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Title: cocktail monitor size...?
Post by: fixedpigs on March 10, 2006, 10:43:27 pm

what is the standard(most common) size of a cocktail monitor...?

thanks...!

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Post by: squirrellydw on March 10, 2006, 11:45:39 pm

19" but I am making one with a 27" like whammocades

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Post by: Ken Layton on March 11, 2006, 12:14:00 am

95% of the cocktails out there use a 19" monitor.

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Post by: holdennut on March 11, 2006, 09:23:47 am

I used a 19" in mine, just seems like the right size.

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Post by: whammoed on March 11, 2006, 03:26:58 pm

The midway style were 19".  I believe a lot of the school desk type ones were 13"?

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Post by: RayB on March 11, 2006, 06:35:37 pm

Taito style are usually 13"
Atari's had 14".

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Post by: daywane on March 11, 2006, 06:50:47 pm

just remember a 19 inch arcade monitor is like a 21 inch PC monitor

Me... If i had a 19 inch PC monitor handy I would still use it.