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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: skim36 on June 14, 2010, 05:16:55 pm
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Hey all,
Thinking of upgrading my arcade machine. A few years ago I ran into a Tekken 4 arcade with a big screen. The controls were set back a few feet on a podium. I have an old 50 inch DLP not doing anything at the moment and thought it would be great to hook that baby up. Looking for plans on a large screen arcade cab, something like this:
http://www.bmigaming.com/Images/panic-museum-deluxe-shooting-video-arcade-game-ice-taito.jpg (http://www.bmigaming.com/Images/panic-museum-deluxe-shooting-video-arcade-game-ice-taito.jpg)
Anyone here build one of these? I'd mod my cab but I'm not cutting apart a Street Fighter 2 Dynamo. Any help appreciated.
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It's called a showcase cabinet, just fyi.
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Ah thank you.
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You can check out Gametreks "Bad Boy" showcase thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53911.0).
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As long as you got the space for something like this and able to put some distance between the player and the screen then why not. I started a showcase cabinet myself cause I had an extra 27" Panasonic CRT flat screen TV and maybe one day I will complete it :) I don't suppose your DLP has HDMI does it?
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It's a sammy, 2 hdmi, 2 component, 2 s-vid and 1 pc port. Can go up to 720p. Thought it would be good as a monitor, but it only goes up to 1024x768. Still enough for mame.
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HDMI is perfect, it should take care of video and sound in one cable unless you plan on using a 2.1 or 5.1 speaker setup.
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Gametrek's badboy is badass. Hopefully, mine will look one quarter as good. The distance between the monitor and controls may have to be a bit farther, we are talking 50 inch screen. Come to think of it, I have an old surround sound system I could throw into it. More I think about it, the more this looks like a completely new project.