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VGA Arcade Monitor or S-Video to TV
bhadsock:
I am looking for comments or suggestions for the video portion of a MAME cabinet I am building. The PC I am using already has an S-Video output and I am thinking of using that as an input to a 25" or 27" TV or my other option was to get a Wells Gardner 27" VGA Arcade Monitor.
What are the positive and negative points of either option?
Thanks for any responses.
SNAAAKE:
dude there is nothing to decide here...go with vga arcade monitor..its the only way you wont blind yourself..tv is just too weird...i cant stand tv..even with s-video..its horrible..maybe its just me but after playing on vga arcade for a while..i tried 2 different tv s....my eye balls almost fell out of the sockets.i started crying on how the display was..
besides why do you think it cost twice the money.
good tv=$250....$300
vga arcade=$500
personally i cant afford 27" and its too big..because i am the only one plays..i got 19" but i have seen 27" onces.
BombProofPlane:
if you use a scan converter or an ati card it looks pretty good to me
the price is high on the arcade monitors because of low demand.
Slice:
I have the option of using either a TV or arcade monitor in my Cab, I have an ATI card with a TV out so this would be the easy option. I've used the Arcade Mon in the previous setup of my cab and in version2 I'm having a few problems with the way I'm trying to set things up. But to me the results with the monitor are worth it in the end.
Scan convertors are hated by some people, I've never used one but there has been endless debate about them here and to be honest the impression I get is that to get really good results you need to buy an expensive one.
My advise is this - get things set up and hook it up to a regular TV (Out of your Cabinet) and see if YOU like the results. If you like what you see, problem solved!!!!!!!
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bhadsock:
I have not built the cabinet yet, so I currently have my computer hooked up to a 32" TV and the quality on that looks good, but it does feel like it strains my eyes. Is this something a VGA arcade monitor can ease?