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Title: Survey: What
Post by: Dariusz on December 27, 2002, 06:05:36 pm

Hi,

I just would like to understand the orientation of peoples monitor (PC or arcade) in their cabinet (ie. Horizontal or Vertical. Some people may even have monitors in they cabinet which they can rotate).

Please provide a response in the subject line as

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 27, 2002, 06:10:24 pm

Horizontal with a huge monitor so vertical games look fine.i am not a big fan of vertical games anyways(i kick --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- when it comes to street figheter you see :D).

Title: Re: Horizontal
Post by: Birdtales on December 27, 2002, 06:12:50 pm

Horizontal

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: TazMan on December 27, 2002, 07:09:34 pm

Horizontal
27" so vertical games look fine also

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: Xiaou2 on December 27, 2002, 07:31:10 pm

 I agree.  I use a 27" Svideo tv horizontally...so vertical games are just about as big as the real thing.  

 And for 27" - even the darius shooter thats 3 screens wide look decently sized.  : )

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: eightbit on December 27, 2002, 10:14:00 pm

Horizontal but i want a vertical.

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: JustMichael on December 27, 2002, 10:51:30 pm

Vertical.  I am using a pc monitor in an old Xevious cab.  The original bezel has a vertical orientation.

Title: Horizontal
Post by: Sasquatch! on December 27, 2002, 11:21:49 pm

If/when I do a cocktail cab, that one'll be vertical.

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: SirPoonga on December 27, 2002, 11:27:00 pm

20" Trinitron Pc monitor.

When I make my cocktail cab that will only play vertical games (I have my upright for horizontal games)

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: BobA on December 27, 2002, 11:41:40 pm

1 horizontal bartop completed
1 vertical bartop completed
1 horizontal full size in progress

BobA

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: jerryjanis on December 28, 2002, 02:42:57 am

Horizontal 25 inch.

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: madk on December 28, 2002, 02:52:05 am

1 horizontal 27" homemade cab
1 vertical 19" Red Alert cab (restoration in progress)

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: spidermonkey on December 28, 2002, 12:18:39 pm

21" Sony trinitron pc moniter (horizontal) but an identical cabinet with a vertical moniter is in the works. Too much trouble to design a rotating moniter :P  27" tv would be a solution but I personally don't like the picture that a tv produces.

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: RacerX on December 28, 2002, 12:52:06 pm

19 inch horizontal PC monitor.  Vertical games are a tad small, but I am yet to have anyone even comment on it.  Everyone (at least in my experience) is so amazed that you can build these things that they don't care.   ;D

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: J_K_M_A_N on December 28, 2002, 03:11:41 pm

Horizontal. 21" PC monitor. Vertical games look fine to me and everyone who plays it.

J_K_M_A_N

Title: Re:Survey: What’s the orientation of the monitor in your cabinet (H or V?)
Post by: telengard on December 28, 2002, 11:31:43 pm

Mine rotates so I get both!   :)

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: JQ on December 29, 2002, 08:44:05 am

I'm still working on mine, but I plan to have a 27" horizontal.  I'm Playing games on it now and I don't have any complaints about the game play.

Daniel

Title: Re:Survey: What’s the orientation of the monitor in your cabinet (H or V?)
Post by: hyiu on December 30, 2002, 09:50:26 am

I will be using a 21" computer monitor... and plan to have it horizontal.... (the normal way for the monitor...)

one thing to keep in mind is... if you're using a tv or a computer monitor... and you want to mount it so it stand on its side....plz keep a few things in mind....

 - some of them have their main heat exhaust on top (by design)... (like circuit board will be vertical, .... more heat vents on top... etc.)
 - some monitor / tv might have color shift if you put it aside for a while... (like 1/2 hr or so....) and you might have to degauss it....
 - make sure you mount it where it is secure.... cos if they're not designed to be mounted vertically... and you just screw it in.... places where you're leveraging the weight might not be strong enough....

these are a few things I learned from this site...  ;D  ;D
but as long as you watch out... it should be ok....
there are quite a few success cab with vertical mount monitors....

good luck....   ;)  ;D

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: JLR2000 on December 30, 2002, 12:21:59 pm

Completed Upright cab:  27" TV Horizontal

Pole Position Mame: 20" PC Monitor Horizontal

WIP Mame Cocktail:  15" PC Monitor Vertical

WIP Mame Upright cab:  19" WG Arcade Monitor Horizontal


Check out Pics on my website (photo pages link).

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: RandyT on December 30, 2002, 12:42:03 pm

I'm with the crowd that puts a 27" in horizontally.  Vertically it looks great, just like the original 19" vertical monitors.  Horizontal games are huge and awesome.  

As a side note, K-mart has an S-video capable 25" by Curtis-Mathis.  It measures only 24" in width with the case on, so it should fit in most cabs and deliver a nice sized image in either orientation.  Prliminary tests on the beast conclude that it remembers both power and S-video input states when the plug is pulled as well, but check for yourself before picking one up.  :)

RandyT

Title: Re:Survey: What
Post by: Brad Lee on December 30, 2002, 02:53:02 pm

I suck.. 15" pc monitor horizontal

I've got a 20"tv that's just a little too deep to fit, and it doesnt have s-video. The 25" in the post above sounds like exactly what I need, although it'd still be tight