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just an idea... 2 LCD screen mirror cab with change-able backdrop????
Bender:
is that the wrong way? does the 45º go the other way? It's been a while since I actually looked inside one
I don't think the light from the LED would be an issue, there are so many way to knock it down, either adjustments on the set itself, tinted plexi, neutral density filter,or a combination etc.
with a 45º mirror you shouldn't need any keystone correction
Vanilla, great idea about using the rear monitor for horizontal games (no Backdrops)
Spacejack, got any pictures?
Right now it's just an idea, but down the road who knows?
Thanks for the input everyone!
Spacejack:
Sorry, no pictures... it was nothing special though. I just flipped the CRT on its back and duct taped a piece of furniture glass to the front and the LCD sitting behind it. I guess the other end of the glass was probably just sitting on top of the LCD. I did it that way because I was presuming one wanted some amount of keystoning for effect. (making Invaders more "3-d") I wasn't using a real Invaders cab as a basis, just throwing stuff together to see it if would work.
Using it as a way of having a full vertical display on the glass and a full horizontal display on the background was a primary intention. I was also able to get some interesting interaction between non-backdrop type games and their bezels. I could line up the Pac-Man bezel on one monitor with the accompanying game image appearing behind it at an angle (or something like that anyway, it's been a while). I think this involved manipulating the monitors physically though, to line up the stuff. I never really followed up on it because it meant building a whole other cab and I tend to just lazily play on my crappy converted Dynamo mini, which utterly kills my back. Think it might be time to go ahead!
This would also be a way to use a more commonly available 16x9 LCD monitor (for the vertical part at least) without noticing the pillarboxing or having to make extra space between controls and monitor.
edit: Crazy thought... what about using the monitor from one of those digital fireplaces where you get a fully transparent LCD screen? You could stack those things and create some pretty wild effects.
Necro:
Bender, odd you posted this. I was thinking of attempting something like this but hadn't posted yet. If we can get some definitive answer on if this works I can add it to the Mirror Cab FAQ ;). This would let me do mirror for MAME and MESS and use the back screen for other emus (arcade) that don't have a mirror flip option.
Necro:
...also, if anyone does this before I do there's another problem. Given you can get MAME to split the display across two monitors, you also need it to flip one screen and not another...which I don't think it does now (either of the options, but particularly the only flip one screen thing). Should be solvable just by flipping the backdrop image so MAME flips it back to the proper orientation.
RandyT:
Maybe I'm a little slow tonight, but what, other than the ability to reproduce the background images on games like Space Invaders (and there aren't that many) would one hope to gain by doing this?
Trying to line up Pac-Man on his maze, for instance, would be a nightmare, unless you were looking at it straight on. And at that point, it makes no sense to not just keep him on the same plane.
Tell me what I am missing. :)
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