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torcer:
I will be building a Cab this Winter, and there’s a problem that didn’t happen when I built my first attempt several years ago – where the heck can you even get a 25 inch TV these days?????

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: zelony on November 15, 2009, 09:11:27 pm ---Anything smaller than a 25" monitor/TV in a full size cabinet looks odd to me.

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Then you must really hate the classics.

EvilTwin:
The best thing to do is scour Craigslist and Kijiji for old tv's, and if you keep your eye out you can find what you're looking for.

This is the television that I used in the cabinet I'm building:

http://www.savinglots.com/lotprod.asp?item=AV27D305-SL

I found it on craigslist used for $75. It's worked well so far and has component and S-video inputs, which is great.

I decased it, which was a bit of a pain but not that big of a deal. It had speakers on the sides so I kind of had to. Even though it's about 24" wide I ended up making my cabinet 30", as I wanted a fair bit of room for two people to be able to play side by side and didn't like a ton of overhang on the sides from the control panel. It's nearly done and I'm happy with how it looks.

nickynooch:

--- Quote from: torcer on November 16, 2009, 03:29:16 pm ---I will be building a Cab this Winter, and there’s a problem that didn’t happen when I built my first attempt several years ago – where the heck can you even get a 25 inch TV these days?????

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About a year ago I got my 27 inch at walmart.

DJ_Izumi:
As usual, I'll champion the Sony Trintron/WEGAs from the last of the CRT generation.  Mine is 27, totally flat faced tube, component input, BEAUTIFUL picture.  I'm pretty confident that the SDTV Trintrons from about 2002 and onward were the height of SDTVs.  (Granted the technology had essentually plateaued by 2000 and improvements were minimal).

Only downside is that a flat faced tubed is HEAVY.  My 27" Sony Trinitron weighs in at 99lbs.

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