Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: rCadeGaming on February 26, 2013, 12:13:40 pm
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So, I have 15kHz native res running very nicely on my TV right now, looks like an arcade monitor, but unlike a lot of traditional arcade monitors it has a flat face tube.
Does anyone know of any curved tube 15kHz CRT TV's ("typical standard definition tube TV's") with component inputs available in the US. RGB SCART inputs would work just as well of course, but I doubt I'll find one here. Anyhow just wondering if anyone knows of any curved tube TV's with component inputs?
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There were tons of them in the late 90s. Shouldn't be too hard to find. I had a 27" Panasonic for years with a regular CRT and component inputs.
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I figured there had to be some. Have any model numbers?
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I have a Toshiba 36A60 with component inputs. It's a great TV, but maybe a bit too big. Google tells me there are also 27" and 32" models that might suit your needs.
The 32" model.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/32-in-Toshiba-TV-Model-32A60-w-Remote-LOCAL-PICKUP-ONLY-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqF,!h8FDEVHGy5CBQ9OtOQB5Q~~60_35.JPG)
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Thanks, yeah 27" is ideal.
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Since you're pretty hardcore into this hobby, why not track down a pure RGB monitor? Or even go the extra mile and build a case for a vintage arcade monitor.
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The thing is that I'm planning two matching cabs (horizontal and vertical), and I've been planning them for so long that when they're done, they literally need to last a lifetime. This means having several spare monitors to replace with as they die. If I plan on a normal service life of 20 years per tube, I should really have at least 6 monitors to last two cabs for another sixty years. Yes, I am really this insane.
Getting one studio/professional monitor or arcade monitor is doable, but it wouldn't be as feasible to get 6 matching ones (or at least two) due to cost and rarity.
I love my current TV's (KV-27FS120), and I already have four of them. I prefer them not only for the picture quality, but also the powerful adjustment available in the service quality. Also, I already have four of them, and more are readily available dirt cheap. However, the one thing I can't fix in the service menu is some slight horizontal bowing in the mid-to-bottom center of the screen.
(http://rcadegaming.com/images/analogavsetup/geometry.jpg)
It's an effect of the electron gun trying to scan onto a flat-face tube. Not all the points on the tube are equidistant from the electron gun in the back as they were with a traditional round tube, so it's much harder to draw a perfectly straight line. It's not noticeable in gameplay unless you look for it, but I'm hoping there's something I can do at the neck, or somewhere inside, to fix it. If I can't, I might consider switching to a curved tube.
Can you get into the service menu on your Toshiba?
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Yes I can, and it has a very wide variety of adjustments.
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Is it a remote button sequence or a jumper on the chassis?
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Is it a remote button sequence or a jumper on the chassis?
It's a remote combo.