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Black Friday Sales: Who is going to try the Vertical LCD Based Arcade?
RandyT:
I have to admit, with a relatively "cheap" 42" 1080p (1920 x 1080) LCD possibly being available, the thought of the LCD based cabinet is really starting to crawl under my skin. In previous years, the plasmas didn't go too quickly, so there may actually be a chance of picking one of these up for the advert price without camping out in front of the store.
The idea of dividing up a vertically oriented screen between background art integrating the marquee and game screen has been discussed in the past, but I'm not sure if anyone has actually tried it yet.
A 42" 1080p should allow for large (even VERY large in vertical) games to be played at even resolution multiples, avoiding the dreaded extra pixels. Horizontally, it should provide about the same picture size as a 4:3 27" CRT, but certain resolutions will require some minimal shrinking to "fit" properly. Based on my calculations, the vertically oriented games should be comparable in size to a vertically oriented 4:3 36" CRT, with similar restriction based on resolution. Both orientations will allow for some background art and marquee to match the game.
So the questions are: Has anyone tried this yet, and who (besides me ;D ) is fighting the temptation?
RandyT
bfauska:
I gotta say, as cool as your last "marquee" turned out, I hope you aren't fighting the temptation too hard. ;D
I really sounds like a great idea. The only thing that may be awkward to integrate if you want semi-traditional cab looks would be the monitor and marquee being in the same plane.
I know I'm not fighting it though, not because I wouldn't want to do it, but because I literally don't have room for another partially functional project.
unclet:
One thing is that the speakers would not be located under the marquee anymore either .... might look odd is the speakers were above the marquee. I guess a compromise would be to mount the speakers on the side of the marquee image. Oh well, worth a shot. I thought your other attempt was pretty cool. Do you know of any stores which might have a great deal on such a display? If you do, I would recommend getting there early just to guarantee you have a shot at it. If not, we will most likely being having this talk next year this time..... good luck
ahofle:
Sounds very interesting, but can you even do what you're suggesting anymore with MAME? With the removal of the so called 'clean stretch' from MAME, I didn't think it was possible to use multiples of the game resolution + black borders for the remainder without any 'stretching'.
I'd also like to see a visual pinball emulator made out of one of these.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: ahofle on November 20, 2007, 03:31:52 pm ---Sounds very interesting, but can you even do what you're suggesting anymore with MAME? With the removal of the so called 'clean stretch' from MAME, I didn't think it was possible to use multiples of the game resolution + black borders for the remainder without any 'stretching'.
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This is what I was wondering myself. The artwork system was brought up the last time this was discussed, so one has to wonder whether specific artwork, in conjunction with pre-scaling will be able to get the job done. I'm not well-versed enough in how the artwork system works to know at this moment in time.
Anyone know more about this or have some resources to share on the subject?
RandyT