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Show me your 27" TV cabs
« on: August 21, 2011, 01:26:58 pm »
So I recently hit the jackpot and got an arcade-friendly 27" TV to put in my Midway cabinet that previously had a 25" monitor. For those of you who have 27" CRTs in your cabs, could you post some pictures or links to project threads? Would love some inspiration!
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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2011, 05:03:44 pm »
27/29" Makvision 31kHz:


Covered with smoked plexi:

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2011, 09:40:48 pm »
I have a 27" arcade monitor (KT-2914F) in my old MK2 cabinet.  It came without a monitor, and I happened to have the 27" laying around.  It fits, but BARELY.  I actually had to angle it in to get around some trim pieces that retain the front glass.  I also had to fabricate new mounts, but you could modify the original ones if you preferred.  It doesn't really look too big to me, but if you compare side-by-side to a normal Midway 25" cabinet, you'll note a distinct lack of bezel.

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 12:47:53 pm »
Here is my cab with a stripped down 27" TV I picked up from a friend.  The cabinet is based of plans from http://www.arcadecab.com/

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 01:00:05 pm »
Here is my cab with a stripped down 27" TV I picked up from a friend.  The cabinet is based of plans from http://www.arcadecab.com/

Nice, thanks for the pic of the mounting frame in particular.
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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 03:09:31 pm »
Thx, I added to it by putting a "shelf" to the bottom to hold the PCB, but the frame built in the picture basically slides into a angled L bracket on the sides of the cabinet so it can be removed quite easily (the TV adds a crap-load of weight to it)

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2011, 02:27:12 pm »
the easiest way of mounting a decased 27 inch tv set is using an old sega naomi mounting frame. all u have to do is replace the metal plate with a bigger plywood shelf and sometimes ( depends on the chassis size ) widen the rear metal brackets .

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2011, 05:28:17 pm »
This is an old thread and I never really posted finished pics, but I put a 27" Toshiba vertically in this cab:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=52344.0

I also put 27" arcade monitors in two different dedicated 25" cabinets, my Soul Edge/Calibur and Golden Tee.

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2011, 10:04:32 pm »
$20 midway universal cab in great shape. $20 27" Phillips tube. $97 Wei-Ya 827HR chassis. Maybe $40 into the control panel. Free marquee. Just needs glass, art and t-molding!  :laugh: Project still underway.

Oh yea- the mount, that comes from a MakVision 27" which i swapped with a MS-32 mount to go in a sega cab. It fit nicely with a little grinding and drilling.

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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2011, 10:45:37 pm »
the Smash TV cab is pretty similar to that. Sounds like everybody is pleased with their 25" to 27" upgrades?

$20 midway universal cab in great shape. $20 27" Phillips tube. $97 Wei-Ya 827HR chassis. Maybe $40 into the control panel. Free marquee. Just needs glass, art and t-molding!  :laugh: Project still underway.

Oh yea- the mount, that comes from a MakVision 27" which i swapped with a MS-32 mount to go in a sega cab. It fit nicely with a little grinding and drilling.[/img]
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Re: Show me your 27" TV cabs
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2011, 12:34:37 am »
Yea, it works out good. Picture quality on the Philips tube is awesome. Sharp and bright. I did have to modify the horizontal output because by default it was about 2 inches too wide for the tube. This is done tinkering with the horiz coil and changing the horz output capacitor's value. It will be different for every TV tube.