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Arcade Light Gun Interface comming
wbassett:
--- Quote from: vitalsfading on May 19, 2008, 02:41:29 am ---not realy go look at happs website from what i am seeing there are about the same amount of manufactures make both crt's and lcd's. besides if you needed a 25 monitor(arcade) would you buy a crt or lcd. lcdis probly going to cost you aproox. another 300 to 500 more dollars
btw i am not in doubt that lcd's will take over as the primary arcade monitor style what i am saying is that crt's more then likely will not go away for many years to come
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I agree that whatever CRTs are out there now will be around for a few years but it is starting to get harder and harder to find larger size CRTs. Of course companies like Wells Gardner has them as do some other companies, but expect the prices to go up as the supply starts to go down.
I'm in this boat myself right now. I have a 21" computer monitor in my cab and although it works fine, it looks a bit small for the cab. You used to be able to get large size PC monitors or CRT 4:3 'HDTVs' that had VGA connectors on them so they also could be used for monitors, but they are very hard to find now.
I called many places and one company told me they actually blew out all their 27" monitors for $5-10 or for free to whoever would come get them. They said nobody wanted them because of thier size and weight and they were taking up valuable warehouse space. So yes, I may be able to land a deal on one of those if I get lucky, otherwise it will only leave WG or Billabs as the main choices.
I don't have a problem going that route, but was hoping to get something that had a VGA input as well as video inputs so I could also connect a game console to my cab.
As far as prices, I've actually seen LCDs cheaper than some of the available 27" monitors out there, it all depends on where you look. I think for now I will stick with the 21" trinitron and do some more looking around and see which way looks like the best option for what I want to do. Depending on which way I go will dictate what type of gun I use. Right now I do have a Topgun, so at least I can use that on either as long as it continues to work.
As far as the Wii mote only having one sensor bar, the Guncon 3 that comes with Time Crisis 4 uses two 2"x2" sensors that sit on the top of your set. Basically it's the same as having one sensor bar like the Wii but is in two small housings rather than one long strip. The gun is very responsive and accurate on my 55" HDTV, so if anyone can get the Wii motes working in MAME as a gun, that will be a very viable option too.
FrizzleFried:
CRT's will be produced for many years to come...don't be fooled to believe otherwise. There are many companies still making them and they will continue to make them until demand subsides. Currently there is way way way too much demand for CRT's to stop making them. Wherever "X" heard they stopped making 19" CRT's, I dunno, but it's completely INCORRECT.
I assume he is mixing up the news that Sony and Panasonic have stopped CRT production somehow? Sure, the big boys will stop production or have stopped production, but there will always (at least for the foreseeable future) niche manufacturers that will produce these things (VisionPro, Betson, Neiman, etc).
You can easily purchase a 19", 25", 27" CRT now as you ever could. Of course the 25" monitor is now called a 24.75" monitor I do believe, but that aside...they are quite easy to come by.
It's not like the vector monitor situation...where there were only a handful of games that used them. THOUSANDS of games use CRT monitors. These same games don't look anywhere near "authentic" with an LCD in their place.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: vitalsfading on May 19, 2008, 01:05:03 am ---I am having Hagstrom electronics give me a quote on building a Arcade light gun interface for usb. from what i am getting from them so far they can build it to the standard happ gun and emulate the input in the computer as a mouse. they it shouldn't be a problem. when i get the price quote i will let you guys know.
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I'm interested.
vitalsfading:
well they e-mailed me back today and need an example of the happ gun i want to use so looks like i need to dig up one.
i sent them the tech specs from happs website. they said this may due if not they want an example gun before they can give me a quote.
vitalsfading:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on May 19, 2008, 02:20:02 pm ---CRT's will be produced for many years to come...don't be fooled to believe otherwise. There are many companies still making them and they will continue to make them until demand subsides. Currently there is way way way too much demand for CRT's to stop making them. Wherever "X" heard they stopped making 19" CRT's, I dunno, but it's completely INCORRECT (likely the same source where he obtained the "death train" idea?!)
I assume he is mixing up the news that Sony and Panasonic have stopped CRT production somehow? Sure, the big boys will stop production or have stopped production, but there will always (at least for the foreseeable future) niche manufacturers that will produce these things (VisionPro, Betson, Neiman, etc).
You can easily purchase a 19", 25", 27" CRT now as you ever could. Of course the 25" monitor is now called a 24.75" monitor I do believe, but that aside...they are quite easy to come by.
It's not like the vector monitor situation...where there were only a handful of games that used them. THOUSANDS of games use CRT monitors. These same games don't look anywhere near "authentic" with an LCD in their place.
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i think were everyone is getting this idea from wells discontinued one of there 'models; of 19 inch crt
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