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27" monitor or stay with a 21"
Ummon:
Um, I've tried bezels on my 27" and it ain't big enough to make at least vertical games the right size. A bit small. I don't think the bezel idea is a great idea, given displays aren't really made with such in mind. There's always going to be some compromise. Besides, if running native, you can't use artwork.
wb, this picture is on my candy and slightly smaller than the display field, as the geometry is set for games of 336x240. The hardware scanlines are apparently larger than on a 19" monitor. (Make sure to click inside the picture itself to magnify.)
wbassett:
Thanks Ummon...
Is that a 27" TV or a WG or Beston monitor?
ahofle:
--- Quote from: mrclean on August 19, 2008, 12:13:35 am ---I was curious and hope that someone here has a 25'' / 24.8'' crt monitor and is using mr. do's art for games.. for instance if i load say "Super Pang" the bezel art in game on my 19'' lcd running 4:3 turns that game into about a 11'' with the artwork bezel..what would the display size of this game for instance be on a 25'' with mr do's art / bezel for that game??
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As Ummon mentioned, if you are going from a high res 21" PC display to a 25+" arcade monitor, you will not be using artwork. You would have to get a large, high res display such as a Makvision to use artwork, but then you lose native resolutions.
http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49271700.htm
Ummon:
--- Quote from: wbassett on August 20, 2008, 07:06:15 pm ---Thanks Ummon...
Is that a 27" TV or a WG or Beston monitor?
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It's whatever 15/24 khz monitor that came stock with the Impress. Possibly a Wei-Ya. (Incidentally, that's Mame via soft15. In that picture, I'm using a JPAC - though I've also hacked in a VGA port and done the same; I just didn't turn the switch inside the cabinet on until I knew Windows was loaded ((desktop set at 336x240)) .)
MiKman:
I had a 27" TV in my cabinet till it decided to die on me. And I thought it was perfect. I now temporarily have a 21" monitor (cause it was free). It's ok but tiny bit on the small side... The reason 27" is so nice is because on the vertical games they play at very close to the original size without doing any rotating. Vertical games had 19" vertically mounted monitors in them.
I have been toying with the idea of a 24-26" widescreen LCD monitor mounted vertically in my cabinet... if not prob just another 27" TV lol
The trouble with computer monitors IMHO are that they are too perfect, TV's kinda blur the image a little bit and the graphics look correct (like they did on a real cabinet). with a computer monitor they are very crisp and the games show all the pixels and "jaggies" and don't look authentic.