LCD Options

[SteelRush]

With advances in HLSL, GLSL, and now more mainstream variable refresh rate options (g-sync, freesync), is there a viable LCD option?  CRTs are both rare and astronomically priced these days, so finding a more economical solution can be nice. 

I have seen arcade specific LCD monitors that claim to take CGA and be drop in replacements for CRT machines.  How do these stack up for a MAME cabinet?  Specifically, I was looking at this monitor:

http://www.twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59_62&products_id=1324

I'd love to get a CRT but $400+ is a bit out of my budget right now.

[dmckean]

There's no reason to buy arcade specific LCDs for a MAME cabinet, you wouldn't gain anything by doing that.

G-sync and free sync monitors are still more expensive than buying a CRT.

[SteelRush]

Aren't these arcade monitors multisync, so they can be used with multiple refresh rates (like what g-sync and freesync will allow) so you can play all games at their original refresh rate?  If so, wouldn't that be a huge advantage over a traditional fixed refresh LCD?

[vwalbridge]

Don't overthink this. It's Mame...and Mame don't care what display you have on the other end. 99.9% of the population is just going to want to play Galaga. You would be the only guy that could tell the negligible difference from one LCD to the next.

[dmckean]

Aren't these arcade monitors multisync, so they can be used with multiple refresh rates (like what g-sync and freesync will allow) so you can play all games at their original refresh rate?  If so, wouldn't that be a huge advantage over a traditional fixed refresh LCD?

They're not, they just have internal scalers and have scaling artifacts.