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D9400 to D9800 compatibility
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: Undarated on May 02, 2021, 07:44:50 pm ---Whats the most common size monitor that accepts a vga signal? If I do end up having to put the GM setup in the other cabinet, maybe I can find another cab that will accept the monitor that I need. Thanks again for responding.
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on the bigger side of things, mostly 27's and a few 25's accepted VGA, then it dipped down to 19 and 15 inches... which where basically repurposed VGA computer monitors.
by the time videogames hit 31k, 27" was the norm size for a cabinet....but there where a few manufactures that did 25's for retrofitting smaller cabinets with new games.
but lots of games came with dipswitch settings so you could set the resolution down to use 25k and 15k monitors... for those that didn't want to drop 500 or 600 on a new monitor. so the 25" 31k monitor is a bit on the rare side.
for modern LCD monitors, about 80% of them still accept VGA. usually a 26" widescreen monitor fits fairly well in most cabinets. Benq makes some pretty good IPS panel monitors that work good computers (obviously) but also sync good with xxx-in-1 boards and whatnot. (that is if you can put up with some stretching of a 4:3 to 16:9 and TBH, once you start playing, you don't notice it.)
if you are stuck on 4:3 you are going to have to shell out 600+ bucks for a 27" CRT. (xarcade SAYS they have some but who knows)...search for a 4:3 aspect LCD panel of appropriate size (suzo happ mentioned a 750 tag on some of their bigger 26" LCD monitors... and even then i think they are still 16:9)
Undarated:
Thanks for the info man. It looks like I’m left tearing down my groovymame 27” consumer tv and throwing it in for 15k games only. I’ll try to find another cab with a working vga monitor for 31k games. I’m stuck on native resolutions for some reason. Maybe I’m trying to recreate what I remember playing some of my favorite arcade games on. I don’t think an lcd would satisfy me.
lilshawn:
LCD's are a lot better these days than they used to be...if you have horsepower to spare, the software emulation of CRT scanlines and effects can make things pretty close.