Newbie controller question! And Monitor ;0

[MrTeamWork]

Hello! My first post here

 I am on a road that has been used many times... the road to build my Arcade Cabinet!

 But I need some help ;0
 
I am in the process of gathering all the parts to build my Cabinet - I have my plans all drawn up and blueprinted.
I just do not know which parts are the best parts to use - I have 2 different area's that I am confused with, and would love some help if possible? I don't know is that is done around here ;0  

 In my research in looking for quality parts for my Cabinet, I found tons of infomation and parts, etc. The problem is I have no experence with any of the parts, so I don't know which part(s) are quality, and which are inferior parts. I am not a total newbie, I did some research and I feel I have hit the wall in terms of just using google. So here I am ! :0


1: I have decided to purchase Joysticks from Happ controls, since they seem to be the best. The only problem is I do not know the difference between their Happ Controls Competition Joysticks and their 'Perfect 360 Happ Control' Joystick.     The games I plan to play alot are Fighting game, brawlers, and shooters. Also sometimes classic games, such as Pac-Man ( I am going to put a dedicated 4 way Joystick so no worries about that ).  Facts and Opinions ( espically owner opinions! ) are MOST WELCOME!

2:  Ahh, the Monitor selection. I have found this to be very confusing, mind boggling, etc. First you have PC montiors, then TV's, and then 'real' arcade monitors which sorta scare me   Right now I have a 27" Panasonic TV with S-Video which is a pretty good TV, but the other option is to buy a 22" PC Monitor, which I would run at 1024X768 at 85Hz. I have a problem where I need a high refresh rate or I get severe headaches, so I need at least 85hz or better. I saw refresh rates around 15hz for arcade monitors (?? I don't really understand them too much ) which if that 15hz is the entire screen would throw me into convulsions in 5 seconds if I tried to use them.   Opinions? Should I go with the 27" S-Video TV at TV resolutions, or a 22" PC monitor?

Thanks for all the help if you choose to help!

When I finish my cab, I hope I can submit it to the website here so others can see it!

 Also, when it's done I plan to post my experences with building it as a first time cabinet builder. Hopefully I can spare future newbies some pain I am sure to run into in the next couple of weeks ;0

[Wienerdog]

Both your questions are answered here:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5361

Perhaps someone else will comment on your monitor issue, as I don't know if that has been directly discussed.  TV vs. PC vs. Arcade Moniotor has been discussed, but maybe not your specific issues.  Search the forums, there are many threads discussing this.  

If you are very sensitive to monitors, you will need to go with a PC Monitor or an Arcade monitor.  

[BobA]

Hello! My first post here

 I am on a road that has been used many times... the road to build my Arcade Cabinet!

 But I need some help ;0
 
I am in the process of gathering all the parts to build my Cabinet - I have my plans all drawn up and blueprinted.
I just do not know which parts are the best parts to use - I have 2 different area's that I am confused with, and would love some help if possible? I don't know is that is done around here ;0  

 In my research in looking for quality parts for my Cabinet, I found tons of infomation and parts, etc. The problem is I have no experence with any of the parts, so I don't know which part(s) are quality, and which are inferior parts. I am not a total newbie, I did some research and I feel I have hit the wall in terms of just using google. So here I am ! :0


1: I have decided to purchase Joysticks from Happ controls, since they seem to be the best. The only problem is I do not know the difference between their Happ Controls Competition Joysticks and their 'Perfect 360 Happ Control' Joystick.     The games I plan to play alot are Fighting game, brawlers, and shooters. Also sometimes classic games, such as Pac-Man ( I am going to put a dedicated 4 way Joystick so no worries about that ).  Facts and Opinions ( espically owner opinions! ) are MOST WELCOME!

I will leave this to owners of these sicks.

2:  Ahh, the Monitor selection. I have found this to be very confusing, mind boggling, etc. First you have PC montiors, then TV's, and then 'real' arcade monitors which sorta scare me   Right now I have a 27" Panasonic TV with S-Video which is a pretty good TV, but the other option is to buy a 22" PC Monitor, which I would run at 1024X768 at 85Hz. I have a problem where I need a high refresh rate or I get severe headaches, so I need at least 85hz or better. I saw refresh rates around 15hz for arcade monitors (?? I don't really understand them too much ) which if that 15hz is the entire screen would throw me into convulsions in 5 seconds if I tried to use them.   Opinions? Should I go with the 27" S-Video TV at TV resolutions, or a 22" PC monitor?

AFAIK if you need a high refresh rate then your only choice is a computer monitor.   The refresh rate of TVs and arcade monitors is typically around 60Hz.  This is the vertical refresh rate.  Some arcade monitors run a range from 50 to 70 Hz but this does not come within range of your 85 Hz requirement.

As for the 15Hz that you quoted I think you are refereing to the Horizontal deflection whick on arcade monitors is about 15 Khz not 15hz.  No monitors work at 15Hz as everyone would have headaches and see massive flickering.

BobA

Thanks for all the help if you choose to help!

When I finish my cab, I hope I can submit it to the website here so others can see it!

 Also, when it's done I plan to post my experences with building it as a first time cabinet builder. Hopefully I can spare future newbies some pain I am sure to run into in the next couple of weeks ;0

[MrTeamWork]

Thanks for the link! Does anyone new have opinions on the Happ Pefect 360 joysticks?