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Title: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: DillonFoulds on March 03, 2011, 11:13:13 pm: Without going in to too much detail, I'm making a few showcase "cabinets" for some friends and myself. Pretty much using the pedestals from Dynamo Showcases (HS-15), doing up new control panels, and then mounting 40" LCDs on some custom rails.

Here's my question, is there a commercially available mounting bracket we can use for rotating the LCD panels? There's just something that sounds so tempting about playing dig dug on a 40" vertical LCD TV...
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: mgb on March 04, 2011, 12:07:14 am: I see a couple of them online but best I can tell is they max out at 37"
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: Blanka on March 04, 2011, 04:21:43 am: Quote from: DillonFoulds on March 03, 2011, 11:13:13 pm
There's just something that sounds so tempting about playing dig dug on a 40" vertical LCD TV...

EEEK! What's the fun in that. Dig Dug is 4:3, that means a square meter of black bars on such a huge TV!
Try to get one of those old 600x800 32 inch 4:3 plasma's if you want huge, or just try a beamer (that's a BMW, not a beamer in the US isn't it?).
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: Valken on March 04, 2011, 04:38:15 am: I'd like to build a showcase cabinet with wall mounted rotating screen too, so I've searched the net some weeks ago for the same item you're looking for.

I've found only this one for big screens:

http://www.moview.com/Store_ProductDetail.aspx?pid=6398c110D0hGF471 (http://www.moview.com/Store_ProductDetail.aspx?pid=6398c110D0hGF471)

Never tried myself, but the product decription says: "Flush Mount for 37" to 65" screens; "360° rotation portrait to landscape- allows for easy leveling"....
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: drventure on March 04, 2011, 07:52:33 am: I had a suggestion, but not for ascreen that big. That will be interesting to see... What would you use to rotate it (or is the idea just to be ABLE to rotate, but not have motorized rotation?
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: DillonFoulds on March 04, 2011, 11:39:54 am: It's gonna have to be manual rotation for sure.

I have a feeling i'm going to have to find a fabrication shop locally, and have them make me up a swivel, with a couple custom mounting plates.

Either that or give up on rotation :(
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: bkenobi on March 04, 2011, 11:54:58 am: Quote from: Blanka on March 04, 2011, 04:21:43 am
Try to get one of those old 600x800 32 inch 4:3 plasma's if you want huge...
That's a 3:4 monitor at 600x800. COMPLETELY different beast! :cheers:
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: BobA on March 04, 2011, 12:59:20 pm: Just wondering why you would want rotation. The vertical game should display more than original size on a 40 inch LCD. Even with the large black sides it should still be more than adequate to play.
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: DillonFoulds on March 04, 2011, 01:20:39 pm: It's not a lack of screen size I'm concerned about, it's about the :o factor of having an even bigger screen! The guys that are getting these machines aren't "purists", and frankly I can't say I totally am either. To me it's all about having fun, and the experience.
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: Paul Olson on March 04, 2011, 03:00:06 pm: Punchout is incredible on a vertical widescreen LCD! The 2 screens fit great.

Edit: I am still looking for a rotating solution as well. I am thinking I am going to have to bolt a VESA mount to a lazy susan.
Title: Re: WIP - Rotating Flat Panel?
Post by: BobA on March 04, 2011, 03:28:58 pm: If you want WOW factor try looking at some of the projectors available lately. Probably cost about the same as a 40 inch LCD.