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Sensei:
I personally like about a 27" television. That puts a nice size viewing size about 2 feet from you and it presents a decent looking picture for arcade games.
You'd be surprised but it was hard to find a TV that DIDNT have speakers on the sides (adding unnecessarily to the width). Also I looked for a tv that powered on when you plugged it in. This way you could hook it up to a smart powerbar so that it turned on (and to the proper input) when you powered up the computer. ("one switch to turn them all on").
Also I decided to save on space and go only with a 2 player control panel but no matter what panel layout you're going with...
Major planning and even a cardboard mockup is essential.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Good Luck