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Newbie TV walkthrough, please!
rCadeGaming:
Oh btw, I'm assuming you're in the US. TV selection is a whole different story in PAL territories.
As for mounting a TV or monitor in a cab while it's still in its case, here's something to scare you straight:
http://www.wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/
TalkingOctopus:
I'm using a Sharp 27uf-500 TV, which you can fit in an arcade without removing from the case. I think the picture quality is good, but I do have a little bit of over scan.
Tzakiel:
rCadeGaming,
Thanks much for your helpful reply. I think you may have convinced me to pick up the 27" wega trinitron and take it out of the casing. No way it will fit with those speakers on there. I guess I am still a bit nervous however. Is there any way to know what I can and cannot touch inside before I do the discharge? And if I need to mess with it after I have it in the cabinet and have turned it on, can I touch the inputs, etc in the back without worrying about shock?
Speaking of getting it into the cabinet, that is another area of worry for me. It's a 100lb tube and, without the casing, I imagine it will be extremely unwieldy (and delicate) to lift and maneuver. Is there some sort of guide I can take a look at to building a safe frame for this type of tube, or how to get that started? I picture myself with a 100lb piece of fragile glass on the floor and no idea how to get that into a cabinet without breaking it. I am comfortable using wood pieces to make a frame for it, and I assume I would do that on the floor or table first, then load it in, but I am wondering how to attach it safely, and what height to mount it in the UAII, etc. I assume I can just mount it onto 2x4s, but not sure what shape or angles I need to create. I guess the height will be up to me and I will just make a painted plexiglass cover/bezel for it to hide the empty space. I wonder if there is some tutorial or series of steps someone has documented about this?
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on September 25, 2013, 10:43:11 pm ---No problem Tzakiel, just trying to keep the authentic video aspect of this hobby alive. :cheers:
Discharging a CRT is something you need to learn if you want to use them properly in arcade cabs. Just be careful and read the sticky for instructions. It's very easy and once you've done it once or twice it won't be a big deal anymore.
As for recommendations I'd go for something in the KV-27FS range. The one I can best vouch for is the KV-27FS120.
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Tzakiel:
So do scanlines appear on all CRT tvs, or only when fed a 240p source? I am using s-video (480i, then, I suppose) right now on a trinitron which does not have component in, and the games look blurry, I would say, but not really stacked in scanline rows like I see with rCadeGaming's examples. I'm just wondering if they should be there or not (even if not in native res)
adder:
in interlace mode you will lose the scanlines, you have to stay in low res modes to see them, eg. 224 / 240 / 256 lines etc
as for the scanlines themselves, i have found the strength of the scanlines (ie. how visible they are) seems to vary between tv to tv (but i admit it could just be my imagination :))