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Before buying a Wells-Gardner monitor, read about their problems
Ummon:
--- Quote from: combobreaker on January 10, 2009, 01:49:57 am ---Avoid Billabs, I paid 540 dollars for a used piece of S##t!!!!
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Which model?
--- Quote from: BlazzingFlippers on February 03, 2009, 07:58:09 pm ---Anyone using the D9800? I just got my cabinet built and am now looking to buy the monitor. I'm seeing the D9800 online for around $375. Would really like to know what you all think and if anyone has used one before. Thanks in advance! ;)
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Look in the D9400 thread - or do a search.
isucamper:
--- Quote from: BlazzingFlippers on February 03, 2009, 07:58:09 pm ---Anyone using the D9800? I just got my cabinet built and am now looking to buy the monitor. I'm seeing the D9800 online for around $375. Would really like to know what you all think and if anyone has used one before. Thanks in advance! ;)
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I've had the D9800 in my MAME cabinet for a few months now. Running it with Soft15-Khz and it looks great. Geometry is not perfect on all resolutions and it seems like I'm constantly tweaking the picture settings, but I'm still just getting things set up. I'm hoping once I've had everything running for awhile, I won't be tweaking the picture as much.
One thing I have been wondering... am I killing this monitor by constantly switching resolutions on it? I've got my front end running at 640x480, and most of the games running at their native 15Khz resolutions, so over the course of an evening, there's a heck of a lot of switching going on. Would it be better to run the front end at 640x480i at 15Khz?
Now that I've gone native, I dont' think I could ever go back, but I don't want to have to buy a new one of these monitors every year because I'm stressing it too much.
isucamper:
Well, I went the the WG website, and I found someone in Technical Support to email and ask about the resolution switching. I specifically asked about switching from VGA to CGA and back again 15-30 times a night. Here's his reply.
--- Quote ---Hello Noah.
Talking to the Engineering Staff about this switching, if it would cause premature breakdown, they said it should not have any effect on the longevity of this monitor.
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I actually find this hard to believe, but at this point, I've got no reason to think I'm going to kill my monitor by doing this.
Ummon:
You may've missed the particularly recent discussion on this?
atomikbohm:
Please forgive me if I'm missing something but, I'm a noob and looking for a decent monitor to put in my 1st cab build ever and am a little confused by a number of things. :dunno
By and large everyone agrees :
Digital Wells monitors = bad? (except for maybe D9800s?)
Analog Wells Monitors = good?
Other brands posted by Ken = Good
frequent Rez switching = bad?
Right?
How long can I expect my investment in 25" or larger arcade monitor to last before I have to break out the multi meter and soldering iron? (and pray that the HV shock monkey's don't get me ;D)
and on another total noob note ... can anyone give me some good advise on where to find a good deal on a good vga or better monitor. I'm in St. Paul MN. I'd really rather not spend top dollar if I can avoid it and really don't want to buy a really expensive door stop. :angry:
Thanks