Hey, Mame ppl w/ arcade monitors, check this out:

[grafixmonkey]

Looks like Happ has made a Universal Video Converter for VGA cards.  Thought you guys trying to choose between an ArcadeVGA and a high performance card might be interested.

If someone already posted about it, sorry I don't have much time for scanning old posts anymore.

[Thenasty]

that UVC si made by ULTRACADE and the price is heavy $225.00. Wonder who's the first one to do a write up on it ?

[SNAAAKE]

Why would I wanna get that for $225 when I can get arcadevga for $100 ?


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[OSCAR]

I don't know how long Happ has been selling that, but I first saw it on their site a couple weeks ago.  One possible reason someone may want to dish out the $$ for this is if they wanted to use the latest/greatest video card in their MAME cab since it requires a VGA card, where the ArcadeVGA is a specialized video card for use with arcade monitors.

Besides, these aren't priced for the average consumers.  I have to imagine the target market for this device is OEM's.

[Lilwolf]

Well Oscar... Need a 200 tax rightoff?  It IS important that you add it to the comparisons on your website..

...sigh....

I have to start selling some arcade items so I can use my cabinet as a tax writeoff....


... sigh....

[grafixmonkey]

Well, I didn't say it was cheap...     I said it was cool.  It just made me remember a thread way back about how one would go about converting a VGA signal into a usable composite or arcade-monitor signal.

[RandyT]

Well, there is one pretty good feature for some on this thing.

It will do 25khz.

Other that that, I'm not sure what makes this different than a SCART compatible scaler like Focus Enhancements produces.  Hopefully video quality.  

RandyT

[usedelectronics]

Funny that this would come up....
I have one on the way as we speak.
It will be reviewed VS the arcade VGA on my website once it arrives.

(Yes I know the site is plain...It's just a space holder page until the real site is finished.)