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tommyinajar:
Yup I looked again, BNC's :)

Zebidee:
That Sony PVM2950Q is the big brother of the 27" Sonys I was talking about in my earlier post!  That would be one awesome arcade monitor, so long as you can find a cabinet big enough to put it in!

They do take RGB + composite sync via BNC connectors.  they also accept component input, which is cool if you ever need to hook up your DVD player.   And with the super trinitron screen those colours will be awesome if fed an RGB signal.

Hey, here is an idea for you if you can't find/build a big cabinet.  Because these Sony monitors are basically one big rectangular-cube, try leaving it out of the cabinet, then you can rotate it onto its' side for playing vertical games!  Mind you, playing 1942 on a 29" monitor boggles my mind.  The pixels will be big .... and the monitor must weigh a virtual ton.  How much does it weigh?  60kg?  the 27" Sony PVMs tip the scales at 47kg.  I lift serious weights, but I can only just heave these around by myself.

if you people want tech info on these kinds of things, try looking at this website:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

they have heaps of service manuals & tech data available for many models of TVs and other gear.  I've found it invaluable when trying to work out, for example, how to enter a TV's service mode to adjust the overscan.  There is even a forum.

tommyinajar:
Hey thanks for the link. I got me a manual  ;D

I think I'm going to go pick it up.

I didn't even think about actually even mounting it. Now that I have the measurements, it appears I'll have a whopping 1/4 inch on each side. Going to have to modify the top a bit.

Cabinet is a Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road



Size

687 X 538 X 529 mm
27 1/8 X 21 1/4 X 20 7/8


Close on the weight 52kg, (114 Lbs for me :) )

Zebidee:
are you decasing the Sony 29" monitor?  If it is like my 27", it is very suitable for it.  The supporting electronics ("chassis") is actually arranged in a small box-like metal frame which sits around the CRT neck, providing some protection.  I also found some screen adjustment pots that are inaccessible until you de-case.

I reckon that the "Off-Road" cabinet would be fantastic for driving games!  Is that how you are setting it up?  Would probably also easily convert to a 3-player joystick arrangement.  How big was the monitor in your cabinet?  I barely managed to squeeze the 27" Sony into a large cabinet designed for 25-26" arcade monitors.

You will need to make sure that your cabinet goes back far enough to accommodate the "boxed-chassis around CRT neck" arrangement.  In my own case, I had to lower the screen slightly from where I wanted it to accommodate the top of the box at the back (does that make sense?).

The 27" screen has quite large mounting brackets on the corners (larger than on other naked TVs I've seen), which makes it pretty easy to mount to an existing wooden/metal monitor frame.  I had to do some minor carpentry to widen my wooden mounting bracket a little.

If you are decasing, pls take lots of care and all normal precautions around dangerous electrical devices.  I recommend that you leave the monitor OFF & unplugged for SEVERAL DAYS before decasing, to make sure that there is minimal residual charge in the tube/capacitors.  I also recommend that you DON'T wear something like a woolly jumper (it is winter in Oz now), coz of all the static electricity potential.  Finally, unless you are the incredible hulk, you'll likely need to get someone to help you lift the thing into your cabinet.

cheers, zeb.

shorthair:
Zeb: I would say the weights aren't doing you any favour, as I'm average height at about 150 pounds (about 73 kee's?), and I can easily move my 29" Billabs around. Hell, I bet I could maneuver it around much easier if not for the open-frame design. Like Matt Furey says: it's not the size of the dog, but the size of the fight in the dog. I don't lift weights. (I mean, not to dis you or anything, really, just mentioning. Someone, whether I know them, comments on something like the above about something I know, I immediately ask why they say so, cos they may likely know something I don't know, but surely want to. They're offering it free. Can't ask for better.) Anyways, yeah, it's definitely a good idea to have someone help you install it.

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