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koz319:


I guess I'm going to go against the crowd here a little, but I would go with the rotating 21" CRT.   It's obvious from your posts that either maximizing the utilization of the monitor, or viewing the games in their original aspect ratio/resolution is important to you, which would suggest going with a rotating setup.  And once you have decided to go with a rotating setup, it's really not that much more difficult to build a rig to support a 21" CRT than anything else. 

(For the record, my cab has a 21" rotating CRT in it, so maybe I'm biased :) It's  been working for over four years with no problems)

As far as LCD's go, I actually like them more than CRTs for regular computer use, but to me the classic arcade games just don't look the same on an LCD.


Koz


Green Giant:


--- Quote from: koz319 on October 23, 2007, 10:08:53 am ---
I guess I'm going to go against the crowd here a little, but I would go with the rotating 21" CRT.   It's obvious from your posts that either maximizing the utilization of the monitor, or viewing the games in their original aspect ratio/resolution is important to you, which would suggest going with a rotating setup.  And once you have decided to go with a rotating setup, it's really not that much more difficult to build a rig to support a 21" CRT than anything else. 

(For the record, my cab has a 21" rotating CRT in it, so maybe I'm biased :) It's  been working for over four years with no problems)

As far as LCD's go, I actually like them more than CRTs for regular computer use, but to me the classic arcade games just don't look the same on an LCD.


Koz


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Does yours autodegauss when you rotate it.  Having to hit the degauss button every time would be a big hitch in this plan.

quanlee:

I used a 19" LCD in my Ms Pacman, and love it.



Q*bert:


--- Quote from: quanlee on October 23, 2007, 11:43:20 am ---I used a 19" LCD in my Ms Pacman, and love it.
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quanlee,

Is that an unusual cocktail design, or is it just the camera perspective that makes an upright look odd?

quanlee:

It's a Ms Pacman Upright... here's another pic.



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