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| Thread Killer:
I'm using a generic Konami 4-player cabinet (the one used for Simpsons, TMNT, etc) for my MAME project, and plan to put a 20" Panasonic TV into the cab. The cabinet was designed for a 25" monitor, and has a shelf for it inside. I'm assuming that this shelf was the only thing supporting the original monitor, and even though it is in good shape, I fear that the 55-lb. TV will cause it to collapse at some point. For anyone who is familiar with these type of cabinets, are my concerns unwarranted, or should I definitely be seeking some way of reinforcing the shelf? |
| paigeoliver:
The original 25" or 27" monitor weighs more than any 20" TV. I know, I carried one of those monitors up the steps today. Get a 25" TV instead, so it fills the monitor cavity. A 4-player cab with a 20" monitor is gonna look silly. |
| Thread Killer:
I was looking around for several months, but couldn't find any 25" TVs that had component video input. The screens of all the 27" sets that I found probably would've been cut off at the top due to their height, and there was barely any room to create a lower monitor shelf. The 20 incher just fits, so I doubt that I could've used anything larger w/o removing the case. |
| paigeoliver:
Dude, just REMOVE THE CASE. If your looking at a 20" monitor in a giant 4 player cabinet the LAST THING you are noticing is the small quality difference between s-video and component. Call your local operators and see if you can scrounge a frame for a 25" or 27" monitor. Heck, see if you can scrounge a 25" or 27" monitor. If so, then buy a TV set to match the size of the frame you bought. Open your set. A new modern set will have the picture tube, a tiny neckboad and a very small PCB board. Read up on monitor safety. But if you buy a brand new set and don't power it up first then it isn't going to have a charge anyway. Tube gets installed in the arcade monitor frame, as long as you buy a traditional curved tube set then the tube will bolt right in. The chassis gets installed as well. Use PCB feet (radioshack) to install the monitor PCB. BOOM, looking good now, or as good as you can look with a TV. I have that cab, it dwarfs my other 15 games. It dwarfs my cab with the 29" monitor, it makes my big jumbo 1970s games look small. It even makes my star wars cockpit look small. Don't waste that cab with a tiny monitor. If you CAN'T scrounge a frame then you can mount the tube on plywood (many japanese games came this way anyway). Use 3/4" plywood. Cut a piece the size of the entire monitor cavity, and then trace the bezel on it to figure out the exact cut out needed. I have done this, it isn't hard. |
| Thread Killer:
I wouldn't mind forking out the dough to buy an arcade monitor, but it's the safety concerns that are the issue. I assume that the anode would be exposed on an open-case TV as well, so I'd rather avoid that. Hopefully one day a company will release an arcade monitor that closes off the high-voltage areas, so that uncoordinated people like me can safely handle one. Until then, the 20" TV seems like an OK stopgap measure. |
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