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| Knightlore:
Ahh cool, I'm just keeping mine as is at the moment unless playing vertical games really bugs me, I have a bartop which playing vertical didn't really bother me but will see. Can you buy the vertical control panels or are you building them? I'm tempted to get an upright from this seller, when I've sorted this. He got a website but for some reason doesn't advertise the uprights on Ebay. There are the same price as the cocktail's, not bad considering they are pre-built! Mine has the blue artwork too, must be the same/similar - I've just remeasured mine, not sure whether to get a 19 or 17 inch. I didn't want to go 19inch and have the bezel that's sprayed on the glass obstruct the screen. |
| notroubleclubber:
ive just checked mine out and i see what u mean. If i get a 17" it might show the edges of the monitor where as a 19" might be hidden. From previous experience i dont think the 19" screen will be covered by the sprayed on smoke as the game display doesnt go right up to the corners of the screen. Im gonna try and get a 18" but they are hard to come by. If not, then a 19" it is. I was going to make my vertical sides. Im thinking some fancy shelf brackets turned upside and boxed in should look fine. |
| Knightlore:
Hey mate, did you get yours in the end? I'm looking to buy one next week if possible. |
| notroubleclubber:
Yeah I got mine. I've managed to get a 19" CRT local brand new for £20 that has a screen of 18". I've read and reread about lcds and decided to go for CRT as I was worried bout viewing angles. I've got a p4 3ghz pc with 160gb hd and a 512mb pcie grafix card to go in it. I've Also got led buttons and a u360 to go in it. Just need to order one more u360 and I should have just about everything I need. If the pc isn't enough I might use my athlon 6400 x2 pc that has 4gb ram and get a laptop to use at home. Should be starting on it soon. The missus is going away for a week soon so may hold out till then if I can! |
| Knightlore:
Good luck with it, I've not done much myself - I've added a coin button on the front of the panel got 2x U360's installed and same as you LED buttons (white). I already had a spare gaming pc lying around which I've put inside the cab (needs to be strapped down), it's a bit overkill for most mame (Phenom IIx4 965 quad-core @3.4, 4gb geil ultra, Sapphire 58501gb) games but I'm gonna be running some modern pc games/other systems in it as well, so wasn't worth me selling it/downgrading. Bargain on the monitor! I've toyed with the idea of CRT but my bartop has one and it just made the thing unbelievably heavy, so I kind of vowed not to go back. I know what you mean with the viewing angles, I'm hoping it wont be an issue but will see how it goes. I could always stump up the extra for an arcade monitor but I don't know what the res would be like on modern games. |
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