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| mahalos:
hey guys i'm looking at purchasing a tv for my new arcade project. I've already picked up a 29" grundig with scart inputs but it's not a flat screen (which is easier to bezel) and it's kinda large at 29". I saw this tv http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=383966125 on our local auction site and wondered about the RGB 31.5khz input. Can you make a direct connection from your vga card into this?? any help appreciated |
| Jack Burton:
31.5khz is basically the same as 640x480@60hz resolution. If you have a graphics card that will support that, and 99.9% do, then it should work That TV is just another 29" tube though. Both of these are excellent choices for an arcade display. What kind of games do you plan on playing on it the most? |
| mahalos:
Thanks for your reply, i generally play horizontal fighters and quite a few vertical shooters. 27" is a slightly nicer size to work with i thought, and if i can get it cheap enough i thought it'd be a good option. I just didn't know too much about the RGB input, i've seen plenty with VGAs but not RGBs, and was wondering if they were any good. |
| Jack Burton:
There's no such thing as a 27" tube. It's just different measuring systems. Televisions are often measured by their visible viewing distance, while monitors are measured by the size of the actual tube. Do to the bezel surrounding the television screen you can only see 27" of video. However, the tube inside is probably nearly the exact same size as your grundig tv. You have a dilemma on your hands here. There's quite a few good fighting games for both 15 and 31khz monitors. I say get them both. :) Also, VGA is RGB. RGB isn't really a video standard of it's own. It comes in a variety of designs like RGBS, RGBHV, RGsB, SCART, CGA, VGA, CMPTR, etc. The actual difference in video quality between them is mostly negligible. It's all a matter of getting the right cables and adapters to get video from the device to the display. In the case of the RGB 31.5khz connector, you've got it just about as good as it gets. A regular ol' VGA cable is all you need. |
| boardjunkie:
Thats pretty nifty. What model is it? I might keep an eye out for one at the local "junk stores" since upscale CRT tv's are really becoming common and sell for peanuts. Now what are they doing with the VGA input to get it to std res? Scaling down the sync to std res freq's? |
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