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Use of CRT TVs now, and best usage?
RandyT:
One thing that may or may not be an issue with an up facing CRT is gravity's eventual effect on the dot mask. The bigger the screen, the larger the mask, and the more likely it could sag and distort under it's own weight. This would result in color purity issues. Just something to watch out for.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: RandyT on October 03, 2013, 07:41:31 pm ---
One thing that may or may not be an issue with an up facing CRT is gravity's eventual effect on the dot mask. The bigger the screen, the larger the mask, and the more likely it could sag and distort under it's own weight. This would result in color purity issues. Just something to watch out for.
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This wasn't a known issue with any of the games with up facing 25" and 27" monitors that I was aware of, and they just had standard model tubes, nothing special. However I don't think any games went up facing with anything bigger than a 27" so who knows what a bigger tube may do.
CRT television sets can essentially be had for a negligible amount of money these days. They are being unloaded in great numbers. So don't feel like you HAVE to put the TV to some sort of use. Every $20 bill in your wallet can buy another one.
If you are going with a TV then I would probably use a hacked Xbox to power the system. Normally I say putting an xbox in a cabinet is stupid, but I have never seen a TV out card look as good on a crt as a real console did.
You can also get a compatible arcade chassis, turn the monitor into an arcade monitor and hook it up using any of the usual methods.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 03, 2013, 11:42:33 pm ---This wasn't a known issue with any of the games with up facing 25" and 27" monitors that I was aware of, and they just had standard model tubes, nothing special. However I don't think any games went up facing with anything bigger than a 27" so who knows what a bigger tube may do.
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I ran into a stack of 21" PC monitors in the old days which had shadow mask issues due to being bounced around with the screen facing upward. My CRT repair guy said he had seen it before and made that comment to me, right before telling me that they couldn't be fixed. It makes sense that larger screens would be more susceptible to this kind of thing, as the masks are necessarily very thin and can only be held at the edges. Take it for what it's worth. :)
Warborg:
--- Quote from: RandyT on October 03, 2013, 07:19:18 pm ---This was about the size of a "showcase" cabinet CRT. If you have the space, this would be the best use for the beast. The control panel is good distance from the screen, so the size won't be working against you, and the extra distance will make the lower quality video less noticeable.
Just make sure that whatever is responsible for supporting it is strong enough ;)
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I actually had a showcase cabinet a while back with a slightly smaller tube TV in it, but at the time the size of the thing wasn't terribly practical for me... I've been looking at my living room and thinking about it, but I think that if I were to seriously consider another Showcase I would ultimately have to choose between my girlfriend or my cabinet... ;)
Yeah, I think I'm just gonna e-cycle it or something, I can't really think of anything I can practically use it for in teh space I have available... As it is I've half considered reducing my arcade cabinet into a portable control panel setup that I can just run a cable to my DLP TV in the living room if I wanted to play something...
CaptainMarvel:
Reading all of this makes me wish I had had the foresight to have held onto some of the computer monitors I've had over the years.
But then again, WHO KNEW I would eventually stumble upon the awesome world of "BYOAC" and, in retrospect, discover I would have had a need for them?
:hissy:
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