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Title: Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: RobertBasil on June 11, 2004, 05:37:57 am

Do you think these will work ok?

http://robertbasil.com/Mambo/content/view/19/28/

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: Dougmeister on June 11, 2004, 10:30:19 pm

I dunno.  I'm a newbie.  But I'm jealous :-)

You gonna rip 'em apart?

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: RobertBasil on June 12, 2004, 02:35:04 pm

Quote from: Dougmeister on June 11, 2004, 10:30:19 pm

I dunno.  I'm a newbie.  But I'm jealous :-)

You gonna rip 'em apart?

No need to rip them apart, they should fit in the cabinets just fine.

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: tep0583 on June 12, 2004, 07:02:33 pm

Funny you should mention this TV. Its exactly what I'm using in my current cab (just completing it) It works acceptably, but does some times shut itself down right after I turn it on, requiring me to unplug it for a few seconds to reset it. The screen goes blurry a few seconds after you turn it on, almost like its syncing up with the video signal. Its during this time that it sometimes shuts itself off. I have no idea why.

The picture quality is good, IMO and I have no other problems with it. Overall, I really can't complain. I got mine as a display model from BB for $124.

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: RobertBasil on June 12, 2004, 08:36:50 pm

Quote from: tep0583 on June 12, 2004, 07:02:33 pm

Funny you should mention this TV. Its exactly what I'm using in my current cab (just completing it) It works acceptably, but does some times shut itself down right after I turn it on, requiring me to unplug it for a few seconds to reset it. The screen goes blurry a few seconds after you turn it on, almost like its syncing up with the video signal. Its during this time that it sometimes shuts itself off. I have no idea why.

Sounds like you might have purchased a bad one. I've been running test on both of the ones I bought with no problems so far (fingers crossed).

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: tep0583 on June 13, 2004, 10:42:53 pm

Could be.

As I said, it only happens at start up and not all of the time. Its only a minor annoyance and otherwise, it works perfectly for my needs. I could have something set wrong in the menu and/or it might not like the old TNT II Ultra I'm using for a vid card. I've heard that ATI is pretty much unbeatable for TV out. Now that I have everything else worked out, I'll have to play around with it a little to see if I can work it out.

Another one of these are in strong contention for the monitor in my next cab.

Let me know how your's work out.

Title: Re:Going to buy 2 of these tomorrow for his and her mame cabs
Post by: RobertBasil on June 13, 2004, 11:17:08 pm

Quote from: tep0583 on June 13, 2004, 10:42:53 pm

Let me know how your's work out.

I sure will. Thanks for the heads up on the problems with your's.