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Title: monitor for mame question
Post by: squizz on April 21, 2003, 09:17:35 am

 Hello

  i'm about to build a mame cabinet which i would like to  install an arcade monitor into it.

  so the question is this.
  after installing an arcadevga card , what monitor will be the best bet to go with, atm the cabinet will be an x turtle cab, which has a blown 26in installed , so i would like to get another 26in monitor.

  so now over to you experts  ;)
 
  Thanks

Title: Re:monitor for mame question
Post by: paigeoliver on April 22, 2003, 01:07:46 am

What is "blown" in the monitor it has now? Most monitors are fixable. I wouldn't just give up on a monitor that size without at least trying to fix it.

Title: Re:monitor for mame question
Post by: android on April 22, 2003, 10:12:10 am

You should get a standard resolution arcade monitor.

Title: Re:monitor for mame question
Post by: squizz on April 26, 2003, 03:41:46 am

Quote from: paigeoliver on April 22, 2003, 01:07:46 am

What is "blown" in the monitor it has now? Most monitors are fixable. I wouldn't just give up on a monitor that size without at least trying to fix it.

  The tube is caputt :)
  and too many other things to fix on the board.
 was seen by an arcade tech and was told to throw it away.


 

Title: Re:monitor for mame question
Post by: squizz on April 26, 2003, 03:43:41 am

Quote from: android on April 22, 2003, 10:12:10 am

You should get a standard resolution arcade monitor.

 And how does the arcadevga look running pacman and pengo etc games.
  can you get them to fill the top and bottom of a horizontal screen ?
 thanks

Title: Re:monitor for mame question
Post by: paigeoliver on April 28, 2003, 05:10:06 am

I have often wondered about vertical games displayed horizontally on an arcade monitor. They have simply got to be losing some resolution.