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LCD widescreen TV for monitor
psychohack:
I am building a massive MAME in a Dynamo Showcase cabinet. I am considering ditching the 39" CRT and going with a 40" + widescreen 1080p HD TV. This way I could watch movies, run windows (without it looking like crap etc. Keeping the crappy old authentic arcade looking low res is not really as important to me as making it more versitile. Also, I like the crisp look of a new LCD over the old fuzzy low res look of a CRT arcade monitor. Does anyone have any suggestions or reasons I should not do this, or why it won't work? I thought it would be nice to use this as an actual computer setup and to watch movies or whatever etc. since I have so much money in it already.
Also, if I do this should I try to find a TV with DVI input, or will a standard VGA input give me the same native resolution of the TV at 1920x1080 (1080p).
Thanks
mrserv0n:
I used to have my CP hooked to a 42"sony plasma, IMHO the 25" CGA arcade monitor STILL looks better for the arcade games. And I don't mean centipede, even the newer ones. Something about that 15hz and low res that truly makes the games look nice.
I had mine hooked up through DVI 1920 res. never tried vga. There is no 1080 tv without HDMI you just run DVI to HDMI
psychohack:
Does this mean I cannot get 1920x1080 using the DVI or VGA input?
genesim:
It is so dumb because DVI is very capable of high res. HDMI is just another case of making people trade up their cables.
Whats worse is that upconvert DVD players generally have the 5.1 digital optical either having problems like periodically dropping out, or you get an annoying "nag" about how you aren't using the HDMI audio. I HATE that.
The end result is that everyone has to switch their amps over to an HDMI capable one to get digital surround as opposed to having the digital optical or coax that those same suppliers were saying was so great!
psychohack:
So that means no native resolution with DVI or VGA?? Will I need a DVI to HDMI converter or something, or an HDMI out video card? I am not sure why they would put DVI or VGA connectors on the TV's if you cannot get max resolution when hooking up a computer?? That makes no sense.
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