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ArtMAME:

--- Quote from: Havok on October 11, 2006, 02:38:55 pm ---I think that these guys that are hard core CRT users haven't seen a newer LCD screen and are basing their judgement on older LCD technology.

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Yes, you are correct... We like to feel the steady stream of  electron radiation hitting us in the face  :o :o as we blast our enemies into quantum partilces!!!  All just part of recreating the arcade experience  ;D

Also, CRTs are cheap these days, LCDs are very practicle as they are nice and compact, but they are expensive still.

Anyway, it is a personal choice, it is your project, and you can do what ever you want with it.  Do what looks good to you.  I have always been the happiest when I did it my way and made my own choices.  It is good to explore options and suggestions, and I have done that too, but at the end of the day, it is your project, and you should choose to do what ever makes you happy  ;D   :soapbox:   ;D 
ArtMAME:

--- Quote from: johnm160 on October 11, 2006, 03:11:02 pm ---I have no problem decasing the monitor, it is just that LCD's are so much easier to find then a good 19" CRT these days.

I really can't make the case bigger I already have an original Control Panel and Marquee to go in it.

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Try Craigslist or your local Goodwill store.  I stop by Goodwill often and have gotten 21" monitors for under $20.   

Remember, 19" PC monitor is actually like 18.1" viewable.  Standard 19" arcade monitors are actually 19" viewable.  But this slight difference should not be a big deal.

I am experimenting with this right now. I am picking up a 19" PC monitor today from Craigslist so I can decase it and put it in a converted Robotron cabinet.  I have a 21" PC monitor in there, but it sticks out the back by 1" so I can't close it up. 
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But the 19" should fit in there. 

19" LCD would definitely fit, but like we saw in the previous post, I am hardore CRT all the way baby...  :cheers:
johnm160:
That vector board looks interesting but if I had an affordable working vector monitor I would probably just buy a board set for it.

I will have to steal my coworkers moniter to see what it looks like on an LCD.

I ask so I can learn what I don't know  ::)  I was planning an arcade monitor untill I stumbled across a thread where someone was very unhappy with one.

Humm, we have loads of pawn shops in florida, maybe I can find something there.
ArtMAME:
Go for it.  You can get a 19" PC monitor for $10 to $50 depending on where you go. 

I got a Centipede cabinet that I was gonna MAME, but decided to get original parts for it.  about $500 worth of parts later, I still don't have a working Centipede  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I should have just MAMEd the Centipede with a PC and a PC monitor, I would have spent much less and I would have a working Centipede by now.  Well, you live and learn.

Go for what is easiest and most convenient and what will make you happy.  I guess is what I am trying to say :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox:
johnm160:

--- Quote from: ArtMAME on October 11, 2006, 04:12:11 pm ---Go for it.  You can get a 19" PC monitor for $10 to $50 depending on where you go. 

I got a Centipede cabinet that I was gonna MAME, but decided to get original parts for it.  about $500 worth of parts later, I still don't have a working Centipede  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I should have just MAMEd the Centipede with a PC and a PC monitor, I would have spent much less and I would have a working Centipede by now.  Well, you live and learn.

Go for what is easiest and most convenient and what will make you happy.  I guess is what I am trying to say :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox:

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Wow sorry to hear that!
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