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Title: Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: M6A4TS on December 17, 2002, 06:54:07 pm

I'm just wondering if there were a few kind souls who use TV's through S-Video to post some pictures of how "readable" the text is in windows. I plan on making my cabinet this way and am worried about the text in windows.

Thanks in advance,

M

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 17, 2002, 07:06:01 pm

they are readable.just pimp up the font size.Again...you get what you pay for..TV suck...so bad..you will loose your eyesight. :)
okay maybe s-video looks pretty good.

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: M6A4TS on December 17, 2002, 07:25:38 pm

I plan on using a Sony WEGA 27" Flat-Tube with a GeForce4 Ti4600. Any specific information on either of these would be usefull.  

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: Rahzel on December 17, 2002, 10:18:14 pm

Geforce 4 ti4600 would be wayyyy too overkill for Mame. It hardly even uses any video processing power, just get a card with minimum 32megs ram or so and make sure it has nice video-out. ATI is one of the better cards IMO.

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: BASSOFeeSH on December 18, 2002, 06:22:41 pm

Unless of your he also plans to play PC games.

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: M6A4TS on December 18, 2002, 07:57:50 pm

Yes, I plan on building a rather updated machine to play PC games with also.  Looks like I just might have to save for a long while and buy the Princeton Graphics Arcadia 2.7FTX

http://www.princetongraphics.com/Products/ProductsF.html (http://www.princetongraphics.com/Products/ProductsF.html)

A little steep but it has gotten rave reviews.

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: Jakobud on December 18, 2002, 08:42:42 pm

My cabinet has a 24" Sony Wega.  I am VERY pleased w/  how it looks.  Your setup will look great.  Don't waste you money on those Princeton monitors/tvs.  They are nice but I guarantee you will be more than pleased w/ that Wega.

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: M6A4TS on December 18, 2002, 08:46:28 pm

Oh well I think I'm gonna stick with the TI-4600 anyway seeing as I can buy it from my friend who received two as a gift for $100. It's a Leadteck too.

-Jackobud How readable is windows on your WEGA?

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 18, 2002, 09:45:35 pm

yo...those prinstons..dont they have VGA inputs too..

THEN you get best of both world..play pc games and consoles without any problem..only problem..they are not cheap...$500 a pop right?

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: Zombie on December 19, 2002, 10:32:02 am

http://home.tiscali.dk/8x050662/tvout/nvidia.jpg

i guess it readable but not very eyefriendly.
games look great though.
arrrrgh!! those black borders :(

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: M6A4TS on December 19, 2002, 05:19:18 pm

Snake, yeah they have a VGA input, and are just as good ofg quality as a monitor. A little off on the $500 bucks though, try $1,200  :(

Title: Re:Attention To All Who Use TV's
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 19, 2002, 08:11:24 pm

i saw on ebay for $400..you can get hdtv with vga input for $549 BUY NOW..

from ebay.