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If you had an 19" and 27" TV what would you use?
bmb:
I know this is more a personal opinion thing but I was curious on some feedback...
I have two old CRT TV's a 19" and 27" Sony. They are both heavy as hell with the 27" twice as heavy as hell. Both only support s-video unfortunately. I was initially going to use the 19" for my first 2-person cab build. But after doing some reading someone remarked that vertical games with a bigger monitor (mounted horizontal) looked great. I tried it and it's true, will look almost like a full-size vertical monitor behind some tinted glass.
My cab is going to be a "standard" 2 player upright with some usb ports on the side for game controllers on the rare occasion we have 4 players.
1) Should I stick to simple and light weight (19") for my first cab attempt.
2) Is 27" monitor overkill when standing so close on a 2 person cab?
3) I don't think the wider cab would increase material cost too much. Is this true?
Thoughts?
Thanks.
Hoopz:
27" is my vote. That's what I used in my first cabinet and wouldn't want to play on anything smaller.
Cutting a few extra inches won't add to the cost that much. Just plan ahead and make sure each cut is correct. It's not simpler to go smaller, it's just smaller.
I don't think you'll be too close. The best thing to do is determine how close you'll be to the monitor, then set each up and see what you think. If possible, hook up the computer to the TV and "play" a game at that distance. Maybe use the keyboard just to see what it's like to look at 19" at that distance and 27" at the same distance.
JustMichael:
bmb,
If you stick the 19" TV in the upright cabinet, you will soon be wishing you had put the 27" TV in instead. Besides, save the 19" for your following project, the bartop cabinet... ;D
saint:
--- Quote from: JustMichael on September 23, 2010, 10:05:16 am ---bmb,
If you stick the 19" TV in the upright cabinet, you will soon be wishing you had put the 27" TV in instead. Besides, save the 19" for your following project, the bartop cabinet... ;D
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mrtuesday42:
i have a 25 " arcade monitor in a standard size cab. so if you decased i think you just barely make it if you are doing a retrofit, if its a scratch built you dont really have to worry. even with a smaller monitor you still need an almost equal amount of space for the cp, so its more the cp that dictates how wide the arcade needs to be. so go big :D
besides you are probably going to want the 19 for a bartop or a secondary vertical cabinet :D