UAII TVs?

[Lactose]

What sort of TVs are people using in their UAII cabinets these days? The 27" Toshiba BestBuy sells is like 29"wide and the UAII web page says that it only has 27" of width for the monitor. I'd rather not go through the hassle of an arcade monitor if I don't have to.

[Elfman]

Well it sounds like you bought the pre-packaged UAII kit.

[ahofle]

Yes, it's very irritating how speakers seem to always be on the sides now.  I personally wish TVs didn't come with speakers in the first place, but that's another story.  I ended up with a 24" Apex TV that fit in my UAII pretty well.  It took a lot of searching though (and it doesn't auto power on or remember the last channel  )

[Timoe]

This is off topic but I love the arcade sounds from your ambience project, ahofle.

[versapak]

It does not auto power up after shut down.  I've discovered that if the power button is held down by something though that it will power up and stay on when you plug it in.  I'f just gonna screw something to the TV case to hold the button down.

That is the same with the Sansui I put in mine. Though thing to note, is that if the power buttons is held in, You can NOT change the channel or volume or anything else, with either the remote or the buttons on the TV (At least is the case the Sansui).

Not that this is really much of a problem if your screen is going to be soley dedicated to the arcade cab, but if you had to promise the wife that it would still be usable as a TV if needed, then... 

[Lactose]

Well it sounds like you bought the pre-packaged UAII kit.  Is that correct?  If you didn't, you can make your UAII cab as wide as you want.  I made mine so it will accept a 28'' TV.   Hoping to pick up the TV sometime soon. 

I haven't bought anything yet, planning everything first and the width of the UAII prebuilt sounds a bit iffy.

Insignia 27" CRT Stereo TV with S-Video Input

Plus it is pretty cheap at $179 and is just under 26'' wide.

Wow, nice. Does it suffer from the power on/channel memory issue a lot of TVs have?

[picasso]

I just finished my cab and it is a UAII kit.  I used the JVC 27" TV that people talk about in the forums.  I believe it is JVC-27A33.  They are discontinued but,  I found that Conns Appliances and Electronics still have the around.   The power stays on when turned off and speakers are on the bottom.    Not to mention it slides in perfectly with the UAII cab.


                Paul

[ahofle]

This is off topic but I love the arcade sounds from your ambience project, ahofle.

[Timoe]

Yeah, my model of TV remembers the input it was last on after the power goes out. (S video)

[the3eyedblindman]

Only use the UA2 plans for the side dimensions...you have to buy the tv first and base the width length accordingly based on the width of the tv, I think I did the width of the tv then 2 inches each way.

[Lactose]

I plan to just order the kit rather than cut and prepare the wood myself, so I'm hoping to find a tv that fits in the existing scheme. The Insignia one sounds like it'd fit, although I've never heard of that company before.

[picasso]

I plan to just order the kit rather than cut and prepare the wood myself, so I'm hoping to find a tv that fits in the existing scheme. The Insignia one sounds like it'd fit, although I've never heard of that company before.

Look at my post above.   The JVC works perfectly if you can find it.   It has component input and I am using it with an ATI card and the DVI to component adapter and it works awesome.   Better than s-video with very little over scan.  I run at 640x432 and all games look really good.    Like I said above the you can still find it at some Conn Appliance stores.   You might also find it other places as well.  I have seen some of Ebay also.

                   Paul

[Elfman]

Well I picked up the Insignia and other than the Silver color (which all TV's seem to be these days), this is a pretty good TV for the price.

It does remember last channel but I don't think it will remember the power on state even though I haven't tried it.  ( I don't have a bezel and just turn it on by hand.)

But the channel memory is a good thing for sure.  It fit perfectly in my cab with about a 1/2 inch on either side to spare.

[MinerAl]

Most tv tubes are held into the plastic case with 4 screws/bolts.  Without a great deal of effort or stress, you can take the case off the tube and boards in a tv.  Then just screw the tube to a board with an appropriately sized hole in it and mount it that way.   Put the speakers anywhere (or nowhere) you want.  I mounted a 24" Apex TV this way 4 years ago and threw out the side speakers... still works great and fits the original 24" hole in the cab perfectly.