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Author Topic: Plasma TVs and other Flat Panels  (Read 724 times)

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Plasma TVs and other Flat Panels
« on: February 12, 2004, 05:55:45 pm »
Has anyone used a plasma (42") screen or other large flat panel screen for their ROM game cabinets?  If so, did you have to do anything special to get it to function properly?

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Re:Plasma TVs and other Flat Panels
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2004, 08:26:46 pm »
I've hooked up my 57" widescreen, which should be similar.
I just use the S-Video out on my video card to hook it up, and it works like a charm.

My DVD player hooks up via S-video, so I just grab the cable from the back of it, and plug it into the computer.
When the computer fires up, the driver software detects the TV, and sets itself accordingly.

I really don't like playing on the bigscreen though because you can't see the whole playing field at a glance, like you can in a cabinet.
You have to move your eyes to see everything, which slows your reaction times.

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Re:Plasma TVs and other Flat Panels
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2004, 10:24:17 pm »
More importantly burn-in. Plasma tv's are even more succeptable to burn-in than traditional arcade monitors.  If a pixel is in the same place for more than 5 minutes you WILL get burn in.  

Now lcd tv's are a much better choice, but then again they are much more expensive atm.