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FrozenAKJoe:

My first post here -- please forgive my ignorance!   :)

I have a Road Blasters cabinet with all original parts, and it works fine except for huge burn-in on the CRT. It's playable, but obviously the burn is distracting during game play. It's also not very bright.

I have an extra 19" 4:3 LCD monitor from a prior PC, but I'm concerned about decreasing the game's resale value if I discard the CRT and modify it to handle a LCD by modifying the mounting area, new shroud, etc.

I know buying a new WG 19" is an option, but at this point I don't have the technical know-how to do that.

Suggestions? I have $280 into the game and out of 10 stars and not considering the monitor, i'd say the condition is about an 8.

Thanks everyone!

paigeoliver:

Do NOT swap in an LCD. Road Blasters would look OK on an LCD. But that same time, money and effort you spend to convert it to LCD could be spent on a cap kit and tube swap.

As far as money is concerned. Roadblasters is the cheapest of the System One games. I actually parted one out earlier this year because the cabinet stank to high hell and I could not seem to remove the smell.  $400 would be your very top end on this game resale wise and that is with a proper CRT. As far as resale is concerned most came collectors consider pre-90 games with LCD monitors to have the same value as pre-90 games with missing monitors.

A little mucking about thrift stores or reaching out to other game collectors could score you a no burn or low burn tube for very little money.



FrozenAKJoe:

Thanks for the advice. I'll look around as you said.

jennifer:

    I dont think it really matters anymore, most people today would not know the difference other than the pic is better, and the machine put in the wild would be a contender to the home consoles that kids do love so. I would use a arcade lcd however, and keep the bezel mods to an absolute minimum. Paige O. is correct in the fact you may find a decent used CRT, and for obvious reasons, this would be more along the lines of original....FWIW , I have a old sit down conversion that some kids broke up, tore the steering wheel off, broke into the cashbox, and then they peed all over the thing, needless to say it smelled nasty, Bleach fixed the stink (but be warned amonia and bleach create a toxic gas) so dump it and run.

Minwah:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 28, 2013, 12:36:44 am ---Do NOT swap in an LCD.

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I agree. I bet most collectors would sooner buy the game with your current working monitor with burn in than with a perfect LCD. I know I would.

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