Has any purchased a Neiman monator

[ddw]

I looking at a Neiman 25 tri resolution Has anyone purchased one of these? How does it perform?


 Thanks

[Ken Layton]

The Blue Fox Drive-in Theater in Oak Harbor, Washington bought two of them over a year ago. I installed the monitors for them. The monitors are running perfectly. No problems.

[D_Zoot]

We have several out in location games.  Running great!  We have been very pleased with them.


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[ddw]

Thank's for the response. I have an newer ATI video card forget which one. Would you recommend using it or the ultimarc arcade card? Not sure if this arcade monitor will work with a standard video card.

    Thanks again ddw

[D_Zoot]

I'm not familiar with using one in that fashion since all of the Nieman monitors I've bought have gone into dedicated machines, but it wouldn't be any different than using any arcade monitor with a PC, a topic that's covered very well here.

I can tell you that the tri-mode monitors are NOT digital (which I prefer to see in a dedicated machine).  The drawback to non-digital, multi-mode monitors with a mame machine/PC application is that the monitor won't retain adjustment settings across different resolutions. Switching between CGA and EGA, for example, will likely require adjustments to the image size and position.  The solution is to use the monitor in only one mode, as you would with a standard arcade monitor in a mame machine.

Rick is now supplying digital monitors with OSD features (on screen adjustment menu), however they only support VGA and higher, so these would be akin to using a regular PC monitor.


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[ahofle]

I'm not familiar with using one in that fashion since all of the Nieman monitors I've bought have gone into dedicated machines, but it wouldn't be any different than using any arcade monitor with a PC, a topic that's covered very well here.

I can tell you that the tri-mode monitors are NOT digital (which I prefer to see in a dedicated machine).  The drawback to non-digital, multi-mode monitors with a mame machine/PC application is that the monitor won't retain adjustment settings across different resolutions. Switching between CGA and EGA, for example, will likely require adjustments to the image size and position.  The solution is to use the monitor in only one mode, as you would with a standard arcade monitor in a mame machine.

Rick is now supplying digital monitors with OSD features (on screen adjustment menu), however they only support VGA and higher, so these would be akin to using a regular PC monitor.


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Man how I wish Rick would come out with a 25" digital multisync.  That would pretty much end the discussion of which monitor is best for MAME cabinets. 

[ddw]

Thanks D-Zoot you cleared this up for me. Aim sure this is a fine monitor but I don't think it's the best choice for me.


 ddw

[brandon]

It not being digital would be a really killer for Mame...  with dozens of resolutions to deal with.  I guess you could run it at 800x600 and use hardware stretching but that defeats the purpose

[D_Zoot]

Man how I wish Rick would come out with a 25" digital multisync.  That would pretty much end the discussion of which monitor is best for MAME cabinets. 

Probably not much of a market for something like that, outside of the BYOAC/Mame communities anyway.   Commercial applications for open frame monitors are always pre-determined, fixed resolution uses (dedicated games, kiosks, advertising displays, industrial, etc..)

Rick's monitors are still a viable choice for a mame machine, they aren't any different than using any other fixed resolution arcade monitor in a mame cab, something that is done all the time!


I was just looking at Rick's website and see he has open frame LCD's that go as low as CGA,  hrmm...   interesting.   From an "authentic looking picture" standpoint, LCD just doesn't compare, but it sure would be cool to play around with one of those and see what you could do with it!


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[Ummon]

I'm waiting for Rick or someone to explain the reason for a native-running LCD.

[ddw]

I was looking at Ricks site.It seamed to me that you had to manually set a switch for different resolutions, does that mean that with the Arcade2 video card That the resolution  wont change automatic. I know with the betson it does change automatically Sorry for all the newbie questions.

     ddw

[Rickn]

Hi Guys, sorry for the delay, I have been traveling and just got back...

First off, it is true the tri-mode is an analogue monitor... what this means is that it will automaticlay switch between each resolution, but you will have to adjust most controls.

if you leave it in one resolution, you will love it... this is what I would suggest, just a normal video card set to 640X480 resolution 31 Khz.

Simple, just connect the 15 pin sub-d from the card to the monitor and play.

The one thing I can guarantee is support.

Hope this helps.

Rick

[Ummon]

To follow up on the possibly imminent question of 'why buy an arcade monitor to run mame if I'm not running native?'  I've found an arcade monitor, even at 31khz,  has a color quality that isn't matched by other monitors. Would I buy one for that? No. I'd try a tv, first. CRT HD TVs are getting about the same price as arcade monitors. People are starting to unload them on CL and stuff.

[Justin Z]

Bingo.  The only real obstacle will be to remove the speakers from the sides -- most have them that way (and I hate that).