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leapinlew:
I'm not opposed to a huge monitor. Here is one of my cabinets:


32" Television. It's just that if I'm going through all the trouble of an authentic arcade experience, I'm going to use the right monitor size for the game I'm playing. I can understand the attraction of a 25" monitor in a horizontal orientation so it can play vertical games as the right size if you plan on only having a single cab.

Ginsu Victim:
That's great, since it's not in the player's face like my monitor.

Ummon:
mrclean: unless you get a used monitor, I think burn-in is a non-issue. You won't likely be running it for hours and days on end.



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--- Quote from: mrserv0n on August 17, 2008, 12:58:31 pm ---anything under 25 is lame


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Yeah, that is kinda funny. And just as lew says below that, it depends on the circumstance. There really isn't anything quite like an original monitor when running a classic - say like DK, or Bubbles, or what-have-you. And likely the same for newer games with their respective monitors. And for standard frankenpanel/combo displaying Mame cabinet, 25-27" is good.

mrclean:
 :blah: well brings me to another question reguarding burn.. any one got a crt and using mr. do's art for mame ?

and also more importantly...

I was curious and hope that someone here has a 25'' / 24.8'' crt monitor and is using mr. do's art for games.. for instance if i load say "Super Pang" the bezel art in game on my 19'' lcd running 4:3  turns that game into about a 11'' with the artwork bezel..what would the display size of this game for instance be on a 25'' with mr do's art / bezel for that game??

retrometro:
A few reasons to use a larger than original monitor on a mame cab:

1)  If your monitor chassis doesn't rotate, a larger landscape mounted monitor will play your portrait games closer to their original size.

2)  If you play games with artwork, you can still play your games in their original size but now you have artwork around it.

3)  #1 & #2 together.

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