Need advice on mounting a 27" VGA monitor in an S shaped cabinet

[eastbayarb]

I have an NEC XV29 A+ Presentation Monitor (Has VGA, S-Video, Composite inputs and speakers) that weighs a little over 100 pounds.

Here are some specs of it including weight and dimensions:

http://www.shopping.com/xPF-NEC_MultiSync_XV29_29_in


I have one of those S shaped (some would call it Z shaped) arcade cabinets. I want to decase the monitor (take the case off the monitor) and put it in my arcade cab, but I wanna know if anyone has any reccomendations on mounting the monitor. I have a wood plank that I could maybe bolt to the inside of the monitor and rest the monitor on top of it, but I don't know if it will hold the weight of the monitor.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I do have a pic of my cab, but I don't know how to post it in this message.

[eastbayarb]

anyone?

[electricd]

Probably need to post the cabinet pic..get a photobucket account and post it there.

[eastbayarb]

electricd,

as far as posting the pic here,  would i just copy and paste the link here or is there a way to directly post the pic here?

thanx

[ArtMAME]

Yes, you can post it directly here.  Here is what you do:

Reply to this post, then click "Additional Options..." just below the window that you are typing in.  It will reveal some check boxes and a line at the bottom that says:

Attach: _____________________________ Browse... (more attachments)

Click the Browse button, which will open a window that says "File Upload" it will let you browse your hard drive.  Go to the subdirectory where your pics are stored, then select the pic, then click the "Open" button.  You will see the path to your pic in the Attach field. 

If you want to attach another one, click (more attachments) and do the same.  When finished, just hit post and you should have your pics attached to the post. 

That's it.  Good luck.

[eastbayarb]

Ok here are pics of my cab (it's about 20.5 inches deep, and 23.5 inches wide)

sorry they aren't that clear, but I am borrowing a crappy digital camera at the moment

http://www.necvisualsystems.com/Documents/UserManuals/xv2940.pdf

above link on page 27 shows the dimensions of the monitor (with the case of course, which I plan to get rid of). The monitor is 97 pounds

[ArtMAME]

Is that 23.5 inches outside dimension? that is counting the thickness of the sides?  If so that is only about 22 inches of space that you have inside.

Honestly, I think you may need a bigger cabinet, or a smaller monitor.   23.5 inches is cutting it pretty close.  I just got an NEC XM-2960 which looks like it is very similar to yours.  I measured the width and it looks like the picture tube is dangerously close to 23.5 inches. 

I would love to put the NEC 29" monitor in my Williams High Impact cabinet, which is 25-1/8" inside dimension.  But I decided not to because it is a little too big, plus I am happy with my 27" TV in the cabinet right now.  Even the 27" TV I had to persuade in there, I did not de-case it, but I had to modify the case a bit.   The monitor is very different from the TV.  So I do not know how you would tackle that.  But here are a few suggestions:

First measure  if you have not already to see if the decased monitor would fit inside your cab.  Then de-case and try what this guy did.  He just slapped the monitor onto an MDF panel, then screwed the pcb onto another shelf inside the cabinet.:

http://www.willcoxonline.com/mame/index.html

Or you could just put a 21" monitor in the current cab.  Save the big monitor for another project.

Or you could build a bigger cabinet from scratch and design it around the dimensions of your NEC monitor. 

[eastbayarb]

It is 23.5 inches INSIDE the cab not counting the thickness of the sides. It is cutting it very close, but I already decased my monitor and I am gonna try. I have seen people decase their monitors and mounted it on some sort of L-shaped bracket (which is probably what I will do).

I will post some better pictures once things really start to progress

[ArtMAME]

That sounds like it would work.  Good luck.