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Turning a floor model television into a MAME cabinet.
paigeoliver:
You could get an 8liners RGB chassis for the TV tube and then run it with an arcade VGA for a real arcade setup.
wordsworth:
AWESOME! Please do it if you can.
yotsuya:
I wouldn't do it. To me, the charm of these old wooden TVs was seeing all the cabling going from the consoles to the wooden TV box, seeing the console resting on top of the TV. I don't see any advantage to building the controls in. I'd rather build a console emulator and hook it up to the TV than cannibalize the TV. But that's just me. You might be able to do it and keep it classy.
shponglefan:
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 27, 2013, 12:11:23 am --- Is it a crime against our brothers in the TV collecting hobby?
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Wait... people collect these things??
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: shponglefan on July 01, 2013, 09:34:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 27, 2013, 12:11:23 am --- Is it a crime against our brothers in the TV collecting hobby?
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Wait... people collect these things??
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No one REALLY collects the console sets. I have bought and sold perfectly working console sets (with record players included) as old as 1960 at price points under $100. TV collectors seem to like the weird form factors over the consoles.