Doubts on TVs

[Stormdemon]

I'm planning on buying a SCART TV for my future MAME cabinet. I've been testing several models and sizes. I've tried a modern 28' Philips with flat screen and the quality, contrast, colors, etc are superb. The size of the screen makes game look amazing. I've also tried and old 19' with convex screen and round corners.

Surprisingly, although the picture quality is worse with the 19' TV, the overal effect is much more authentic and remembles much more an Arcade monitor

Definitelly, I think I'll buy a TV with convex screen and round corners. The problem is that they're hard to find. It would have to be an old TV, or a budget TV, which are not very reliable. Any maker in Europe that builds good TVs with this convex style? The perfect solution would be a modern TV with SCART connector, good quality in building and quaility, but with old-style screen (convex and round corners).

Also, I think 28' is too much. The resolution of old games makes them look too pixelated, don't you think? Would it be better a 25' screen or even 20'? And isn't it bad for your eyes to stare at a very big screen so close to it? I know it's non-interlaced mode, and the picture is very stable... but I'm not sure.

Finally, I've seen some TV catalogues which include some models which are not called TVs, but monitors-receivers. Since I'm not using my TV for watching programs, but only as a SCART monitor, do you think it would be a good idea to look for that kind of screens? I guess they're just the same as a TV-set, but cheaper. Correct me if I'm wrong. Eg: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelList?storeId=11251&catalogId=11005&catGroupId=11074 (bottom of the page)

[AndyWarne]

Using a SCART TV as an aracde monitor with the ArcadeVGA card is fine, I have a Toshiba 28in in my own cabinet. But it doesnt really make any sense to buy a new TV especially for this purpose (unless you actually want to use it as a TV as well), because they are more expensive than the equivalent size arcade monitor.
Of course if you can get one at a car boot sale etc that's different, and this is a good way to do it. There are generally plenty of TVs in car boot sales because people are upgrading to wide screen.