The X-fact0r :: 1st project attempt

[X-fact0r]

Hi folks,
this is my first post so bare with me

I have been lurking around for some time but only now I've found the motivation and conditions to embrace a cabinet project.
I am currently moving to another house and as a result the progress will be (very) slowly...
A couple of months ago I started to gather some info and best practices from several people that are building/built their cabinets and specialized sites such as BYOAC.

I have bought a used empty cabinet which I intend to recover and the basic concept is already laid out:

[BobbyG66]

1 week with Illustrator? You did good kid.

Not sure of the font used, but once you find it, it would look great having all the artwork in the same font as well as the CP.

Good luck, looks like a good start.

BobbyG66

[Harpal]

once you have all the artwork done it all would look great.....
good work
keep it up

[c64rulez]

That's a great combination of the atom mame logo and pacman.
Reminds me of Buggs Bunny ...


And thanks god they're not brains 

[markrvp]

If you are using a TV, then you won't need the AVGA.  That is for when you are using a CGA monitor or a multisync monitor like the Wells Gardner D9200 or Betson Multisync.

[Pixelhugger]

Handel Gothic is the name of the font. It's also floating around online under the name Niamey. I'm sure I have a free variant of it somewhere.

[X-fact0r]

1 week with Illustrator? You did good kid.

Did I forgot to mention that I work more or less regularly with PS?

If you are using a TV, then you won't need the AVGA.

[X-fact0r]

I've updated the concept a little bit based on your previous input.
Any comments?
Thanks.

Marquee


Sideart

[ZeroPoint]

Nice Marquee, much better than the previous.

The transparent Mame logo on your sideart is a little disturbing.

My original idea would be using a TV through scart/euroconnector. I have read somewhere that you would get an almost perfect image quality and resolutions with this combination... now I'm confused

There is no problem using a TV for your arcade cabinet. As you say you wish to use a scart-tv. That is an excellent choice if you want to use real arcade resolutions.

A few advices/warnings for you when selecting/using a scart tv:

You have to adjust the overscan on your TV. This is done in a special service menu that is not useraccesible and can be hard to find.

On some new TVs the horizontal size is fixed in the hardware and cannot be adjusted even in the service menu. You actually have to replace parts inside the TV (a coil) to change the horizontal size. NOT recommended. (Please do not open your TV because I

[dennis808]

ZeroPoint is right that you're best off with a SCART-TV, both in picture quality as in costs.
But if you're scared when people start talking about vertical position, vertical liniarity, horizontal position and rgb horizontal position...
This might be an easy alternative:
It's a scanline-converter that supports RGB-SCART:

http://www.trust.com/products/product.aspx?artnr=12737



You can get them on ebay (europe) for about

[c64rulez]

I've tested my tv (21" scart) with a plain AGP vga card and I got very satisfying results.
I'm using an S-video cable with a very simple tiny scart converter (cost 3$).
Can't post pictures right now, but I will when I can.
I did a lot of research regarding the tv connectivity, and although I did not try an arcadeVGA adapter I have no problems with the results.
I'm just tweaking the connection so that the tv goes right into AV mode. If I'm not mistaken (I can't verify it right now) it's 12v to pin 8. I'll check and repost

Have fun with your project.

[dennis808]

Keep in mind that there is a difference between using the S-Video input on a SCART-type connector like this:


and converting the vga signal to an RGB signal wich also gets transported to the SCART socket, albeit on other pins.

[c64rulez]

That is exactly the converter I have

[radnads]

I have a 27" tv connected via s-video to a geforce 4 s-video out and looks perfect.
The difference was made when a smoked tempered glass was set in front.  It sharpend the resolution beyond what s-vid to composite or scart can do.

Just to add

[ZeroPoint]

You could use s-video connection if you are happy with it, but you cannot in your wildest dreams compare it to a real rgb signal, and you for sure can

[c64rulez]

You could use s-video connection if you are happy with it, but you cannot in your wildest dreams compare it to a real rgb signal, and you for sure can