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monkey puzzle:

Hello.
I've just started planning my first mame cab and I've been racking my brains over what monitor to use. I'm not too woried about an authentic looking arcade picture, so I sort of decided an LCD PC  monitor would be best (space is also a factor, and I figured an LCD monitor would mean a smaller cab).
There are still some 4:3 monitors available here in the UK but the choice is limited. Large monitors like 27" are very expensive so I decided on a smaller, rotating monitor.
I found this one, priced quite cheaply and wondered what people thought it might be like: LG W22345S  its a 22" widescreen with a TN screen. I was wondering if the screen ratio is ok, or would I be better looking for a 4:3? Also any comments on the spec would be greatly appriciated.
The link is here: http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/w2234s.jhtml


(+_+):

Bite the bullet and sacrifice food, clothing, beer etc and buy yourself a Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30” LCD Monitor. It beautific and my next cab will most likely have something similar. The dell 30" is also nice but you'd have to sacrifice and then some.

On a more serious note, I think a 22" wide screen is a bit small. I have a 26 inch LCD in mine and it does the job fine.



pinballwizard79:

I hope to flip my current cab very soon & LCD is my next monitor choice for sure.

So far, this has been my best candidate so feel free to check it out:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236988&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC

Imagine playing Virtua Tennis or some of the new JPSalas pinball tables on that beast.

You can get a 22 inch version for $169:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11306935&whse=BC

Good luck!


nox771:

I was looking at that same panel on newegg, but the costco price you found is better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254026

One thing I noticed is that Costco shows it having a HDMI/RGB/DVI inputs, whereas newegg only shows it having HDMI/RGB.  However Costco didn't show the model number, so it may be a different variant.  Lots of reviews on it on newegg.

Looking at the dimensions it is widescreen but newegg shows the vertical size as 19.2", so probably 18+" in the vertical after subtracting the bezel.

Being a TN panel, the only thing I was wondering about would be the viewing angle.  Certainly almost all TN panels have lousy viewing angle in the vertical direction, but I think most of them are pretty good in the horizontal.

Ummon:

Remember that LCDs are measured by viewable area, so you get more.

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