on one earlier this week. Sadly I could only locate a 19" Dell P991 (The 19" Cousin of the P1110) to replace the dead one. BTW, don't get a P991, despite being a Trini, it does't have individual R, G, and B bias and gain adjustments like P1110. |:
ImBerzerk2:
Thanks for the replies.. I'm in Long Island, NY.
I actually have a spare 21" Philips, but when I flip it on it's back, it looses it's colors. I am keeping it for my Berzerk MAME cabinet as I already have the same monitor in it, and it works perfectly.
So I'll look into the Dell's and dump the idea of that other monitor. It seemed too expensive anyway. I like having the monitor enclosed, that open chassis stuff is too dangerous around the kids.
Are there any issues with putting these on their backs as this is for a cafe style cabinet.
Thanks again,
IMB
DJ_Izumi:
I'm sorry, I can't confirm for you that these monitors work on their backs. I can confirm that Dell P1110's work sideways however: http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh100/AshleyAshes2/DSC04186.jpg
Being 70lbs and worrying about the weight cracking the back of the ABS shell, I'm not willing to turn my P1110 on it's back to test it for you, sorry.