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Malenko:
you shur it wont fit? I put a 32" tube in a midway cab vertically and it fit, just barely, but it does need de-cased. 27" TV should fit int here fine the depth is the same as a 25" monitor tube
Turbo Biscuit:
There's nothing wrong with settling with the easier to manage (and cheaper) LCD. I finished my cab back in June and used a 3:4 19 Inch monitor. I got two of them (One for a future build) for $50. It's cheaper, lighter, and just easier to mount ( Had to haul it up 3 flights of stairs, so lighter was better :applaud: ). My shell looks to be the exact same one you're starting with too. When you're standing there right in front of it, 19 Inches is plenty of screen for the 4 players on my machine. The only downside is that most 3:4 19inches are older and don't have a very wide viewing angle. If kids will be playing, a high stool would remedy this.
To mount the 19inch monitor, I used 2 little 1x2 slats that go vertically across the monitor hole, and just screwed the back of the monitor into them. For a bezel, a large piece of Black Mattboard looks fantastic. You can always print out something to lay over the bezel. I had the original glass, but some plexiglass looks great too.
oreo632:
--- Quote from: Malenko on October 27, 2010, 07:59:31 pm ---you shur it wont fit? I put a 32" tube in a midway cab vertically and it fit, just barely, but it does need de-cased. 27" TV should fit int here fine the depth is the same as a 25" monitor tube
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Malenko - Thanks for the thought and I did consider going this route. I did want to use the TV again for future use outside of an arcade possibly. That and the voltage makes me a little nervous, and I used to be an electrician, go figure :laugh2: That was great info for the 25 inch monitor you mentioned. I didn't know that the depth was the same size. So you did answer a problem that would have came up had I bought another tv. Big 1 up for that. I don't think I could have taken buying another CRT TV for no use. ::)
Looks like I will be going with what Turbo biscuit said
--- Quote from: Turbo Biscuit on October 27, 2010, 08:14:49 pm ---There's nothing wrong with settling with the easier to manage (and cheaper) LCD. I finished my cab back in June and used a 3:4 19 Inch monitor. I got two of them (One for a future build) for $50. It's cheaper, lighter, and just easier to mount ( Had to haul it up 3 flights of stairs, so lighter was better :applaud: ). My shell looks to be the exact same one you're starting with too. When you're standing there right in front of it, 19 Inches is plenty of screen for the 4 players on my machine. The only downside is that most 3:4 19inches are older and don't have a very wide viewing angle. If kids will be playing, a high stool would remedy this.
To mount the 19inch monitor, I used 2 little 1x2 slats that go vertically across the monitor hole, and just screwed the back of the monitor into them. For a bezel, a large piece of Black Mattboard looks fantastic. You can always print out something to lay over the bezel. I had the original glass, but some plexiglass looks great too.
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Turbo - +1 and thanks for the advice. I am definitely going with something similar and sticking to an LCD screen. Might go with 22" or 24" and mount as far back in the cab as I can. Great tip for the mattboard. I might use that as well as some black Formica I have left over for the interior walls. Thankfully I already have plexi that came with the cab and I will simply cut that to size.
All I need to do is save up the cash for the screen now. ::)
Thanks again guys! :applaud: :applaud: :cheers: :applaud: :applaud:
BurgerKingDiamond:
Do you know what it will look like on an LCD? Some people don't seem to mind, but personally I really prefer the authenticity of a CRT over a LCD screen, even if it's just a TV through S-Video. The difference is the most apparent on the older games which have very simple graphics. The pixels look super blocky and rectangular on a LCD. Just a thought. It may not bother you.
gazz292:
you do know that going for anything bigger than 21 inches in an lcd means you will have a widescreen??? and if using an lcd in the first place wasnt bad enough, using a widescreen one is just evil :)
you can get CRT tv's for almost nothing nowadays, everyone wants an lcd screen, so picking up a 25 inch 4:3 crt tv shouldent be that hard,
not sure about the angled screen and shooters tho, i read it wasnt good so when i chose my cabinet, i went for the upright screen version (i'm using a golden tee cabinet, they come in 3 different sizes and 2 screen angles, so it took me a little while to find the maxi cab with the upright screen, but it was worth it as i want to play shooters on my cab when i get round to finishing it)