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chrimeg:
Just wondering if someone could help me here.
I'm building my mame cabinet and looking to use a 27" T.V.
What connections on the TV should I look for and what about the Video Card? Currently my video card only has an SVGA connection going to a computer monitor.
Can anyone give me some info/help here?
Thanks
TOK:
Welcome! :cheers:
I think you should get a TV w/Component. I'm using a 27" Toshiba with a Radeon 9550 and Component adapter. Lots of people have traveled this path, check out the Monitor/Video section for tons of info.
Fozzy The Bear:
Depends where you are located.
In the UK or Europe, you have access to a SCART connection on TV sets. Which gives you an RGB input. Effectively bypassing the TV circuits and turning it into a 15Khz Arcade monitor.
In the USA and most of the rest of the world TV's don't have SCART connectors. So you have the option of S-Video or Component. Out of those two component will give the best results.
As far as video cards, you should take a look at the ArcadeVGA card from Ultimarc. www.ultimarc.com (also works perfectly with TV's equipped with SCART sockets).
You could also, take a look at pretty much any ATI card that has S-Video out if you intend to use S-video. But the ArcadeVGA card will generate native resolutions that the original games played in, without the computer having to do quite so much work.
If, you're going the component video route, then look for a TV that can handle as high a resolution as possible and a video card that can output component video.
It also wouldn't hurt you any to read the WIKI http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/ before asking questions on here. Many of the answers you seek can be found there.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Daniel B.:
Component is by far the best solution for us in the US for TV's, however, it doesn't always work. I have a radeon 9500 pro, with svideo out. I got one of the svid/component dongles and it only transmits in b/w. I don't know if it's the card, or the tv. I swapped out for Svideo, and it looks fine to me. In the future, I will try to use component again, but for the time being s-video appears to suit.
BORIStheBLADE:
For component you mean this right?