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Title: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Diet_Pepsi on April 05, 2014, 10:57:03 pm

I've gotten pretty good with mame HLSL and have been happy with my LCD, but have been thinking lately about experimenting with a crt for my vertical games.

To that end I am trying to decide between a 19 and 25 inch crt to dump into a midway cab for my vertical games.

Did some research today and went to a local arcade to play on a 25th anniversary pac machine with a 25 inch crt.

Am I the only one that thinks 25 inches is too big?  I found myself unable to view the entire screen at once, and I felt like I was sitting at center court at a tennis match.

Would appreciate any input.

Thanks

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Malenko on April 05, 2014, 11:02:45 pm

36" CRT:

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=134032;image)

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: wp34 on April 05, 2014, 11:10:09 pm

The first couple of times I played one of those 25" reunion cabinets I really wanted a 25" vertical machine.   With TV's bigger is usually better.  But like you said it can be very difficult to see the entire screen at once.   Personally I like 25-27" for horizontal and 19" for vertical mountings.

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Howard_Casto on April 05, 2014, 11:17:10 pm

Definitely a 19 incher.  I experimented with a 25 and 27 inch before I built my pacman cab and they were just too darn big. 

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Diet_Pepsi on April 06, 2014, 02:50:41 pm

19 it is, then. 

Ps I think malenkos tube would give me seizures...

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 06, 2014, 09:06:39 pm

Quote from: Diet_Pepsi on April 06, 2014, 02:50:41 pm

Ps I think malenkos tube would give me seizures...

That's what she said.  :lol

(Yeah, kind of a weird one)

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Malenko on April 06, 2014, 09:22:45 pm

I miss that cab, DoDOnPachi was amazing on it.

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 07, 2014, 11:49:48 am

Quote from: Malenko on April 06, 2014, 09:22:45 pm

I miss that cab, DoDOnPachi was amazing on it.

That's always my go-to vertical shmup for showing off a rotated monitor.

Title: Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
Post by: Malenko on April 07, 2014, 01:24:05 pm

`pachi......
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=143194;image)

and punch out:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=143182;image)