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Title: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: jspicher on March 11, 2012, 04:26:31 pm

Hi guys,

I've got a couple units that are in need of new monitors; and l was curious if there was an easy solution to hook up a newer LCD monitor to one of these older PCBs (without hacking away at wires and soldering doing soldering work lol). I'd prefer to keep the units in a state that l could easily convert them back to the VGA monitors if l wanted to.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: Yenome on March 12, 2012, 12:19:20 am

There is some rgb to vga converters alot of people use in the building of superguns. one of those would be a good fit for your needs.

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: lilshawn on March 12, 2012, 12:57:16 am

http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga-ega-yuv-to-vga-arcade-hd-converter-pcb-gbs-8220-gbs-8220.html (http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga-ega-yuv-to-vga-arcade-hd-converter-pcb-gbs-8220-gbs-8220.html)

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: jspicher on March 12, 2012, 10:06:20 pm

Awesome thanks guys.
Has anyone here used one of these before by chance?

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: Yenome on March 12, 2012, 10:55:45 pm

i havnt used one my self but alot of the review praise how good those boards are. seems they have everything you need for a decent price. after i build my cab and one for my brother i want to build me a supergun.

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: axl1826 on March 13, 2012, 12:18:41 am

Ill let you know how well it works i ordered one it should be here this week

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: lilshawn on March 13, 2012, 06:31:00 pm

the one we have works pretty good.

it doesn't like odd resolutions. but otherwise it displays just fine.

tried it with a Golden Tee boarsdset without luck. found the resolution output by the board was a real oddball resolution.

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: Heretik on March 26, 2012, 08:11:17 pm

We've got two of them in use, one in a Karnov cabinet and the other in a World Rally cabinet. We got the cabinets for free, both monitors were blown. We found a couple of cheap LCD panels and a bought a couple of these converters and hooked them up. It actually doesn't look too bad at all, to be honest.

Title: Re: Usa LCD monitor with origianl PCBs?
Post by: axl1826 on April 01, 2012, 07:35:25 pm

Well it finally came in and it works just as it says it would  :applaud: