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Peja:
csnow, do you have a project announcement thread on this conversion?  I am interested in seeing what you are doing.

I also have a showcase cab and wanted to put a big flat screen on it but wasn't sure on how I should go about it.  Are you going to keep the marquee and and extend the top and bottom or just mount the screen on a wall and keep the pedestal?

I remember seeing PinballJim's setup in a pic he posted.....I believe he had it mounted on the wall, but could be wrong since the lights were off.  PBJ, is this the case?

Thanks,
Peja
MTPPC:
You'll see no advantage to 1080p. Why do you think so many people want CGA CRTs in their cabinets? Native resolutions are what you want to play your games at.
csnow:

--- Quote from: Peja on June 04, 2012, 04:36:44 pm ---csnow, do you have a project announcement thread on this conversion?  I am interested in seeing what you are doing.

I also have a showcase cab and wanted to put a big flat screen on it but wasn't sure on how I should go about it.  Are you going to keep the marquee and and extend the top and bottom or just mount the screen on a wall and keep the pedestal?

I remember seeing PinballJim's setup in a pic he posted.....I believe he had it mounted on the wall, but could be wrong since the lights were off.  PBJ, is this the case?

Thanks,
Peja

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Once I get the cabinet finished, I will post a thread on it.  I have cut out the center of the cabinet because there wasnt room to fit a larger TV inside the cabinet.  There are two boards that run the entire length of the cabinet from top to bottom.  They are the sides of the box that contained the 4:3 CRT.  Since they were part of the structure, you couldnt squeeze a flat panel in there.  I made an assumption that there was room behind the speakers.  I thought it was hollow back there but it wasnt.  The CRT is essential encased with plywood, which makes sense in retrospect due to the weight of the CRT. I was kinda bummed when I realized that but I had already started the deassembly, so the party was on so to speak.  There was no turning back  .  I wasnt about to build a cabinet from scratch, so I decided to remove the top board and cut out the center.  I will replace the top board of the cabinet on the two boards just like it was but it will now be a shelf that the TV will sit on. Essentially, the cabinet will look like a TV stand with a small section for the PS3 and a shelf above it for the plasma.  I basically just cut out a section of about 2 1/2 feet where the CRT used to be.
Peja:
Sounds good csnow........it's hard for me to visualize it exactly how you are describing but make sure you take some pictures.  It should be interesting for sure.

Thanks, Peja
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