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Title: Would this fit?
Post by: AlanS17 on November 11, 2004, 10:05:47 am: Could I get a KDS 21 Inch" monitor (with casing) to squeeze into a standard-sized Ms. Pacman cocktail cabinet? Anybody tried this?
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 11, 2004, 10:31:36 am: It should BARELY fit. Worst case scenario you will have to modify the frame.
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: Lilwolf on November 11, 2004, 10:40:23 am: I will try and measure them tonight. I don't have a ms-pacman cab but I have two kds monitors.

btw, those monitors aren't all that good for mame (too high resolution) but GREAT for PC games ect. Also GREAT for all vector games...
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 11, 2004, 11:11:55 am: I have BOTH, give me two minutes.
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 11, 2004, 11:16:24 am: It BARELY fits, and you have to lose the case. Which you don't need anyway. If you aren't familiar with the setup, here is how it goes.

The monitor tube, and boards, and all of it are attached to a sturdy front mounting plate, it is all attached to that plate, nowhere else. The rest of the fram can be removed and you will hang your monitor down into the cocktail from the mounting plate. It will be a pretty easy install.

It won't work with the case on though, even if you got it in there you wouldn't be able to get anything else in there with it, you need that extra space.
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: AlanS17 on November 12, 2004, 03:24:13 pm: I was expecting to remove the casing anyways. I'm glad to hear that everything stays intact, though.

Would I have to enlarge the cut-out where the monitor shows through?
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 12, 2004, 04:04:42 pm: Quote from: AlanS17 on November 12, 2004, 03:24:13 pm
I was expecting to remove the casing anyways. I'm glad to hear that everything stays intact, though.

Would I have to enlarge the cut-out where the monitor shows through?

Not sure, I didn't fully investigate it, I just measured it up real quick. If you did have to enlarge it, then it wouldn't be by much, as the tube on the KDS is just BARELY bigger than the tube on a 19" G07 monitor.
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: AlanS17 on November 17, 2004, 12:22:30 pm: Well enlarging a little or a lot probably requires the same amount of effort (and more importantly, the same room for mistake). Any expansion at all kind of turns me off to the idea.
Title: Re:Would this fit?
Post by: fredster on November 17, 2004, 02:58:04 pm: Yes, it will fit. It's tight, but it will fit Horizontally. Vertically, you may have to knock out the back plate and move it.