20" TV for a cocktail cabinet? Windows 7 compatible.

[cmoses]

I recently had a opportunity to get a Insignia 20" TV and gladly accepted it. I have a cocktail cabinet project that I am hoping to use it in. The TV is 4:3, CRT, with component inputs as well as a bunch of others. I have a nVidia 9400GT video card that has a TV out with a component connection. I am hoping to de-case the TV and put it in the cocktail cabinet.

Has anyone done this or know of any projects that did. I hope there is enough room to make it fit.

Also with the TV will I be able to use Windows 7 at 640x480? Or will I have to go back to XP?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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[paigeoliver]

We can't tell you what will or won't fit if you don't tell us what cocktail cabinet you have.

Although honestly, the insignia isn't a good choice of display. Odd tube size won't be a drop in to 19" cocktails nor will it easily mate up with 19" arcade bezels. I have never really been happy with what mame looked like over TV out and have redone both TV powered projects I did in the past with VGA CRT monitors instead.

[cmoses]

It is a Bally/Midway cocktail cabinet. It was originally a PacMan but had been converted and modified a few times by the time I got it. It was in pretty bad shape. I rescued it before it completely fell apart.

I know there was a 19" arcade monitor in there so I am hoping that the 20" TV will fit. I know it is not exact match but all of the 19" TV's I have ever seen only have a coax input. Which isn't easy to connect with a PC.

I got theTV for free so I am going to give it a shot. I figure the TV will have a more authentic feel then an LCD in there.


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[dcninja]

a 20" with component? no way! pics or it didn't happen.

[cmoses]

I will take some pics later but it is an Insignia model IS-TV040919. It has coax, composite, s-video and component inputs. I haven't had an opportunity to try it yet, I hope to this weekend. I couldn't find anything on its resolution capabilities so I assume it only does 480 and not sure if it is progressive or interlaced.

Here is a tech page on it:

http://www.insigniaproducts.com/products/televisions/is-tv040919.html

If you go to the support tab there is a PDF of the manual that shows all of the connections.


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[jennifer]

      Without some intense mods I would have to agree with the bad idea crowd... Jenn would find a tube to fit it then work backwards.

[paigeoliver]

Hang a 19-20" PC monitor in there instead and use a scan line generator. It will look a lot better than the tv will.