Author Topic: Wells-Gardner 19" SVGA monitors - $75 (Read 11428 times)

Chris · « **Reply #40 on:** April 11, 2003, 06:06:48 pm »

I don't think the people around here would do that, and the guy selling those monitors on eBay sells a ton of other arcade stuff, too...

Ironically, it was one of those auctions that led me to the deal! I was planning to bid, and I plugged the modem number into Google to find the specs and ran into the BSC website... so we actually owe the auctioner some thanks for indirectly leading us to the deal of the century!

--Chris

MrBond · « **Reply #41 on:** April 12, 2003, 04:35:23 pm »

CRAP! I could have used one of these! Welp, if anyone sees another good deal like this, hopefully I'll see the post in time!

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #42 on:** April 12, 2003, 11:31:47 pm »

Quote from: Magnet_Eye on April 11, 2003, 05:21:52 pm

hope everyone will start posting pics of theirs once they have them going!!!

Here's mine going strong. It'll be replacing an old Popeye monitor that took hours to configure in AdvMame's AdvCFG. This one took less than five minutes - almost every resolution showed up perfectly, just required a little centering.
I set it up as a PC Monitor, first of all I plugged it straight into my cab using the Popeye arcade monitor settings. It got normal VGA resolutions perfectly, but when MONARC kicked in it didn't know what was going on.

This monitor rocks!

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #43 on:** April 12, 2003, 11:35:12 pm »

err...
was supposed to have this bad pic attached.

Chris · « **Reply #44 on:** April 13, 2003, 01:27:46 am »

Wells-Gardner's site says these don't come with power cords. Did you have to create one, or did it come with a cord after all?

--Chris

Snarbald · « **Reply #45 on:** April 13, 2003, 03:08:40 am »

mine had a cord in the box.

Chris · « **Reply #46 on:** April 14, 2003, 11:43:40 am »

For those that missed out on this deal, remember he still has 31 of the 21" PixelTouch monitors available for $75! Those are used, but he's having his techs check their condition for us. I started a new thread at http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=6566 ; I'll post more details in that thread as I discover them.

--Chris

TacoSmuggler · « **Reply #47 on:** April 15, 2003, 03:07:47 am »

I received my monitor today!

I only had time to open the box...It's looks brand spankin new~!

It does have a power cord...I will test it and rport back tomorrow!

$25 shipping to NY..3 days to ship!

Chris · « **Reply #48 on:** April 15, 2003, 09:59:25 am »

I got mine yesterday; it looks brand new as well. Haven't had time to plug it in, though...

The documentation is not the most user-friendly I've seen, though...

Snarbald · « **Reply #49 on:** April 16, 2003, 12:57:20 am »

Mine took approximatly 22 hours from the time I got off the phone with the guy to the monitor showing up at my door. $19 shipping for that.

said7 · « **Reply #50 on:** April 16, 2003, 09:07:24 am »

Hooked up mine last night.

Works like a champ. A little blurry on the rigt side in windows but im assuming this is natural. Cant notice when a game is playing. Ill take pics soon.

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #51 on:** April 16, 2003, 07:32:29 pm »

WOW! I didn't order mine until late last friday afternoon, and got mine today! Fast!

Hooked it up to my PC at 800x600...looks pretty damn good. Only thing was games ran like crap and were "squished," but i am sure this is because i just hooked it up to my regular PC with a geForce card that is running at a high reefresh rate, and this monitor runs at like 31mhz refresh@640x680, don't know what it is at 800x600. I will have to figure that all out.

I will post picks next week i hope. gotta gut my cab, and put it all together!!!

Yippie!

Chris · « **Reply #52 on:** April 16, 2003, 10:31:17 pm »

I was running at 72Hz at 1024x768 and 60Hz at 1280x1024, but it may be capable of higher...

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #53 on:** April 17, 2003, 05:04:30 am »

really? and the games ran perfect for you? I dont know why they ran like crap for me....

hmmm

doesnt like my geforce card?

in my cab i will have an ATI card, maybe that will work better...who knows.

