Great looking project/cab! Love the art work and all the fine detail work.
I am currently restoring an old gutted konami 4p x-men cab into a MAME machine and have found a guy selling the monitor you used locally for $250. Seems like a pretty good deal if the thing works. I have an arcade vga 3000 so wanted to hear your thoughts/experience on using that card/monitor combination. Does it work pretty well? It looks like I would need to download Andy's multisync utility to ensure things worked the best. My alternative monitor until I found a suitable CRT is a 28" 16x10 LCD monitor but I think I would be happier in the long run with a more authentic viewing experience. Thanks for any advice
It's a good monitor. Obviously, since it's not digital, you will have to compromise a bit, either adjusting it each time you switch resolutions or find a "sweet spot" where you don't have to adjust it (which usually means that you will have to settle for a smaller playing field). I'd trade it in for a WG D9800 in a second, but it's definitely good for being analog. The colors are vibrant and the geometry is flawless (at least on mine).
I definitely recommend it over a TV or LCD monitor.