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LCD monitors retrofitted into a Defender style cabinet?
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: iscariot on August 26, 2009, 11:31:33 pm ---If you ask me it looked kind of weird b/c I was used to a CRT.
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That's not the only reason it looked weird. There was not a single classic arcade game which was in a widescreen aspect ratio. There was not a single classic arcade game which had a resolution even close to matching the single native resolution of an LCD PC monitor (which means the image will have to be scaled). There was not a single classic arcade game with a flat plastic screen and a display technology that makes the displayed colors look different depending on the viewing angle.
CRT PC monitors look bad for classic arcade games. LCD PC monitors look exponentially worse.
iscariot:
We didn't use a widescreen LCD monitor. There are several monitors that are 19 inch that are 4:3. I think the one he had was a rosewill.
Blanka:
--- Quote from: iscariot on August 27, 2009, 07:27:48 am ---There are several monitors that are 19 inch that are 4:3.
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19 inch LCD's have NEVER been made in 4:3
You have 20 inch and 21.3 inch 4:3 panels with 1600x1200 resolution. They are all quite good (viewing angles) as they only made IPS and PVA panels in those sizes.
19 inch is either widescreen, or 5:4 (1280x1024 pixels).
Flake:
Well here's the deal. I dont really care about whether its a LCD or CRT. I would be OK with a CRT, I have that in my main Mame cab now. Here are my issues:
1. I already have this cabinet.
2. I want a cab that is pretty much dedicated to Tron/DOT/other trigger stick games.
3. Tron is a vertical game/DOT and many other trigger stick games are horizontal.
4. I cant fit a 25"/27" CRT in this cabinet.
I could take out the monitor shelf I suppose and mount the LCD with a couple wood brackets running from side to side. That would allow me to get 2-3 more inches of vertical space. But I'm pretty much stuck to a width of 22.5".
severdhed:
i have a 19" 5:4 LCD in my cabinet, and you know what? it looks great. Nobody has ever complained about the way it looks, and I am quite happy with the picture on it. Not everyone needs their arcade games to be pixel perfect to the original. i have only played a small collection of real arcade games in my life...most of the games i fell in love with in mame, i have never seen before in a real arcade.
yeah, they may not look exactly like they did, but they still look great...and playing them on a full size cabinet with the proper controls makes them awesome.
if you want an LCD monitor and you are OK with the way it looks, then dont let anyone else tell you it is wrong.
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