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Newbie TV walkthrough, please!
notbillcosby:
Well, the other one doesn't have composite in, an I dont have the funds to get a composite transcoder too. While I'm really appreciative of your advice and dont mean to argue, I feel like it'd be a safe bet to just get the 24"version of yours that I know should be awesome! Pretty excited about it, just waiting to hear back from the lady on when I can meet her.
rCadeGaming:
You mean it doesn't have component in right?
Those Crutchfield specs on inputs looked wrong to me. I found the actual manual, and though there are more inputs, there's only 1 RF, 2 composite, and 1 s-video.
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/KV20FV12.PDF specs on p. 36
So basically you're right, good catch.
Sorry about that. I assumed that it would have component in because it should be a newer model than mine, but it might be a "budget" model. Also, I may have been thinking of the KV-24FV300, which does have component.
http://www.docs.sony.com/release/KV24FV300.PDF specs on p.37
notbillcosby:
Well, I didn't have time to get the TV while I was down there, but my friend is very graciously picking it up for me tomorrow! I'll get it in early August when they come up to visit. I have secured an ATI Radeon 9250 256mb card for $20 that I"ll be nabbing tomorrow, and may have found a transcoder that I can afford- more details on that once it's mine for sure. Working on getting Windows 64 so I can take full advantage of the 2 dual core processors in my MAMEbox. I cut out a dummy blank of plywood yesterday to work on laying out my control panel, and I just happened to find a nice USB gamepad for $1.88 at Goodwill the other day that I'm gonna try hacking for my Player 1 controls! Yes. I am well on my way and have plenty to do while I"m waiting for my beautiful monitor to show up. Excitement growing!
rCadeGaming:
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---Well, I didn't have time to get the TV while I was down there, but my friend is very graciously picking it up for me tomorrow! I'll get it in early August when they come up to visit.
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Nice.
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---I have secured an ATI Radeon 9250 256mb card for $20 that I"ll be nabbing tomorrow
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Sounds great as well.
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---Working on getting Windows 64 so I can take full advantage of the 2 dual core processors in my MAMEbox.
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XP 64 right? Sounds good.
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---and may have found a transcoder that I can afford- more details on that once it's mine for sure.
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What is it. Sure it doesn't do any scaling?
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---I cut out a dummy blank of plywood yesterday to work on laying out my control panel
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I would highly recommend using this layout:
It's the Sega Astro City cabinet layout, it can be found here:
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html
There's several versions there (different ppi), so you print it in real size and trace, very easy. That website explains some of why some people think it's much superior to the "American" or "square" layout. This has also been argued at length here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=118842.0
--- Quote from: notbillcosby on July 22, 2012, 05:45:02 pm ---and I just happened to find a nice USB gamepad for $1.88 at Goodwill the other day that I'm gonna try hacking for my Player 1 controls!
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I'd stick with something that will be console friendly down the road. Depending on the quality of this PC pad, it could have ghosting and lag issues, hard to tell. Also, where are you going to get a matching one for player 2.
I think you'd be better off waiting until you have money for a better solution than putting time into hacking this now.
notbillcosby:
It's that RCA transcoder I PM'd you about. The manual sure makes it sound like it doesn't scale... Either way, it was $10.01 after shipping, which is WAY too good of a deal for me to pass up. There's no way you can disagree with that ;)
I know we're getting pretty far off topic here, but I'll respond to the rest of this anyway..
Thanks for the button layout! My first control panel (they're going to be interchangeable so I don't have to have one super-cramped end-all panel) is going to be a single player 4-way stick with a custom button layout so it'll work nicely with the selection of old games that I play frequently. I WILL be doing a variant of that Sega layout on my 2 player fighting setup, just with 6 buttons each instead of 8. My fighter of choice is without a doubt Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, so more than 6 buttons doesn't need to happen.
From what I understood, ghosting and blocking issues were really only a keyboard thing; A gamepad with only 14 contacts including the D-pad seems like it would be made specifically to NOT have these problems. I do plan on testing it as extensively as possible before gutting it and spending an hour soldering leads to the board. It's a clone of a PS1 pad, i believe it's made by Gravis (but don't quote me, it's not sitting in front of me right now). It was a company that I was familiar with and wasn't some weirdo oddball controller that I'd never be able to find another of... And in the name of keeping it cheap, i think $2 for an interface beats the $70 I'd be spending on the Cthulhu. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of being able to expand in the future to consoles and stuff, but in the same breath, there's nothing keeping me from ripping out $4 worth of gamepad parts and putting in a Cthulhu in the future. If nothing else, it'll be a good project to learn from and I'll find out that you were right all along!