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Richardgregory:

I am at a point were I need to decide how I should redesign the cabinet:  for a CRT or LCD, but I'm undecided.  The existing cabinet is tailored for an LCD, but I was given a 19" CRT VGA monitor recently.  I tried applying the 'fake' scanlines in MAME to simulate a CRT, and it's pretty darn good!  So I'm debating whether stick with the LCD route and not bother with having to redesign the cabinet to facilitate the massive and heavy CRT. 

Anyone have any convincing feedback to sway me one way or another?



Fursphere:

LED LCD.

CRT = Weight.  Heat.  More Energy. Restrictions (have to run lower resolutions).  When it fails it'll be harder to get fixed / replaced, as they're not made anymore. 

 

Richardgregory:

Oh, forgot that I"m doing the vertical and horizontal rotation of screen, so I think maybe I answered my own predicament: LCD.

Unless with a 19" CRT I really don't need to rotate in the first place.

I have a 20" 4:3 aspect ratio LCD screen, and I need to see how it'll look like if it's in horizontal mode and a vertical game is displayed on it.


yotsuya:

I prefer throwing CRTs into my MAME cabs.

Nephasth:

CRT. Always.

Monitor rotation solution: Two cabs, one vertical, one horizontal.

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