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trendyscotsman12:
hi am new to building arcade and am using project arcade book to build my first one.now i was going to yous a 20 inch crt monitor but i have came across a old tv that is pretty big and am wonder if the prject arcade made out of mdf would hold it


its sim to this http://www.ashtronic.co.uk/images/product/21220109578_525.jpg
what is the best way to connect it up to pc

thanks
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smalltownguy:
That TV looks pretty recent, which means it most likely has an S-Video input. If it does, you're golden. Get thee a video card with S-video output, and you're all set.

If by luck the TV has a DVI input, even better. Most recent video cards have DVI/HDMI outputs that will work.

I'm assuming of course, that the PC you plan to use has a free AGP, PCI, or PCIe slot (not just confined to onboard video). What have you got?

trendyscotsman12:
hi

i currently have a nividia gforce fc 5200,Althought am looking to get better one to be able to play tekken 5 on it unless this one will support that.


thanks

ckong:
If you want to use a CRT TV, please search for one with a RGB scart output. That, combined with soft15khz, will give you an arcade perfect picture. You will need a scart to vga adapter (or cable), but that is easy to make.

I know Scart TV's are not common in the US, but there should be some to find.

Bobulus:
ckong, I just wikipedia'd scart, and I've honestly never seen that connection type in the US. We went right from S-Video/Coaxial to HDMI and the like. I don't think trendyscotsman12 has any chance of getting a tv like that, short of buying one from Europe.

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