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Can I use this 19" LCD with my MAME Cocktail cab?

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dreamakuma:

I have an old dell 17" lcd I bought at a pawnshop for $70 mounted in a cabaret cabinet(was a Birdie King) the angle is where My eyes and it is nearly verticle plexi makes a bit of glare but It doesn't effect the monitor due to an old piece of tinted plexi behind the first piece. works fine. i haven't had any issues with it, color and contrast both come out fine.

Blanka:


--- Quote from: BlizzardCyclone on March 19, 2009, 01:07:05 am ---Blanka, I heard widescreen lcds are not good for cocktails, is this true?

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If it has a good blacklevel, and you put grey glass on top off it, noone would actually know.

BlizzardCyclone:


--- Quote from: dreamakuma on March 19, 2009, 06:16:23 am ---I have an old dell 17" lcd I bought at a pawnshop for $70 mounted in a cabaret cabinet(was a Birdie King) the angle is where My eyes and it is nearly verticle plexi makes a bit of glare but It doesn't effect the monitor due to an old piece of tinted plexi behind the first piece. works fine. i haven't had any issues with it, color and contrast both come out fine.

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I have a COCKTAIL not CABARET, so Im sure this is a huge difference.

Also, Blanka, Im going to be putting a clear glass over this not gray.  I dont see how that would have any effect, considering if you cant see an lcd from an angle on a COCKTAIL table, I can imagine that a gray glass would make it even harder to see.

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: BlizzardCyclone on March 19, 2009, 11:51:06 am ---
--- Quote from: dreamakuma on March 19, 2009, 06:16:23 am ---I have an old dell 17" lcd I bought at a pawnshop for $70 mounted in a cabaret cabinet(was a Birdie King) the angle is where My eyes and it is nearly verticle plexi makes a bit of glare but It doesn't effect the monitor due to an old piece of tinted plexi behind the first piece. works fine. i haven't had any issues with it, color and contrast both come out fine.

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I have a COCKTAIL not CABARET, so Im sure this is a huge difference.

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Most CABARETs have low-angle monitor mounting, so what he said may have been revelant.

dreamakuma:

Thanks for the defense CheffoJeffo....Yeah I meant that my monitor is laid pretty darn close to flat and I'm either starin sraight down at it, or at an angle, like a cocktail. While not exactly like a cocktail It's pretty close. I had glare problems and fixed them with tinted plexi, and the veiwing angles are perfect. So I thought I'd chip in something that might help. I know this is for a cocktail, and there are some differences, But since the angle wasn't too different, thought my two cents would be helpful.

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