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CheffoJeffo:
But will it *destroy* an LCD TV ? Honest question because I don't have any background in LCDs.
Last I heard Rick Niemann was working on LCDs as drop-in replacements for older arcade monitors, so I would have to assume that there is something to what he is doing.
ChadTower:
Arcade monitors are televisions minus control circuitry. No tuner, no sound, direct signal input, otherwise it's a TV. You can take the CRT right out of a TV, if it has a compatible deflection angle, and drop it into an arcade monitor with some wiring tweaks.
Those statements are a used car dealer's attempt to keep people buying old cars.
MrMojoZ:
--- Quote from: Haze on March 23, 2009, 08:55:01 am ---There's nothing wrong with the quote.
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Classic arcade games will not destroy LCDs, there is certainly something wrong with the quote.
dreamakuma:
If LCD's are so bad for arcade games why do they make these?
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/acv-011-cga-to-vga-converter/prod_252.html
While I myself want a new monitor(but dont have the Cash *sigh*), An LCD looks like the way for me to go. Since where I'm at I can get a 20" used for $100.
Haze:
--- Quote from: dreamakuma on March 23, 2009, 10:52:41 am ---If LCD's are so bad for arcade games why do they make these?
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/acv-011-cga-to-vga-converter/prod_252.html
While I myself want a new monitor(but dont have the Cash *sigh*), An LCD looks like the way for me to go. Since where I'm at I can get a 20" used for $100.
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because they can? If there is a demand for something people will sell a product. That doesn't mean it's perfect, nor even always mean it's safe.
As for destroying them, it depends how they react to signals they can't actually display properly, although the same could be said for standard ones if you do 'bad' things with them. I doubt any of the LCDs were designed with people throwing the obscure frequencies many arcade boards will generate at them at the very least, and I wouldn't be surprised if you found your warranty invalidated by doing so.
Proper CRT displays are better for Arcade games due to their flexibility in terms of resolution and refresh. An LCD can't, and never will offer that.
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