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Any good reasons to hang onto a CRT monitor?
nitz:
--- Quote from: Vigo on May 16, 2013, 03:18:07 am ---One point in favor of CRTs. Good luck finding a 4:3, 27 inch LCD.
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Granted, that's the one thing that sucks about LCD. Want something bigger than 21" but don't want widescreen? Too bad! :hissy:
It's not a huge problem in everyday applications. If you want to view 4:3 content at 27", buy a 37" 16:9. (I know it would probably be more like 30" than 27", but I think that's the closest you'll get without being less than 27")
But our hobby is not an everyday application - the monitor needs to fit inside an arcade cab so then it sucks if you want a 27" monitor. Even if you decase it, I'd be surprised if a 37" fits in a 32" wide cab, and that's already way wider than standard.
It's not so much a problem for me as I prefer monitors in the 19"-21" range anyway. But yeah if you like 25"-27" you've either gotta go CRT or build one fat-ass cab. ;)
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 16, 2013, 01:00:31 pm ---You can't find 4:3, but 16:10 monitors are fairly easy to find and you can get a slightly larger one and it should still fit inside your cab.
That's what I did... I think mines a 32 inch 16:10.... something like that?
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Really? I recently went on a quest to find the biggest 16:10 out there and the biggest I found was 24" :-\ I found lots of references to a 28" made by Hanns-G, but it appears to be discontinued.
If you know of a source for anything bigger than 24", please share. ;)
Howard_Casto:
Nah they make em a lot bigger than that. I think the limit is around 37 inches, but that model is REALLY hard to find.
Mines a hanns-g that I got from tiger direct last year. You won't find them in stores, only computer sites sell then and they are usually put on sale once or twice a year. I looked for the manual to try and give you the exact model number and size but I couldn't find it. All I know is my cab originally had a 27 inch crt television in it and before I purchased it I ran it through a aspect calculator and found that it was the equivalent of a ~23.875 inch crt. I didn't de-case it and it fits with maybe a quarter of an inch on each side. So it would easily fit in a MKII cab although you might have to de-case it. Since 24-25 inches is the largest size they ever put in a traditional cabinet you don't really need a larger size in 16:10. I mean yeah, some games used larger screens, but they were podium cabs, or racers ect. In those sorts of setups you can just let the monitor hang out the sides.
I actually found when using the 27 inch crt in my mk2 styled cab that it was really too big. I got a lot of eyestrain from having to scan sucha large screen (where I was so close to it). The new one's slightly smaller screen actually feels better for me.
You've also got to keep in mind that a retro-fit and a new cab design are two totally different things. Although I like the classic wooden cabinet look, if I were to design a new cab from scratch today, I'd base it on a modern arcade cabinet like the ones used for games like SF IV.
nitz:
I'm not seeing anything above 24" on Newegg, though TigerDirect does have some 30" - but the cheapest one is over $1000! :o Yikes. No monitor is big enough or good enough for me to drop a grand on.
I'm not actually looking for one of these anymore anyway. I gave up when I couldn't find any and just took my project in a different direction. It's good to know that there are some out there just the same. Seems like you gotta look hard and watch for sales though.
Anyway, we've strayed off topic a bit. ;) I'm curious shponglefan, are you keeping the CRT monitor? It's hard to let a nice working item like that go, even when there's practically no reason to keep it isn't it? ;)
Howard_Casto:
Nah man, that's outrageous. I think I paid 200 for mine, maybe 230? Mind you it was 300+ prior to the sale, but I just kept a watch on it like a hawk. ;)
Gray_Area:
CRTs are just better for classic games. The phosphors give out a richer color. Plus the blur of graphics is 'natural', like the smearing of oil.
Now, if I were going LCD, I wouldn't bother with a 4:3 display. There's black spaces on the sides of vertical games when I play on my main rig, so I'm used to that.
I love having a 27" tube. I'm bigger, and my peripheral vision is bigger than when I was a kid.
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