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newmanfamilyvlogs:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SyncMaster-245BW-24-inch-Monitor/dp/B000P6MOG2
the reviews on amazon seem to have an agreeable distribution.

BurgerKingDiamond:
just get a TV from a pawn shop (dirt cheap, they practically give them away) and use s-video. The picture quality is totally acceptable for MAME. Only the hard core video phile people would complain. If your PC doesn't have s-video out, buy a graphics card with s-video for $40 off newegg.. You would have no problem doing everything for under $100.

I guarantee the results will be better than a LCD.

BurgerKingDiamond:
i posted without reading the whole thread. apparently you bought an LCD. I still stand by my post though. a widescreen LCD will never look as good as a 4:3 CRT, even with s-video.

Guywiththegun:
I came to the conclusion that there are drawbacks and advantages to each choice, and just went with the one I felt suited me best. For old arcade games, my ideal choice would be an arcade monitor, followed by a TV, but I don't want to get into de-casing or mounting or building a shelf. I just don't have the knowledge yet. Beyond that, with the advantages of an LCD (hi-def, newer games in full 24" wide-screen, hi-res front ends and programs, easy to install, fool-proof, etc), I can live with just throwing up a MAME RGB effect for the old classics. Its just something I had to settle on.

If I had decided on a TV, right now I'd be scratching my head wondering how I'm gonna get that thing into that little Kangaroo machine, with the same indecision and confusion that has stalled me for 2 years. Maybe after this project is finally done, somewhere down the line, I'll consider something different with the knowledge I will have surely gained . . but to be honest, once I jump from classic Street Fighter II in 21" 4:3 to high resolution Super Street Fighter 4 in full 24" wide-screen with a few button presses, I think I'll be ok with the choice.

tcancian:
Apparently you're raging like a madman at CRTs but have you ever considered that given an ArcadeVGA you could pick a RGB to YPrPb transcoder and use just ANY SDTV CRT and it will look just as good as an arcade monitor? At least as far as Neo Geo goes it would be very close to pixel perfect. Neo-Geo runs at 320x224, if you use such setup, you would get 320x240. Other games would have to be scaled or centered but still, it's a nice alternative for arcade monitors, which are costly and hard to do maintance. I'll be picking up that setup soon, as soon as I'm a full member I'll post a WTB at Trade/Sell, I could then post some results. I'll use a 38" Sony CRT TV through YPrPb (S-Video DOES SUCK). :notworthy:

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