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is it ok to use a plasma on a virtual pinball table?
Malenko:
I was shopping for an inexpensive but good LCD when the best kind of affordable (read:FREE) Plasma fell into my lap. Now the TV has issues, like 2 connectors (that I wont use) are broke and for some reason the image tiles, Ive gotta look into it, but it cant hurt to set up the software with this TV.
As for the Virtual Pinball table aspect, I've read/heard that plasmas are ok on their backs for images, but that they build up a tremendous amount of heat. Would it be ok to use the TV like this if I were to, for example, take the back plastic off and set up a couple of 120mm fans to pull in cool air and a couple of 120mm fans to push out hot air.
I figured worst case I either have a TV I can fix (if it cant be used in the pinball cab) or I have a TV I need to recycle
HaRuMaN:
Do it!
Can't go wrong with free... as long as you can fix it, your heat issues should be no problem with adequate ventilation... use a couple of 120 mm fans on the back of the pin, one pushing, one pulling, or something similar.
HaRuMaN:
Or... 2 fans in the very bottom to blow air in (at the tv), and two fans in the upper back to pull hot air out (across the tv) would work really well I think.
Charlie97L:
i've seen some plasmas go wonky when they were not oriented as intended, but they were older models, so that may have been fixed. i'd lay it down and test it before i decased it.
Malenko:
I'll definitely lay it downn a table before I go building anything or dumping more money into this project :)
I planned on going with a 4 fan set up (2 in 2 out) for the TV and separating the air space from the TV and the PC, I cant draw a sketch of the plans right now (at work) but I will when I get home. I just wasnt sure what kind of heat these things put out cause my LCD gets pretty hot and I hear plasmas are 10 times worse
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