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #54 on:** April 17, 2003, 05:12:31 am »

also, is it just me or are these monitors actually just 18"? I removed my 19" arcade monitor, and it is a lot bigger than this one. The width of this new monitor is just 17"...

when i looked up this model # on wells-gardner, it came up as an 18" monitor.

Chris · « **Reply #55 on:** April 17, 2003, 11:21:38 am »

I've seen thismonitor listed in their docs as both an 18" and a 19" monitor. The official specification sheet calls it a 19" monitor.

TacoSmuggler · « **Reply #56 on:** April 17, 2003, 11:49:08 am »

Quote from: Magnet_Eye on April 17, 2003, 05:12:31 am

also, is it just me or are these monitors actually just 18"? I removed my 19" arcade monitor, and it is a lot bigger than this one. The width of this new monitor is just 17"...

when i looked up this model # on wells-gardner, it came up as an 18" monitor.

I think you are correct. It is a 18" monitor. Unless I am wrong...the part # tells you...WGM1891 . All the documentation I can find on the WG site about these montiors says they are 18" as well.

Chris · « **Reply #57 on:** April 17, 2003, 12:20:42 pm »

Mine has about an 18" viewable area, which is consistent with a 19" PC monitor.

--Chris

rampy · « **Reply #58 on:** April 17, 2003, 03:19:04 pm »

oh boy.. here we go again =P

see this thread actual viewable area of arcade monitors

Arcade monitors and TV's are supposedly report actual viewing area as teh "size" diagonally of the screen (i.e. 19" equals 19" viewable)

PC monitors are a little more dubious in that say... a 21" monitor might have around a 19+" viewable area....

So... that begs the question, would an arcade monitor that was really a PC monitor be measured/advertised like a PC monitor or like an arcade monitor =P

(ps I think these are really 18" monitors -- at least that's my guess, does it matter, it's still awesome, wish I got one!)

rampy

Chris · « **Reply #59 on:** April 17, 2003, 03:39:03 pm »

This would explain why different documents within Wells-Gardner itself disagree on its size. Whoever came up with the model number was obviously used to arcade specs, and wrote it as an 18", but since it is technically a PC monitor, it's official spec sheet shows it as a 19".

This does bring up an interesting point, though! I was about to buy a Happs 19" bezel for it, but since that bezel would be designed for an arcade 19" and not a PC 19", it would be too big for this monitor, wouldn't it?

--Chris

rampy · « **Reply #60 on:** April 17, 2003, 03:47:22 pm »

Quote from: Chris on April 17, 2003, 03:39:03 pm

This would explain why different documents within Wells-Gardner itself disagree on its size. Whoever came up with the model number was obviously used to arcade specs, and wrote it as an 18", but since it is technically a PC monitor, it's official spec sheet shows it as a 19".

This does bring up an interesting point, though! I was about to buy a Happs 19" bezel for it, but since that bezel would be designed for an arcade 19" and not a PC 19", it would be too big for this monitor, wouldn't it?

--Chris

I'm sorry --- my head is spinning now =P

good luck!

rampy

Magnet_Eye · « **Reply #61 on:** April 17, 2003, 08:02:41 pm »

Yes that bezel would be too big. My cab has a bezel for the 19" arcade monitor, it doesnt work. I also had to make custom brackets for this new monitor. Damn, I was hoping the new one would mount just like the arcade one.

Anyway, I believe this is really an 18" monitor, and the viewing area is actually more like 17"! It's kinda small. Especially when i had both of my monitors side by side.

I am still happy with it, but wont be long until I need to upgrade to a 25" !!!

Chris · « **Reply #62 on:** April 18, 2003, 10:43:53 am »

Well, the viewable image on the new monitor is about the same (actually slightly bigger) than my PC 19" monitor, so it looks like my handmade bezel will have to stay in place. Maybe I can reinforce it with something to keep it straight...

--Chris


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