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BlizzardCyclone:
Would this be ok to use for my MAME cocktail cab?  Ill have to mount it on its back and wanted to know if the pros here could help me out.  Also a great deal for a 19" monitor for $99 shipped from newegg.  The monitor is this one seen here, please let me know ASAP as this sale if for today ONLY.  Thanks again!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL031709&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL031709-_-Monitors-_-L0A-_-24254005
Blanka:
For horizontal use it's probably OK. For vertical use you better search a nice SIPS/PVA second hand 20 inch.
severdhed:
i'd probably aviod the widescreen monitor...it just isnt right for mame.  you will end up with either a strethed image, or big black spaces on either side of the screen...so you won't be getting the full 19".

here is the monitor i have in my cabinet...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254013

it is a little more $..but it works great and you get to use the whole screen.
BlizzardCyclone:
So the glare factor is not a problem here?  The one you mentioned above, will look right from either side of my Cocktail cab or is this more for an upright cab?  Please let me know.  Am I just better off getting a replacement arcade monitor or would this be a cheaper fix?  How did you mount it in your cocktail (Im assuming you have a cocktail)  Please respond.  Thanks in advance!
BobA:
Glare is not the primary problem.  Viewing angle is the important factor.   Some LCDs perform very poorly when viewed from a vertical angle so would not be great in a cocktail.   Unfortunately the only way to tell is to see one working and check the angle yourself.  Specs mean almost nothing for viewing angles.
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