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HP w1907v 19" widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio) - ok for a vertical shump bartop ?
firedance:
Hi,
a mate as got a HP w1907v 19" widescreen (1440x900 max res) monitor that he's giving away, its an 16:10 aspect ratio, would this be suitable for a vertical shump setup without borders or would i have to run with a squashed/stretched screen.
i have a "pinball v arcade"-coinops (never used a coinops build before, should be easy enough to work with i hope) that i may throw on there IF the monitor is suitable, thoughts ?
(sorry if this is in the wrong forum, wasn't sure to put it here or the software forum)
thanks in advance for any help :)
snappleman:
Well that depends. The aspect ratio wouldn't matter as I assume the games will still be in 4:3 vertical, you'd have letterboxing on the top and bottom which wont be as bad as on a 16:9. The real issue is the viewing angle as consumer LCDs for the most part are designed to be properly viewable horizontally, when flipped vertically most do not retain a proper viewing angle which means the colors and contrast will shift dramatically depending on where you're standing, and it doesn't always look proper looking at it dead on. It's amazing how you don't notice these things when viewing it horizontally but vertical it looks like a gamegear screen at times.
firedance:
Thank you for the reply, think I'll get it off him as it's free and do some testing, if it's not suitable then at least I have a spare monitor :D
pbj:
16:10 in full screen is so close to 4:3 that you won’t notice the difference.
Gilrock:
16:10 is nice for a backglass monitor on a vpin. I had to pay a bit more to find a used one when I built mine.