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lettuce:
Is the E3000 chassis digital??...i think this bulge and dim effect you talk about is due to the digital chassis!. I have this dim and brighten effect on both my Sharp and Bush TV...but the Sony none of this what so ever!! I just wish there was someway to rotate the display just a few degress so it square!...does the CCC has an option for the ATI gfx card to rotate the display in degrees??
Zebidee:
I can also attest to the Loewe's with the Philips screens and E3000 chassis as being superior to most or all other brands.
I've used a few Loewes in cabs before. My best friend is still using a Loewe in the cab I made for him in 2006! I have also used the Philips screens, from Loewe and other brands, combined with brand new a Sharp SI custom arcade chassis in several cabs.
I am also currently using a 26" Loewe in my vertical cab. However, I don't use this nearly as much as my main horz cab. With this Loewe, I do notice a dot-crawl on red and there is a thin strip (1/2 cm wide) of discolouration on the top of the screen (actually the left as it is vertically mounted) that my local Loewe service guy had no simple explanation for.
I have used a couple of Thomsons in cabs and found them to be really impressive. Quite simple electronics but gets the job done. I am currently using a 20" Thomson TV in a vertical cab, fitted with a 48-in-1 chassis and operating daily in the amenities/lunch room at my office! It has been working well for 2-3 year now.
Paradroid:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on February 04, 2012, 07:19:29 pm ---I can also attest to the Loewe's with the Philips screens and E3000 chassis as being superior to most or all other brands.
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Zebidee, the pics of your cabs make me drool! :notworthy: The "PRINCESS ARCADE GAMES CABINET" in particular does big things for me.
However, what I am dying to know is this: have you ever managed to get 256 vertical lines showing correctly with an E3000 chassis?! If it weren't for the fact that I can't get every line of R-Type to show on an E3000 I'd end the search for the perfect monitor right now.
If you get a chance, I'd love for you to spend some time testing how many lines you can get an E3000 to show. If you succeed, I'd be mighty interested in knowing what settings and switches you used. As it stands, even 240 line games have missing lines for me. Adjusting the V-Size simply shrinks a cropped image (on my Grundigs adjusting the Height reveals the missing lines).
BTW, I'm using Arcade_OSD, crt_emudriver and GroovyMAME for my testing (and playing ;) ).
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Paradroid on February 05, 2012, 01:15:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Zebidee on February 04, 2012, 07:19:29 pm ---I can also attest to the Loewe's with the Philips screens and E3000 chassis as being superior to most or all other brands.
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Zebidee, the pics of your cabs make me drool! :notworthy: The "PRINCESS ARCADE GAMES CABINET" in particular does big things for me.
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Thanks! That Princess cab was one of my favourites to restore. Deep scratches in the 70's wood veneer responded really well to acrylic wood putty mixed with light brown acrylic paint being rubbed in. Popped a TEAC TV into it and had a new control panel done up by a metal shop. Got some Pacman-inspired art professionally printed for the control panel surface and marquee. Sold it for $500, even without a PC.
I haven't done much arcade stuff for a while and most of my cabs have been sold now. I only have four remaining: Wonder Boy (5th from left, new 20" arcade monitor, fully JAMMA original Gottlieb cab w/ WBoy PCB), the vertical cab with Donkey Kong Jnr in the picture (8th from left, has the 26" Loewe) and the dark blue one (10th from left, 27" Sony professional video monitor). Oh, and a vertical cab with 20" Thomson TV and 48-in-1 PCB in the lunch room at work (not pictured).
--- Quote ---However, what I am dying to know is this: have you ever managed to get 256 vertical lines showing correctly with an E3000 chassis?! If it weren't for the fact that I can't get every line of R-Type to show on an E3000 I'd end the search for the perfect monitor right now.
If you get a chance, I'd love for you to spend some time testing how many lines you can get an E3000 to show. If you succeed, I'd be mighty interested in knowing what settings and switches you used. As it stands, even 240 line games have missing lines for me. Adjusting the V-Size simply shrinks a cropped image (on my Grundigs adjusting the Height reveals the missing lines).
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Hmmm, I don't recall ever having problems with getting 256 lines on other Loewes I have used.
The Loewe in my vertical is the only one I currently have. It is a Calida 5763, but on re-inspection it turns out that this is a 'Blackline' series Q414 chassis, which is actually a 100hz digital chassis. I did this cab many years ago. Technically very nice except for the dot-crawl on red that I mentioned previously. It manages 256 lines easily (just tested it).
--- Quote ---BTW, I'm using Arcade_OSD, crt_emudriver and GroovyMAME for my testing (and playing ;) ).
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I have never used these so can't really comment. However, I would suggest that you access your Loewe's service mode and try to (cautiously) play with the geometry to eliminate any overscan. You could also look at your back/front porch settings when creating video modes.
Paradroid:
@Zebidee: thanks for taking the time comment on the Loewes. I have to say I'm surprised that you haven't encountered this problem. However, you've given me the enthusiasm to get back in there and see if I can get 256 lines up and running. As I've mentioned, I have other TVs that will do 256 but none match the image quality of the Loewes (the E3000 in particular).
I've tried the Q414 and didn't like it. I started this whole caper with a 100 Hz Calida and thought that was fantastic. However, I found an E3000 Contur on the side of the street, tried that and there was no turning back. That was a revelation. Now I just can't stand the colour bleed and crawl of those later models, despite the awesome tubes and perfect focus. The E3001 is also good (same as the E3000 but with the menu system of the later models) but after that the crappy image processing junk got introduced.
Also, thanks for the details on the Princess Cab! My dream is to build something like that from scratch one day. I definitely love that wood grain vibe contrasting with some day glo buttons and artwork. Kitsch, I know, but it just takes me somewhere else! :) If you have some larger photos, I'd love for you to email me some one day.
After reading your post, I'm gonna check out the Loewe vertical line limit issue again soon and let you know how I go... would be great if that could be overcome!
Oh, and BTW, you really should check out GroovyMAME sometime! ;)