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Looking at building my own, but wonder about evolution
csa3d:
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 27, 2008, 09:45:35 am ---The problem with LCD now is that they all seem to be going for widescreen. Almost everything above 20" is widescreen these days.
I had hoped the 24" 4:3 models would come down in price, but they seem to have disappeared.
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Agreed, this is a problem. Viewsonic and few others have a 21.3" 4:3, but you pay more for this aspect which seems retarded.
Ginsu Victim:
Wow...I just looked up that Viewsonic 21.3"
Are they nuts with that price?
Get outta here!
Turnarcades:
I think your brother was clean ripped off for that kind of setup. Sure you will pay more going to a builder as they will put the back-work in and set it all up, but inside it's essentially the same as you do at home. I started at home building my own cabinet, then eventually built up Turnarcades from there. It is for the exact reasons you have highlighted that we offer custom machines, as everyone is different in what they want from a machine.
I understand where many builders are coming from though offering the setup your brother bought. The initial appeal for people new to the scene is the authentic arcade look and experience, and so that design is pushed to the front to pull people in, and is hence (for us at least with our UK cab designs), a big seller to those who want nothing more than a real-looking arcade machine. We, and a few in the US, then offer slimmer designs for people who have thought about it a bit more, as you have.
If you have a look around there are plenty of examples on this site as you have described, so you should be able to build your own based on them. If not though, seek out a US company like ours to do one for you.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 27, 2008, 09:57:23 am ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 27, 2008, 09:45:35 am ---The problem with LCD now is that they all seem to be going for widescreen. Almost everything above 20" is widescreen these days.
I had hoped the 24" 4:3 models would come down in price, but they seem to have disappeared.
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Agreed, this is a problem. Viewsonic and few others have a 21.3" 4:3, but you pay more for this aspect which seems retarded.
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yeah, I was thinking about this the other day. I'm guessing in less than 5 years the only LCDs made will be widescreen and we will be stuck with used monitors in our cabs. I mean if you were desperate I guess you could mask off the extra few inches with a bezel or something but it would still add to the overall width of the cabinet...
DssTrainer:
What about flipping the LCD display longways? 9:16 is that too long for games? can they be centered in the middle? I seem to remember Pacman 's monitor seemed longer than it was wide. tho that might just be in my head
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