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Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« on: July 13, 2007, 12:28:31 am »
I'm just about done with my latest upright cabinet and looking at what to do next. I think a cocktail cab built from scratch would keep me out of trouble for a little while and I'm trying to decide on what display to use. My upright has a 26" arcade monitor installed horizontally so a dedicated upright cocktail is where I'm heading. I am going to stay away from arcade monitors and use a PC monitor as I got a bit sick of all the tweaking etc with the arcade monitor and tube.
My question is this, will a 21" PC monitor give me a decent display in a cocktail cabinet or should I be looking for something bigger? (bearing in mind that there is a pretty big jump in price for anything over 21").

Thank you
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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2007, 02:11:00 am »
Quote from: Apollo on July 13, 2007, 12:28:31 am
I'm just about done with my latest upright cabinet and looking at what to do next. I think a cocktail cab built from scratch would keep me out of trouble for a little while and I'm trying to decide on what display to use. My upright has a 26" arcade monitor installed horizontally so a dedicated upright cocktail is where I'm heading. I am going to stay away from arcade monitors and use a PC monitor as I got a bit sick of all the tweaking etc with the arcade monitor and tube.
My question is this, will a 21" PC monitor give me a decent display in a cocktail cabinet or should I be looking for something bigger? (bearing in mind that there is a pretty big jump in price for anything over 21").

Thank you

I'd use a 19".
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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2007, 03:43:31 am »
I'd use a 19" widescreen LCD.

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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2007, 10:42:58 am »
I'm using a 4:3 19 inch lcd in mine, great deals on ebay right now, i purchased a nice viewsonic for $75.00, & being 4:3 this will fit the bezels
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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2007, 11:48:50 am »
Quote from: divemaster127 on July 13, 2007, 10:42:58 am
I'm using a 4:3 19 inch lcd in mine, great deals on ebay right now, i purchased a nice viewsonic for $75.00, & being 4:3 this will fit the bezels
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Yeah, not sure what the point of a widescreen LCD is. Seems it would skew all the games if it went full screen or give you bars.
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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2007, 11:57:08 am »
I like bars...I used to visit a lot more of them when I was younger.

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Re: Display recommendations for a new cocktail cabinet project.
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2007, 07:30:24 pm »

I use 19 and 20s in mine.
They are plenty big enough in a cocktail.

Good call on using a PC monitor  ;)

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