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No more CRT Arcade monitors? :(
Hituro:
Can anyone confirm if this is true? I own a Wells Gardner D9800 Monitor, and I read somewhere that Wells Gardner is discontinuing it's line of CRT monitors and will only offer LCD monitors. I went on their website, and sure enough you can no longer buy them... Which sucks because if something ever happened to the monitor I currently have... I could basically never replace it :( Boo. Tell me this is not true!
keefyboy:
There's Wei-Ya and Bilabs for CRT arcade monitors. Hopefully they still sell them in 5-10 years time. Unfortunately, big CRTs (and 4:3 monitors) are pretty much a relic from a bygone day. I don't know of any real use for them Stateside - for almost every application, an LCD is a far superior option. We're a very tiny market. Apparently they still use them in China if I'm reading the market right, but when that market dries up, 4:3 CRTs will be no more.
People have (IMO) gotten stupid, and now most monitors are 16:9. OK for watching some movies, really crap for business use. But OOOOOOHHH, WIIIDESCREEN! :timebomb:
ahofle:
There are still a few places offering them. I just posted a review of one of them:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=107760.0
DaOld Man:
Is it possible to use a crt tube out of an old computer monitor?
ahofle:
I know it's possible to use one from an old TV. A computer monitor would probably not work as well since they are designed for much higher resolutions.
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