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Love5508:
well, I have a great chance to snag a nice 26 inch samsung tv or a 28 inch lcd monitor.  Currently I have a Sansui 27 inch tube laying around I was going to use but to fit in the cabinet I need to either decase it or hack up the case somewhat to make it fit.  Soo...My only hesitation is that I hear the lcd screens will "distort" or stretch the image either maiking it look funky or even affect gameplay.  :dunno

 -Is this true?
-what would be better, the 720p tv or the hi res monitor?
-should I just suck it up and stick with the trusty old tube?

Flake:
If those are widescreen TV's I think you'll get a "bigger" picture with the 27" Sansui since I'm assuming this tv is a 4:3 aspect ratio.  I dont this the widescreen monitors will "stretch" the picture unless you have the display settings set to full or whatever its called on that particular monitor.

Also, your 27" Sansui will present vertical games in the same size as a 19" vertical - which is a nice benefit.

Finally, the only other thing to take into consideration I would think is to determine the connectivity of the TV's/monitors.  If your 27" Sansui doesnt have component inputs available then you have to consider whethere you will be OK with the decrease in PQ that TV will provide as opposed to the other newer monitors.

Turnarcades:
Whatever you choose you will be best looking at 4:3 aspect monitors for more accurate displays. If you choose a widescreen you will either have to put up with a slightly stretched picture or lose a lot of size keeping games at their proper aspect ratio. Having a 28" widescreen and using the correct aspect ratio is no better than, at a guess, a 21" 4:3 screen as it would only measure about the same vertically.

wp34:
I'm debating the same thing at this point.  I've been testing Mame on a 26" LCD in non-stretch mode.  It looks well enough to me but Turnerarcade is correct that there is a lot of a wasted space on the sides.

This site has a handy screen ratio calculator.

http://cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi

You can put in various 4:3 and 16:9 sizes to compare true height/width and overall square inches between two screens.

Near as I can tell you need a 32" 16:9 LCD to closely match the height of a 27" 4:3 screen.

Turnarcades:
Thanks for that. This will come in handy when advising customers of the viewable differences when choosing a monitor for their cabinet.

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