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I thought of an idea. A self-contained MAME control panel
The cranky hermit:
You know those 17cm*17cm mini-ITX motherboards? What if you stuck one of those inside the CP, connected an IPac directly to it, and attached BNC cables to it so you could plug the CP directly into your TV without requiring a whole? Is this a good idea, or is it just wishful thinking?
anthony691:
--- Quote from: The cranky hermit on May 19, 2003, 09:33:59 pm ---You know those 17cm*17cm mini-ITX motherboards? What if you stuck one of those inside the CP, connected an IPac directly to it, and attached BNC cables to it so you could plug the CP directly into your TV without requiring a whole? Is this a good idea, or is it just wishful thinking?
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There has been talk of this before. IMHO these arn't a good idea, but I'm wierd.
Generic Eric:
The thing to consider with the type of board you mentioned is wether or not you will be using its onboard video. If so, what is the quality. Does this board allow you to output to a tv? The same goes for the quality of the audio.
Consider those points and any others that you would normally make when purchasing a new motherboard. If the quality is acceptable to you, and the price point is what you are looking for, then only you can prevent forest fires. I mean make the decission.
BobA:
Arcade in a box has been done. Buy one here or get plans.
http://arcadeinabox.com/
BobA
TheTick:
I was gonna do that originally when I built my first control panel 2 years ago (bigger motherboard though). I decided that the computer would likely also be used for DVD, DiVX, MP3, etc; so I set out to build the following:
1) Home Theatre PC (always connected to the TV)
2) Portable Control Panel (preferably with a single USB cable)
Its worked out well so far. The control panel can be moved from room to room (to different computers). And the computer gets much more use than just playing games (also doubles as a TIVO like device).