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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: AmericanDemon on December 01, 2013, 07:54:41 pm
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Planning and planning. Those of you with LCD/led monitors, what size are you using? I'm worried that a 32" will be too large in a cabinet. This cab will be designed with more modern steam gaming in mind with a healthy dose of the classics.
Anyone with a 32" want to give me their opinion?
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I have a Samsung "27 led lcd with magic angle.
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That looks great Brian74! Have you found yourself asking if you should have went larger?
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32" will be too large for a standard cabinet.
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I purchased a 27" widescreen. Figured it's big enough that vertical games would still be large enough. I can't really imagine being that close to anything larger.
@Brian74, what is the width of your control panel? I'm curious. It looks great so far!
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That looks great Brian74! Have you found yourself asking if you should have went larger?
I couldnt go any larger because if the width of the cabinet. I have about a 1/8" on each side. I went with the Samsung because of the response time and the magic angle adjustment. It made a big difference when standing back to play light gun games.
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I purchased a 27" widescreen. Figured it's big enough that vertical games would still be large enough. I can't really imagine being that close to anything larger.
@Brian74, what is the width of your control panel? I'm curious. It looks great so far!
14"x36" it is just a temp to see if I like the button layout. I used the astro city layout, and I have to say, it works great. My cp artwork is getting worked on, so soon as he finishes it, I will make a new one.
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I am using a ps360+ so I can use my ps3 and Xbox 360.
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My 32" TV is great in the cocktail table- the dualscreen layout gives both players still a 21" equivalent display. When used as a single screen in horzontal mode- it really depends on the game: if you need to watch the entire screen (enemies approaching from all sides) it is a bit big. When playing a game like Street Fighter IV where you focus on the characters more, the big screen is awesome.
The latest (non-cocktail) cabinet I've built has a 27" screen and that looks and plays excellent. So If I were to choose: 32" for cocktail (because of vertical orientation), 27" for a standup cabinet.
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Thanks for all of the replies guys! I intended to do a cocktail, but it's looking as if a stand up is what I am going with. A 27" monitor it shall be!
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Its a pita that you can't get any large 4:3 monitors I.e non wide screen.
Biggest I could find was a 20" - dell 2007fp
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Widescreen cabinets look stupid. Build a pedestal, throw the biggest LCD you can afford on the wall.
:cheers:
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Widescreen cabinets look stupid. Build a pedestal, throw the biggest LCD you can afford on the wall.
:cheers:
Or a projector.
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Already bought the 27" monitor. LOL. I'm going to do some strange things with this build. It wont be the stereotypical cabinet as I do agree a widebody/widescreen traditional cab looks a little odd.
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I know you already bought your 27", but man am I happy with my 32". I custom built my (unfinished) cab, and it just looks and feels great. Playing Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is just wonderful. Classics still have a huge screen area and vertical games look great as well.
WIP picture of my cab:
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27" is still a great size and I'm sure you will be plenty pleased with it. :)
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That does look great!! Anyone using U360s with Steam games? I know big picture mode defaults to 360 controls with controllers. I'm just trying to figure out how steam plays with the U360. ;)
I'm excited to build this bad boy. But lots of steps to go. Btw, got my 27" Aoc monitor for $120. Had a 50 buck best buy certificate and used it on a Black Friday/weekend sale !
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I too went with a 32" screen, and personally couldn't see it any other way. I find it hard to look at 4:3 cabinets now. But the 32" screen if the cab is built properly looks better than a 27" 16:9 with regular arcade cab dimensions. When you try and put a widescreen in a cab that was made for a standard size there is just too much open space on the face of the cab.
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As you can see, there are those who like their 32" TVs. It's a personal preference right, as build what you want and what you like. If someone else doesn't like it so be it. Be happy with what you build/design.
Personally for me, anything larger than 27-28" in a stand up cab is too large. I've played on 32" stand up cabs and it's so massive it hits you right in the face. Dimensional-ly it just doesn't feel right to me. 32" and larger should IMO roll into Showcase cabs or Pedestal/wall mounted TV cabs.
Do also remember that a cab to house a 32" tv will be super wide and could have problems fitting through doors as most houses have between 30-36" doors depending on frame and age of house. You can most of the time tip the cab and still get through but it's something to remember.
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Kahlid brings up great points. I just buy 20.1 inch 4:3s and everything looks great, but I'm not running anything widescreen on it, either.
I look at it like this- I wouldn't watch TV a foot and a half away from a large widescreen TV, so why would I stand there and play games on it? :dunno
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I completely get those points. Thank you for raising them for future readers of the thread.
I was looking at Aesthetics primarily. a 32" Widescreen presents a 27" 4:3 screen. My main concern was building my cabinet with a 27" screen and then when 4:3 games pop up, they look too small. However with my newfound interest in playing Arcade like Steam games... a 27" is perfect in widescreen mode.
My cabinet is going to be a sawed off stand up horizontal. Aka what americans would have made if they had thought to make candy cabs. I am going with a CPS2/3 and Gauntlet hybrid in design, only lower to where everyone can be seated.
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I am going with a CPS2/3 and Gauntlet hybrid in design, only lower to where everyone can be seated.
Check the viewing angle from the bottom side of the monitor before finalizing a design. (Mine sucks)
Depending on your monitor, you may not want to lean it back much.
I have a 27" widescreen and wouldn't want to stand that close to anything bigger.
To each their own though.
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Check the viewing angle from the bottom side of the monitor before finalizing a design. (Mine sucks)
Depending on your monitor, you may not want to lean it back much.
A LED screen should has a very good viewing angle compared to LCD screens.