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ahofle:
Yeah that's an RF modulator.  It's pretty much the worst possible way to run a video signal to your TV.  You will probably want to avoid that route.  Personally I wouldn't go any less than S-Video for MAME purposes.  Maybe you could try your local craigslist or Goodwill type stores.  Used CRTs seem to be going for cheap these days.
Ummon:

--- Quote from: ahofle on May 19, 2008, 02:46:59 pm ---Yeah that's an RF modulator.  It's pretty much the worst possible way to run a video signal to your TV. 
--- End quote ---

You know, I remember the picture looking pretty decent back then, though. Maybe not really?
Mr. Gone:
Yeah, I remember it being not terrible either. Then I tried it a few years ago. It's really not bad if you're used to playing games in a snow storm. I also didn't feel like VHS was so bad when DVD came out, but it's damn terrible. Then again, the tapes are getting older as well.

I sometimes wonder if the more modern advancements will seem like such tremendous leaps in hindsight, even though component and dolby 5.1 are more than enough for me at the moment.
Turnarcades:
I'd advise away from monitor conversion if at this stage you know nothing about it. I'd rarely advise even if you were competent at electronics. For such a cab with a broken monitor, I'd MAME it into a nice multi-game upright machine. If all you have is a co-ax input, you should get a step-down unit like we use to have in the UK back in the day. Before we all had SCART TV's, if we bought an input SNES or NEO-GEO we had to buy a converter that changed a SCART signal to co-ax. No idea where to get one though.
vidmouse:
Thanks for the warnings.

Actually, I do have an RF modulator, but it's not exactly a spare... it's running
on my family room set right now w/ an older TV that also has only coax inputs
(was my wife's unit before we got married, go figure)

I might just test out an s-video conversion and see how much I can stand.
Probably not much.  :)

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