Monitor Question for cocktail kit

[stephenp1983]

I am looking at this monitor http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/491337vp2lg.htm for the kit im ordering from arcadedepot and have a couple of questions.

Since this one is vga/svga can I plug in a standard vga cable to it and connect it to a computer, or will I need something else? 

Will this be a good choice for vertical only games in the cocktail?

[grantspain]

should just plug and play,standard vga will suffice
its gonna be a big cocktail cab though with a 19" monitor,it that the size suggested by arcadedepot and also how do you mount the monitor?
i have seen early versions of this a few years back in the u.k and they used a bulk standard pc monitor

[stephenp1983]

Yeah from what I've gather from talking to him and looking at the examples a 19 inch monitor is what will fit.

The mounting is going to be a pain, I'm sure I'll have to rig something up for that.  I'll probably mount it to the side that opens up with the top like the picture below:

[nen10dough]

Hi new user.  I'm also buying a cocktail cabinet from arcadedepot, and I was looking at this model to buy as well.  Then I ran accross some negative posts about Happs and WG monitors.  Something along the lines of them being prone to blow out.  Should I steer clear of these brands?  Some people mentioned Billabs and Betson as good alternatives, can anyone attest to them?

[grantspain]

thats gonna be alot of weight to put on that panel,i would ask for pics showing previous finished cabs and the monitor mounting options
if you mounted a monitor on that panel and it dropped your cab would fall apart also i would imagine that panel is used to mount the pc/psu and control interface as you would need to access these items easily for service and repair