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CRT Vs LCD for driving cabs
Malenko:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 27, 2014, 05:12:10 pm ---From your comment I also think that you don't get what I meant about widescreen mode. When a game supports both modes, widescreen mode doesn't crop the sky and foreground to make the 16:9 aspect, rather it extends the left and right of the horizon. So no, even if the screen is physically smaller, you see MORE in widescreen mode.
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I know what widescreen mode is, I play virtua racing and the like in widescreen mode on my current set up (as stated above). My comment was directed more at the gaps above and below the monitor that most dedicated cabs have when they replace the 3:4 CRT with a widescreen monitor. I cant seem to locate a 16:10 calculator that gives all the info I need. I personally dont feel that over an inch of vertical loss is "negligible".
I dont feel that you can paint replacing a CRT with an LCD with such a wide brush, its more of a case by case thing. I also stated that if youre rollin your own (aka building your own) cab then LCD is the way to go. :cheers:
SailorSat:
Guys you serious about border space?
Take a 16/10 and install it vertical... Most cabinets have more than enough space on top and bottom anyway ^^
Malenko:
--- Quote from: SailorSat on August 27, 2014, 07:13:52 pm ---Guys you serious about border space?
Take a 16/10 and install it vertical... Most cabinets have more than enough space on top and bottom anyway ^^
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then how do you rotate the signal from the PCB?
Howard_Casto:
PCB?
Dude we are talking about mame. How come every time you are losing an argument you bring up pcbs? ;)
Malenko:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 27, 2014, 08:58:12 pm ---PCB?
Dude we are talking about mame. How come every time you are losing an argument you bring up pcbs? ;)
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Meh, if its strictly MAME (err Model 2) then an LCD is probably the better choice, depending on the cab. A 16:10 wouldn't fit vertically in my FTS cab (no room with the steering below, and no room above with the way the marquee is in the cab) . a 16:10 and or 16:9 horizontally would loose a ton of real estate vertically.
Now that being said, the monitor that's in there would be pretty hard to replace (cost effectively, its a Tri-Sync) and if the cab was gutted I would probably find a way to make the LCD work. In fact if this cab dies or becomes a giant pain in ---my bottom---, I will put an LCD in there and find a way to interface the steering.
Note: if you quote me, remove the pic link, its distracting :*
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