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Midnight Tboy:
Hi there,

seeing as it looks like too hard work for my first effort to start wiring up a genuine arcade monitor (aswell as acquiring a cheap one here in the uk :( ), I think I'm going to opt to get a cheap TV in the next few days, will be calling into the near second hand stores for a look about.

What I want to know is though.

As arcade monitors are generally barebone, so inside the arcade cabinet (using the project arcade books lucid plans for supporting up to a 27" screen) you can more or less use a full screen taking up most of the space in the cabinet as you're hiding the rest

now with a TV though, they come in different shapes and sizes for the plastic casing around the screen itself.  Now one option is to leave it as it is, and hide as much as possible with the bezel, downside is that have to find a TV with as narrow features as possible (no huge speakers stuck on side etc).....or is it possible or OK to take the TV to bits and assemble it in its naked form inside the cabinet...reason being is the project arcade book seems to suggest that you wouldn't take a TV to bits if using it, but obv I'd like to get the biggest screen possible in the cabinet


many thanks in advance,
Tuck

testicle187:
If you are using the Lusid plans get a 27" TV with the speakers under the screen.  If I remember right, try to find one 26" or less in width.  It should fit fine. 

SteveJ34:

--- Quote from: testicle187 on April 15, 2005, 06:52:25 am ---If you are using the Lusid plans get a 27" TV with the speakers under the screen.  If I remember right, try to find one 26" or less in width.  It should fit fine. 

--- End quote ---

If you follow Lucid plans verbatim the internal width is 26" as that is the width dimensions for the monitor shelf, top, back, bottom, etc so you'll want something less than 26" edge to edge if you plan to keep it in the case.

I created a slightly modified version from this base design couple of years back and used a 27" Toshiba which is about 25" in width edge to edge still in its case which fits just fine.

GameOver:
I'd even suggest using a 24" TV (I did!).  I thought a 27" would be a bit overwhelming standing about 1ft away playing games.  The 24" has worked out fantastic!  Click on my web link if you want to see some screen shots of MAME running on my 24" RCA.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: GameOver on April 16, 2005, 10:24:39 pm ---I'd even suggest using a 24" TV (I did!).  I thought a 27" would be a bit overwhelming standing about 1ft away playing games.

--- End quote ---

I have a 27" RGB and it's a little large at first, but one gets used to it.  Keep in mind that a vertical game is almost exactly 19" diagonal on a 27" horizontally oriented monitor. 

Better to be a little big in one direction than too small in the other, IMHO.

RandyT

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