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arcade & and pc montior both 19" inches is there noticible a size difference ?
rlemmon:
Very helpfull, Thanks guys ! :)
whatzcrackn:
Happs has a 19" Vision Pro for 149.00. I have one and love it. My kids and I love the arcade games. It is a console cab and Xbox and PS2 games still looks good, Even when the Wifey watches DVD's. I think it was a good choice for me. I have not looked back.
CheffoJeffo:
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--- Quote ---They look GREAT on a PC monitor, and passable at best on an arcade monitor.
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You must have your priorities in order when you make your decision. If you go with a PC monitor, YES, vector games will look better. You will also have an easier time setting things up. But you WILL NOT GET AN AUTHENTIC LOOK with 95% of the games out there (any standard res game will not look authentic...even with the scan line trickery that MAME can produce). Yes, as indicated above, Vector games will look substantially better...Medium and Hi-Res games will look much better (no interlacing), but since the vast majority of MAME ROM's are standard res, this is something to think about.
I disagree that Vector games look "passable at best" on an arcade monitor. I play Tempest nonstop on my arcade monitor and it looks pretty damn spiffy....though NOT as smooth as a standard PC monitor would display of course...but my Donkey Kong looks 100% authentic!
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Have a look an an authentic vector game side-by-side with your std res raster monitor and then come "raise your voice" about authentic looks.
I think NoOne=NBA= was being charitable with his characterization ... vectors on std res rasters ain't passable in my books.
I agree about priorities ... pick a monitor that is best for what you want to play. For some people, vectors are important and vector monitors are becoming increasingly scarce.
Cheers
BamBam:
Saint has a nice explanation of this in his book and even has some colour pics of all types of monitors on the included CD-ROM.
I personally have a Samsung Syncmaster 19" as it was already laying around. I have been gaming since the seventies and it does not make a difference to me. The 19" monitor from Happs seems like a good deal, but watch the shipping as these bad boys are heavy.
John
tranq:
I played a Star Wars conversion (not sure what it used to be) and it had a raster monitor (likely std res). It was blech.
And regarding monitor size, I just can't play anything that isn't at least 19" viewable....although, what really confuses me is the lot of you who were, say, like I was, between 7 and 13 and want it to be authentic. To me, authentic means it's the same size as when I was that age. You'll notice original cabs were made for shorter, smaller people - hence, a cab now MUST be larger. And so if the monitor ain't at least 25", it ain't big enough. Anything else is just settling.