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| Generic Eric:
How big of a TV is too big to rotate? |
| SirPoonga:
when the diagonals can't fit in the cabinet :) |
| REBIRTH:
--- Quote from: meta87 on June 20, 2003, 11:41:47 am ---I remember this guy doing a rotating monitor; http://www.russprince.com/cabinet/ --- End quote --- Yes, Russ is the person I modeled my spinning monitor after. You can see how I did it as well if you go to my website on the left (well, I actually have't written that part up to well yet, but you can get the idea from the pictures and some of the dopey comments I have so far...). Russ is also very helpful if you email him questions (as I am :D too). One thing, when you look at my page (or Russ') it doesn't seem like the monitor is in there too sturdy. Let me tell you, my 21" monitor is 95 pounds and it couldn't be in there any better. You'll see I have brackets connecting it to a wood circle, as Russ has, but it isn't necessary at all. If you cut it right, the monitor fits perfectly snug. I rolled mine around my basement, at all different angles, trying to get it to come loose (before attaching it with brackets) and the thing didn't budge at all. I didn't beleive Russ when he told me this, but after building it I am a beleiver! Rotate or die. |
| 1UP:
When are you guys gonna realize that the WIDTH of a 21" TV is almost the same as the HEIGHT of a 25" TV?!? ::) I see 25" TVs everywhere for $150-$200 now (even at the grocery store), save yourself the extra design complexity and worry, just go with a bigger horizontal monitor that can still display your vertical games just as large as your rotated 21"... BTW, most vertical games are pretty old, and originally used monitors of about 19" or so, so the picture was actually smaller than what you would get on a 25" horizontal screen. |
| REBIRTH:
--- Quote from: 1UP on June 20, 2003, 11:14:56 pm ---When are you guys gonna realize that the WIDTH of a 21" TV is almost the same as the HEIGHT of a 25" TV?!? ::) I see 25" TVs everywhere for $150-$200 now (even at the grocery store), save yourself the extra design complexity and worry, just go with a bigger horizontal monitor that can still display your vertical games just as large as your rotated 21"... BTW, most vertical games are pretty old, and originally used monitors of about 19" or so, so the picture was actually smaller than what you would get on a 25" horizontal screen. --- End quote --- Decent point - but the width of a 21" TV is equal to the height of a 28" TV (if they made one that size), not a 25". Here are the height x width of the following TV sizes: 21" TV = 12.6H x 16.8W 25" TV = 15H x 20W 27" TV = 16.2H x 21.6W 28" TV = 16.8H x 22.4W With a 25" TV you would lose almost 2" off the height of a rotated 21" TV! As my wife keeps telling me, every inch counts! :D So to me, rotating is the way to go unless you go and buy a 27"/30" TV. Anyway, in my case I wanted to use a good computer monitor for the best resolution, and the difference between a 21inch and 27 inch was enough to make me spin my monitor. It really wasn't that hard to do. Rotate or Die! |
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