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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Firebat138 on June 01, 2009, 04:34:41 pm
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Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/25-VGA-arcade-monitor-WORKS-Toshiba-K29CB55-MAME-tm_W0QQitemZ230346618811QQcategoryZ13718QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3907.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSI%252BSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%252BIA%26itu%3DFICS%252BUA%252BUCI%252BUFI%252BIA%26otn%3D15%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54)
Can someone confirm this is a good buy or not...Thanx... Any dangers with it being open ...etc... Thanx
Camper
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Look like an alright piece of equipment. You may want to found out what the sync range on that monitor is before you commit to buying it.
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Cool... What should it be? Can you educate me a little? :-)
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What should it be?
Depends on what you want it to do.
I would also have the seller verify what size it is...... even they question if it's a 25" or a 29".
That a huge difference when it come to mounting.
Have them post the TUBE numbers from the sticker on the back of the tube.
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I don't think that monitor is capable of standard res (CGA), which makes it next to useless for most arcade games. It's NOT the normal switchable CGA/EGA that Konami loved to use around that time, and I know some other games on the hardware Keyboard Mania ran on from that timeframe were in fact VGA, so it probably is a VGA monitor.
I don't think the seller knows much more about it.
If it follows the same numbering scheme as other Toshiba monitors from that timeframe, it is in fact a 29" (27" USA) monitor. They tend to be pretty nice, but if it's VGA only, you won't be running 99% of games in native resolution on it.
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Firebat, what sort of games do you prefer playing?
If you are into the new school of fighting games and shooters this will be a good monitor as it can do 640x480p if it is a VGA monitor?
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Well, you can do this (http://)
Cool... What should it be? Can you educate me a little? :-)
<in bold baritone and vibrato> MO-NI-TOR WI-KI-I-I-I-I-I-I. If no numbers bring anything, you could ask them to measure the damn diagonal of the tube.