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Blanka:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 03, 2010, 08:45:49 am ---PPS: LCD sucks... if you really want to do something for this hobby,  get Wells Gardner to start producing 19" CRTs again.

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Only for the ones who grew up with tubes and real arcades. All the people I know that like just the games, like blocky LCD mame versions of the games perfectly,
FrizzleFried:
What can i say...I'm a purist.  I'd never bastardize a real arcade machine by sticking an LCD in it.  I suppose a home built MAME is OK... but NEVER (ever) a real arcade machine...

...and I say this while staring at my 24" wide screen LCD PC monitor.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 03, 2010, 08:45:49 am ---PPS: LCD sucks... if you really want to do something for this hobby,  get Wells Gardner to start producing 19" CRTs again.

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+1

Look at the vacuum tube industry and look at what's going on there now. If we're lucky, CRTs will receive the same love.
Fordman:
Lets use another analogy!

In the early 80's when all the auto manufacturer's started using nothing but fuel injection vs a carberatuer to pump fuel into the motors, all the 'shade tree' mechanics went nuts! All they had to do was a rebuild or replace of the carb, maybe trace down a vacuum line leak or change the air filter. Now with fuel injections, you have the injector, O2 sensors, catalytic convertors and other electronic components. You had many carb manufacturer's making aftermarket carbs because there were millions on the road. As time went by, the older cars that needed carbs were either being junked or the race car and/or restoration crowd bought them all up. You can still buy a new carb, but at a premium price and the market is 2% of what it was.

So to have a manufacturer make 4:3 monitors a for niche crowd would be more then just a tooling investment. You have research and developement, governmental regulation, shipping to retailer and finally advertising.

So to have a 4:3 lcd monitor to be manufactured for a niche hobby wouldnt be cost effective for the manufacturer or buyer. Realistically, could you afford $800.00 - $1,200 for a 27" 4:3 LCD monitor when all the 27" 16:9 HDTV-monitors are about $250.00 to $350.00 (depending on brand)? I think they would sit on a shelf for a long time untill the retailers decides to get a manufacturer credit for them so they can discount them. 

Back to the carb vs injector analogy, you cant buy a new vehicle that isnt fuel injected and to buy a new carb, most auto stores dont carry them as they are a special order part. Look in any of the auto magazines, the carbs are at a premium. Most junk yards have scrapped them for their metals.

Just some thoughts!

Fordman
SavannahLion:
So... what... it would be a Multiple Auto-mobile Emulator? And instead of MAMEDev, it would be uh... MAmEMech?  :cheers:
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