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LLUncoolJ:
May have to try that pizza trick next month...although a kinda despise Pizza Hut. That sucks about the back room...hopefully that is rectified by then.
Some jackass on CL has a shopped JP for $2500...come on moneybags...just buy a new one and put the broken one out on the curb. Be sure to post when said machine is going to the curb.
What are you using for a monitor on your mame? Looks like a showcase...maybe a 32"? I've got a decased 27" flat CRT Toshiba. Same as Uncle Bubbles, but his is a lot sharper than mine. He claims it's because I'm using S-video and he is using component cables and a DIVX adapter. I tried that setup and couldn't get it to work. I don't really have any problems except when working in windows...it is way too blurry and you are asking for a headache. But with MAME, most games are fine.
Flake:
That CL seller with the JP also has several other pins for sale on CL right now - most of which have been on there for several months. He also sells those same pins on E-bay. His prices are probably $200-$300 more than even the high range for every title he sells. He also has Cruisin USA, Golden Tee and other some Multi-cades that are through the roof on price. Its interesting to note that he just keeps reposting those items always at the same bloated price. I would be curious at this point if he would be willing to haggle since they dont see to be moving. I've heard some not-so-great things about him though so I doubt he would haggle. I guess he's willing to sit on his investments until he gets what he wants. Good luck.
pinballwizard79:
Ya pizza hut does suck, I prefer Imo's or Pantera's but the deep dish Pizza Hut pepperoni just takes me back to the good ol days. Plus its the first pizza place my GPS found within less than a mile of the seepeezie.
LOL @ throwing the JP out on the curb, yeah right that thing may leave my house someday but not in the trash.
I am using a 33" Wells Gardner piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- CRT authentic pain in my ---smurfing--- ass......until I put in the LCD.
You know my damn xbox elite died too so I bought a new one to get me by till the old one gets repaired........damn that was 30 days ago TODAY so tomorrow I get to beg my 31 day return policy.........Oh well, walmart will exchange it for another NIB so at least I can peddle that one on ebay & minimize my losses.
F this drama, 3 broke pins, 1 broke xbox & a damn CRT hunk or crap......now my chest hurts, F!
LLUncoolJ:
So if you switch to an LCD, are you going to try to find something with a 4:3 aspect ratio? There's not a lot of that out there anymore, especially that large.
What is up with those XBoxes? A co-worker had to do the same thing...seems like they break a lot. Nothing gets done around the house when I have a new game to conquer, so wife has forbidden the XBox. Kids have a wii that I am not as impressed with as everyone else seems to be.
Found a new game to play last night: Blood Bros. It's like Cabal, except you're cowboys in the old west..and it's played with a joystick instead of a trackball. Moderately fun...probably because I am the master of Cabal due to all the quarters I dumped into it at Big Moe's back in the day.
Hot-n-Ready (Little Caesers) is about to run Pizza Hut outta town. That is a damned fine pie for 5 bones.
pinballwizard79:
I was thinking of using a 32" LCD, the actual screen would be 15.7x27.9 with an effective 4:3 area of 26" this is at a cost of $350.
Part of me says go with a larger screen (like a 37") but the buy in jumps substantially & then I remember "this is for street fighter & pacman, not Apocalypto" Plus this will affect speaker placement....meaning with a 37-42 the speakers will not fit inside the cab.
This is something I can put off for a while, the monitor is doing better & I have more important projects like 3 pins & a pool table so since I am the only one who can notice the current flaw it will be put on the backburner for a few months.
But after those pins & billiards are done....this ---smurf--- is going LCD faux show.