Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Warborg on January 31, 2006, 11:20:47 pm
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Well, I have been working on designing a cab for a while, just ordered my LCDTopgun, have all the controls, etc. Now, I was basing it around a 20" Hitachi Superscan PC monitor I have currently, but now I also have the option of using a 30" Sanyo TV. I like the PC monitor for the clarity obviously, but the real estate of the TV is hard to resist. SO, what I wanted to ask is for opinions on a cab design that would hold that large of a TV set, still give the apropriate distance away from the TV, be playable with the lightgun, and still take a minimum amount of floorspace as this is going into the dining room of an apartment. Any opinions appreciated...
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Just modify any existing plan so that it will fit, on most plans I think it'll only be an increase of around 3''
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Here you go! ;D
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I appreciate the input... Thing is, I thought about modifying an existing plan but some people have misgivings about tilting a TV that size, and also I'm not sure if that might still be a bit too close to be to the screen. As far as the diagram Xonix, I had thought about making a cab similar to that (Dynamo 33" cab) but it does take a good chunk of floorspace...
Sigh... As much as I'd like to use that TV, I'm just not sure I'll have the room...
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I don't think it's necessary.
I use a defender box, and up close, 19" is just fine for most games... especially if you're using a monitor rather than a TV.
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I don't think it's necessary.
I use a defender box, and up close, 19" is just fine for most games... especially if you're using a monitor rather than a TV.
Well, I do also want to be able to play gun games on it, and just think that 20" might be a little small for that...
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Why do people have misgivings about tilting a tv that size? Because of the weight? Just make sure its well supported and don't tilt it too much. Most cabinets are designed for 27'' TVs and its fine tilting those, I can't imagine a 30'' would make much of a difference. But then I've never tried it, so maybe the others are right. If you don't want to tilt it then a showcase cab is your only option, in which case it will take up quite a bit of floor space.
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Why do people have misgivings about tilting a tv that size? Because of the weight? Just make sure its well supported and don't tilt it too much. Most cabinets are designed for 27'' TVs and its fine tilting those, I can't imagine a 30'' would make much of a difference. But then I've never tried it, so maybe the others are right. If you don't want to tilt it then a showcase cab is your only option, in which case it will take up quite a bit of floor space.
Which is kinda what I was thinking, but was hoping someone might have an idea I hadn't come up with... :)
Also working on a possible design like the showcase, but where you can retract the CP up against the monitor pedistal when not in use...
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I went with a 27" Tv so when I placed it in the machine, the width of the machine could still roll through a doorway to a bedroom or something if I had to move it around. This way I did not have to disassemble the cabinet after it is built to remove the TV before moving the cabinet.
* you can find a good 27" TV in your local newspaper classifed ads for about $50 to $100 ..... or at least there are many around me from time to time.
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I went with a 27" Tv so when I placed it in the machine, the width of the machine could still roll through a doorway to a bedroom or something if I had to move it around. This way I did not have to disassemble the cabinet after it is built to remove the TV before moving the cabinet.
* you can find a good 27" TV in your local newspaper classifed ads for about $50 to $100 ..... or at least there are many around me from time to time.
While that's true, I already have the 31", I am replacing it with a 32" I am getting from a friend and figured I'd just move the 31" to an arcade cab...