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Which widesreen monitor is more fit for having a real 4:3 arcade screen?
Solstar:
hello all, which tv monitor should i get (in inches i mean) to properly have the size (on mame) of a real 4:3 arcade monitor? the one you would find in cps2 cabinets?
i mean a winde screen monitor of course, then mame will crop it to 4:3
lilshawn:
honestly the days of accuracy have long past. even the commercially available 4:3 LCD monitors that have cropped up lately have many shortcomings, and are honestly only supplied for compatibility reasons.
just shoehorn the biggest 16:9 monitor you can into your chosen cabinet and crop it down if you wish to show 4:3 size.
Mike A:
A real arcade monitor would be the proper size and it would look fantastic.
Solstar:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on November 21, 2023, 11:33:04 am ---honestly the days of accuracy have long past. even the commercially available 4:3 LCD monitors that have cropped up lately have many shortcomings, and are honestly only supplied for compatibility reasons.
just shoehorn the biggest 16:9 monitor you can into your chosen cabinet and crop it down if you wish to show 4:3 size.
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Yes i do that already, in fact what i meant is which modern 16:9 monitor is the big enough to have the right "size" of a cropped 4.3 monitor? as in as big (tall) as a real arcade monitor would be?
Solstar:
--- Quote from: Mike A on November 21, 2023, 11:53:07 am ---A real arcade monitor would be the proper size and it would look fantastic.
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I have a crt of the right size and resolution but God forbids it works with modern hardware or it looks decent (via scart or s-video).
back in the day i remember there was the arcadevga card but neve worked for me