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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: rmusick on November 12, 2017, 09:08:58 pm
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Hey everyone, its been a while for me but slowly getting back into the arena. I'm trying to start back small, so looking to build a bartop. Anyone got any recommendations on a 17 inch IPS LCD on ebay, amazon, newegg. etc.
Those, I have found do not really give any specifications for IPS,TN, etc.
Thanks
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IPS didn't really come to be until the last few years...even by then... 4:3 monitors where pretty much gone and 16:9 became standard. currently sold models are either 22" 16:10 or 21,5" 16:9 monitors. If you find a new 17" IPS display today, it's an industrial/medical monitor for a specific purpose and 10x the price.
that said, for example, the JVC DT-V17G25 is an IPS 17" professional video display monitor (think presentation or production monitor) retails for about $4000usd.
https://www.videoexpert.eu/en/studio-monitors/jvc-dt-v17g25/ (https://www.videoexpert.eu/en/studio-monitors/jvc-dt-v17g25/)
you may be able to source a raw LCD panel off ebay or cheap and just pick up an LVDS driver board, backlight driver, and power supply to run it.
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For a bartop I would use a 4:3 Dell ultrasharp off craigslist. You can get these for real cheap (under $20). They hold up real well.
You can also usually find a local PC repair shop with a bunch of them in stock. Very little demand for the 4:3 format and businesses often upgrade in bulk dropping a bunch of them at once. There is a repair shop local to me that has dozens in stock for $10-15.
4:30 either horizontal or vertically oriented is best for classic arcade games anyway. So save some dough and get a cheap 4:3 lcd.