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itismejs:
--- Quote from: KrawDaddy on August 24, 2004, 11:08:01 pm ---well guys
Thats 13 POSTS directed toward my snive keyboard comment.
CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Are we ready to move on yet?
:-[
--- End quote ---
Yes....let the discussion on the mouse begin. :)
KrawDaddy:
HA!
15 HA HA HA
pocketbikez:
i like this cab because of its unique shape and high quality construction. the shape isnt like any other cab ive ever seen. did you use any type of classic design for inspiration on the shape?
also this is the first cab ive seen that makes a 27" d9200 look small. what made you decide on the rotating monitor and did you ever consider going with a non rotating 33" to fill it out?
KrawDaddy:
I really dislike monitors that are nearly verticle. The display hurts my eyes and when playing with multiple people it is really uncomfortable for me.
My favorite games are generally verticle games. These games like galage and mspacman have monitors that lay almost flat. very comfortabe on the eyes.
There is no question on the rotating monitor. With the monitor in the horizontal posistion my verticle games have borders and the display is the same size as a 19 in monitor, although the scan lines and proportions look the same, its still differant. When I turn the monitor mspacman is full size and authentic. There is NO COMPARISON. As long as Iam playing MAME with you guys, Ill never build a mame machine without one.
So I Compramised. rotating monitor, and 35 degree monitor, not too verticle but gives the impression of a laydown monitor. Galaga looks wonderful. With the monitor setback alittle 4 player games are very comfortable.
I guess the hole thing is a compramise. The modular design and rotating monitor were the basic ideas that I started with. I built the generic monitor box and I built everything else around it. There work no preconcevied plans. I designed as I built.
I have ideas to slim down the cab next time, but I need that beefy monitor disk. I really like it this way for 4 players, Iam planning on having a cool bezel to fill the corner voids. I would build another one just like it.
Also, remember I can carry this this into my house part by part by myself without a dolly.
patrickl:
I always felt the monitor angle on a Galaga or Pacman cab was an ergonomic nightmare. I'm amazed some people actually like it that way. Don't you get pain in your neck from looking down all the time? If I had been playing Galaga for a couple of hours I could hardly keep my head up straight.
Perhaps in in this case it's not so much an issue though since the screen is so far away from the players anyway. You probably need to worry more about light fixtures on the ceiling reflecting of the monitor.
On the rotating monitor question (by pocketbikez), I think you need a 38" monitor to replace a 27" monitor to get the same size for vertical games without needing rotating. 33" would be a lot smaller.
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