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| paigeoliver:
If you were going to make a cabinet that had only a 3 button trackball for controls, would you want the monitor horizontal or vertical? Centipede, Millipede, Capcom Bowling, and Quantum make me want to say vertical, but Star Wars and various PC games need horizontal (I already own a Crystal Castles, else that would probably be the deciding factor). |
| jakejake28:
personally, if i were to make a 3-button tb cab, i would make a cocktail. but that is me. if not, go verticle |
| MinerAl:
Go with a 25" vertical. The games that are letter-boxed would be very close to the same size as they would be on the 19" horiz. that'd fit in the same space. (You don't want/need this explination, but I want to show my work just in case I'm wrong.) Old fashioned TVs (and most/all arcade monitors) are measured diagonally, and that measurement is the "5" part of a 3-4-5-right triangle. So a 25" arcade monitor has a hypotenuse of 25" and sides of 15" and 20"; therefore oriented horizontally it is 15" tall and 20" wide. Oriented Vertically it is 20"tall and 15" wide. A 19" horizontal monitor is 15.2" wide and 11.4" tall. Most cabinets, regardless of monitor orientation, have a taller space for the monitor than it is wide. So for the same horizontal space go for the monitor that uses that height and gives you the best verticals. |
| paigeoliver:
Eeep. Can't use a 25". I am using things I already own, which include 21" kiosk monitor, PS2 3 button arcade trackball, and standard sized cherry master cabinet. I am basically just trying to use up what I have without spending any more money. Anyway, I personally can't stand 25" monitors with old school games. Those Ms Galapacs and MilliCentiMissileBowlingPedeCommand machines both have 25" monitors and I find it difficult to see the whole screen at once. |
| MinerAl:
Ok, well, the math holds true... can you stand to have your horizontal games only be 12.6" wide, or would you rather have your verticals only be 12.6" tall? Regardless, I'm a classics man. Go with vertical. |
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