Main > Main Forum

LCD Screen Opinions...?

<< < (8/8)

michelevit:
A two player upright cab shouldnt have problems.
If the players are standing shoulder to shoulder like a streetfighter cab, the viewing angle is essentially head on.
The colors dont shift until the angle substantially changes. The above video demonstrates that nicely.

Whats next? Everyone needs 4k monitors to play Arcade Classics that commonly had resolutions of less than 300*300.

Its silly to demand such high level equipment just to emulate low fi gaming.

Unstupid:
Side to side is not bad.  It'll only be a problem if you are looking at it from the bottom nearer to the control panel.  But the only people looking at it from that angle would be short people and short people are not supposed to play arcade games!  :)

sandheaver:

--- Quote from: michelevit on May 09, 2013, 03:12:18 pm ---Its silly to demand such high level equipment just to emulate low fi gaming.

--- End quote ---

Yes and no.  There are LCD monitors which fringe and color-shift significantly even at slight angles, though I agree most monitors don't suffer this.  I'm talking a vertically mounted monitor, here, for a 2 player simultaneous game like 1942 and its kin.

And I think it is important to mention that it is not high-level equipment that is sought, it is (in this case) high-level usability.  If it takes a high-end monitor to provide the viewing angles that a CRT would have offered, then, yeah, a high-end monitor or CRT will be required if you want to do it properly.

Again, I think the best arcade monitor ever sold would be a 19", 4:3 ratio plasma.  Plasma televisions are (were?) cheap to manufacture, use calibrated phosphors, are very bright, have excellent viewing angles, very fast response times, and much higher phosphor lifetimes than CRTs.

edit: small grammatical fix-em-ups.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page

Go to full version