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Mini Arcade with PC Monitor and TV Tuner?
melarky:
I am getting ready to make a mini Donkey Kong cabinet for our baby room (my wife is due in November). She has given me the ok to build it, but she had a few requirements:
- Can't be too huge (she wants a mini one, maybe 5' tall at most).
- Must be able to double as a TV
I was trying to figure out how to keep it small and get a TV in it (the smallest TV I've seen with an s-video hookup is 20", and that is too big for a small arcade).
I found this TV Tuner box that turns your computer monitor into a TV, but I can't find any reviews of it:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1951868&CatId=1427
I like how it lets you watch TV without needing a computer (don't think the arcade will get that much play until the kid is older, so it will be nice not to have the computer on all the time), and the remote is another nice feature (not that specific remote, looks kinda cheap in the photo, but any remote will be nice).
I figure with that box, I can just shove a 15"-17" monitor in the arcade. Has anyone had any experience with that particular tuner box or that company? Does anyone know of a better/cheaper solution?
We have made mini arcades before (my brother-in-law made a 3/4 scale arcade based on lusids design a while ago, and it's probably going to be the same size as that, I'll attach a picture of that arcade for reference).
SteveJ34:
I wou ld suggest just getting an ATI All in Wonder card...that's what I did to save on space in my daughters room so she could just have cable TV on the PC.
You can find used ones on Ebay for ~ $25ish as you dont need a very high end card to drive MAME....a 32 or 64mb card would be more than enough.
melarky:
Do those cards have remotes with them? Does it treat the computer like a TV, or does it just run the TV in a window on the screen?
ahofle:
I believe you have to watch TV while booted into windows, although it can be full screen instead of a window. The product you linked looks like a much better option IMO.
SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: stew_bidasso on August 21, 2006, 04:45:13 pm ---Do those cards have remotes with them? Does it treat the computer like a TV, or does it just run the TV in a window on the screen?
--- End quote ---
The PC must be booted to access the tuner in the card but ATI All in Wonder models (or at least the older model she has) come with a remote and a USB infrared sensor so she could control the TV startup and shutdown, channel change, volume control, all from the remote.
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