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TheDriver:
I am adding an LCD to my jamma project, it's a proper arcade one though that sync's down to 15hz, have you thought about just getting an arcade mon instead of an actual PC/TV monitor??? they are not that much more price wise.

Regards.

EDIT: Pay no attention to me, if I had read it properly I would have noticed you are trying to get artwork etc... displayed also which means it does'nt need to sync to the proper resolution for arcade rgb signal, my bad, sorry!  :-[
DrWho:
I picked up 2 42in 1080 polaroids LCDs from walmart at $798 each.

Awesome.  Thinking about using 1 to integrate into a Mameroom showcase cab.

Sweet!
genesim:
What is the response time on those Poloroids?   I have a plasma at 42 inch, but I hate reflections of any kind.    Still, I hate to drop down in quality either because it is a Samsung and the picture is so good...when you can see it.   The 1080p thing bugs me as well.   I just want to be up on tech but at the same time, I don't know how pressing this all is...wish I could go back in time.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: DrWho on November 23, 2007, 09:38:52 am ---I picked up 2 42in 1080 polaroids LCDs from walmart at $798 each.

Awesome.  Thinking about using 1 to integrate into a Mameroom showcase cab.


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Glad to hear it!  I got in line 5 minutes before the doors opened and, as I expected, of the 300+ people in front of me only one person grabbed a 42" 1080p before I did.  There were still a couple sitting there when I checked out 15 minutes later.

That being said, I went back to Walmart about an hour and a half later to see if any scraps of the deals were left (they still had a lot of $12.88 2GB SD cards that I missed the first time through) and the rest of the 1080p's were all gone.  There were still some of the smaller screens available though.

It does look like public misconception played a role.  While pushing around the 1080p, an odd woman who obviously thought she had scoped out the best deals everywhere commented to me that "it was a good price, but that she got one for $399 elsewhere."  Of course when I told her that the units weren't the same and that 1080p had about 1.2 million more pixels than the 720p unit she bought, I was met with about as much understanding as if I had said it to the cart she was pushing.  Oh well...all the better for those who knew what they were looking for.

Congrats to the others who picked one up.  Half of the creative process is actually having the stuff to be creative with.  Now the search for decent, reasonably priced video cards with 1920x1080 resolution begins.  Any suggestions?



--- Quote from: genesim on November 23, 2007, 12:09:43 pm ---What is the response time on those Poloroids?

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The response time is 8ms.  I fired up the Transformers movie DVD in an upscaling DVD player to check it  out.  Lots of fast motion and I can't say that I saw any blur.  If it passed that test, it's a good sign that others will fare well.

RandyT

Cakemeister:

--- Quote from: RandyT on November 23, 2007, 02:03:44 pm ---
Now the search for decent, reasonably priced video cards with 1920x1080 resolution begins.  Any suggestions?


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The current price/performance leaders are the NVidia 8800GT and the ATI Radeon HD 3870, roughly $200 (MSRP, they are not that cheap now)

It all depends on what your definition of "decent" and "reasonably priced" are. :)
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