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| jcroach:
Good morning. On my never ending quest to design my cabinet I was thinkgin of ways to get the most bang for my buck. I'm thinking about using a TV as my monitor so that I can also use it for tv viewing and DVD viewing for my den. This raises an interesting question. Most cabinets were designed for people standing up, looking slightly down at the monitor. If it'm going to use it for TV viewing also, I'd want it ata more 90 degree angle to the floor. Does anybody have any experience with this? Will a 90 degree/perpendicular monitor make game playing uncomfortable? Has anyone made one of these all-in-one machines with success? Please share your experiences. Thanks. |
| SpamMe:
It seems to me that the best solution for this kind of thing is to build a showcase cabinet with a removable pedestal, instead of some bizarre hybrid arcade cabinet (no offense meant to those folks with bizarre hybrid cabinets). ;) |
| jcroach:
--- Quote from: SpamMe on July 12, 2005, 03:36:46 pm ---It seems to me that the best solution for this kind of thing is to build a showcase cabinet with a removable pedestal, instead of some bizarre hybrid arcade cabinet (no offense meant to those folks with bizarre hybrid cabinets). ;) --- End quote --- Yeah, I thought about this, but I love the look of the classic cabinets. I want to maintain that shape. What about a cabinet where I could change the angle of the monitor? Like a tilt pedestal on a PC monitor? |
| jcroach:
.........bump....... Can anyone help me with this? I did find this thread: LINK It talks about building a tilting base for a monitor for gaming and TV viewing. Has anyone done this? Would a 90 degree angle be unbarable for playing games on? |
| versapak:
It depends on your distance from the TV. Generally speaking though... The distance at which you would be standing at a standard arcade cabinet would make straight up vertical monitor pretty horrible to stand and play at. The only problem I would see with a tilting base, would be that you would have to set the TV further back from the front glass, and having a bezel solution accommodate that movement. As mentioned above, I think the ideal solution for your situation would be a showcase cab. |
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