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Use of CRT TVs now, and best usage?
rCadeGaming:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 03, 2013, 11:42:33 pm ---CRT television sets can essentially be had for a negligible amount of money these days. They are being unloaded in great numbers. So don't feel like you HAVE to put the TV to some sort of use. Every $20 bill in your wallet can buy another one.
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+1. Very true
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 03, 2013, 11:42:33 pm ---Normally I say putting an xbox in a cabinet is stupid, but I have never seen a TV out card look as good on a crt as a real console did.
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That's because TV out cards always scale everything to 480i. To get real arcade resolutions from a PC you need a VGA to component transcoder. If you go that route, you'll get more authenticity and flexibility than you can get with an XBox.
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 03, 2013, 11:42:33 pm ---You can also get a compatible arcade chassis, turn the monitor into an arcade monitor and hook it up using any of the usual methods.
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Conversion chassis's only work with certain tubes depending on the neck configuration, quality is questionable, and there isn't any real benefit over using a transcoder.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on October 07, 2013, 06:23:41 pm ---
Conversion chassis's only work with certain tubes depending on the neck configuration, quality is questionable, and there isn't any real benefit over using a transcoder.
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I don't seem to encounter a lot of variation in the real world when it comes to the neck configurations of the larger tv sets at least not with the sets that have traditionally shaped tubes.
rCadeGaming:
There are plenty of different neck configs with TV tubes. Anyhow, can you vouch for the quality of those conversion chassis's?
Also, with a conversion chassis, you're paying a lot to gain an RGB input, and you lose all your other inputs. A transcoder adds RGB without taking anything else away.
Dawgz Rule:
--- Quote ---Reading all of this makes me wish I had had the foresight to have held onto some of the computer monitors I've had over the years.
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Fortunately I caught the tail end of procuring a new arcade monitor at a reasonable price for my first build. The next build is going to be a Sony TV with an encoder. Should be interesting to see the two side by side.
jtslade:
I have heard great things, just need to measure and respond to the questions on resistance and number of pins (a good pic also of the yoke with the neck board removed would be a good idea)..
100 bucks for a chasis and pair up with a Arcade VGA would be pretty awesome. I have found that you end up hating Svideo and go the Arcade CRT route anyway, better to save the time and money.
I have never played with using Componet inputs which seems to have good results but you need a video card which can do component input.
8 Liners can build you a chassis:
http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html