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19 or 25 inch crt?
« on: April 05, 2014, 10:57:03 pm »
I've gotten pretty good with mame HLSL and have been happy with my LCD, but have been thinking lately about experimenting with a crt for my vertical games.

To that end I am trying to decide between a 19 and 25 inch crt to dump into a midway cab for my vertical games.

Did some research today and went to a local arcade to play on a 25th anniversary pac machine with a 25 inch crt.

Am I the only one that thinks 25 inches is too big?  I found myself unable to view the entire screen at once, and I felt like I was sitting at center court at a tennis match.

Would appreciate any input.

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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2014, 11:02:45 pm »
36" CRT:

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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2014, 11:10:09 pm »
The first couple of times I played one of those 25" reunion cabinets I really wanted a 25" vertical machine.   With TV's bigger is usually better.  But like you said it can be very difficult to see the entire screen at once.   Personally I like 25-27" for horizontal and 19" for vertical mountings.
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2014, 11:17:10 pm »
Definitely a 19 incher.  I experimented with a 25 and 27 inch before I built my pacman cab and they were just too darn big. 
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2014, 02:50:41 pm »
19 it is, then. 

Ps I think malenkos tube would give me seizures...
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2014, 09:06:39 pm »
Quote from: Diet_Pepsi on April 06, 2014, 02:50:41 pm
Ps I think malenkos tube would give me seizures...

That's what she said.  :lol

(Yeah, kind of a weird one)
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2014, 09:22:45 pm »
I miss that cab, DoDOnPachi was amazing on it.
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2014, 11:49:48 am »
Quote from: Malenko on April 06, 2014, 09:22:45 pm
I miss that cab, DoDOnPachi was amazing on it.
That's always my go-to vertical shmup for showing off a rotated monitor.
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Re: 19 or 25 inch crt?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2014, 01:24:05 pm »
`pachi......


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