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Sir Auros:


--- Quote from: brock.sampson on February 22, 2008, 09:13:58 am ---...blitz cabinets...

 I'm using a 24" tv for the one I'm currently building for a friend since he didn't want to decase or modify the tv.

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I have a Blitz cabinet, and my pawn shop 25" is less than ideal, so would you mind sharing the make and model of TV you're using?

I actually bought whatever 24" TV was available at Walmart as of last summer, but found that it wouldn't have fit in my Blitz cab without some modifications. I'd be interested in upgrading since the TV I have now only accepts a composite input and sometimes has some discoloration in spots.

brock.sampson:

The one we bought was from walmart as well, 24" RCA http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5633690.  My cab is about 25 1/8" wide and the tv is about 24 7/8".  I'm going to have to pry off the strips that support the bezel and galss to get it in but that's not a big deal.  Lowe's sells 1/2" square dowels that I'll paint and install with screws so they can be removed in the future if necessary.  I don't believe it remembers to power state but does remember the input.  On the 27" sharp tv in mine I bought a $5 universal remote at walmart and scraped the traces for the power button soldered and hot glued wires to them.  Ran those wires to a switch I mounted in the coin reject hole.  I'm going to try for something a little more automated this time around.  Thinking about hacking/building a power strip with a relay to power up everything else and at the same time trip a switch for the remote on the tv.  Not a 100% sure how I'm going to do that yet but I'm still tossing around some ideas.  I have been doing some light reading about girder and lirc remotes.

SavannahLion:


--- Quote from: gatordad on February 22, 2008, 10:19:54 pm ---When looking for tv's you will want one with component (the red green and blue connections)
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Good luck on that. I've been checking out every TV in the shops and none of them have component RGB. It's all YPbPr.

gatordad:


--- Quote from: SavannahLion on February 23, 2008, 12:57:07 am ---
--- Quote from: gatordad on February 22, 2008, 10:19:54 pm ---When looking for tv's you will want one with component (the red green and blue connections)
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Good luck on that. I've been checking out every TV in the shops and none of them have component RGB. It's all YPbPr.

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That's what you want......... the connections are labeled ypbpr and are color coded red green and blue
Sorry if I caused any confusion.
GD

Chewy27:

CheffoJeffo -  I  live in a town called New Liskeard. I am about a 2 hour drive north of North Bay in Ontario.  So not a lot of stores that carry the kind of stuff we need for project like this up here....hehe.

Sorry guys, I didn't make myself very clear.  I understand what to look for if I am picking up a new TV for a monitor. (and that was originally my plan) but I was curious if I would be able to reuse any of the monitors that are in the cab that I am going to pickup.  And if there was anything specific I should be looking for in those as I am trying to decide which one to take.

Thanks
Chewy

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