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Title: LCD replacement for a 27" Kortek KT-2914F CRT arcade monitor
Post by: Yoeddy1 on August 15, 2013, 11:46:57 pm
I hate this post more than anything in the world, but when the day finally comes, what LCD's are you guys replacing your arcade CRT monitors with?  I will do everything to preserve my Kortek 27" KT-2914F, but I'm having trouble finding anyone that does arcade monitor service in the Boise, Idaho area. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jason
Title: Re: LCD replacement for a 27" Kortek KT-2914F CRT arcade monitor
Post by: Dawgz Rule on August 16, 2013, 08:46:33 am
Not to sound like my answer to your previous post but your monitor should give you years of trouble free life before you should even have to worry about it.  Remember, these things were originally built for arcades that ran for hours and hours, every day.  Any recommendation today would probably be a moot point in a few years in regards to LCD's.   

Title: Re: LCD replacement for a 27" Kortek KT-2914F CRT arcade monitor
Post by: nipsmg on August 19, 2013, 02:26:30 pm
I'd love an answer here as well .  While I agree that monitor should last a while, I've got a golden tee cabinet with a 27" CRT in it currently that i'm looking to eventually replace with an LCD.  I'd love to know what people are using for replacements as well, and get some advice as to:


Title: Re: LCD replacement for a 27" Kortek KT-2914F CRT arcade monitor
Post by: bulbousbeard on September 01, 2013, 01:28:31 am
Your best bet with LCDs right now is finding an LCD that handles variable refresh rates and using Powerstrip + GroovyMAME with HLSL enabled to run all your games at their native refresh rate.

It's the closest you're going to get with LCDs. It's still less than ideal, though, because they just don't make 4:3 LCDs with 1ms response time, so it's a matter of picking your poison:

With Powerstrip and GroovyMAME, though, at least the refresh rate issue is solved. Games _will_ run smoothly. HLSL doesn't look exactly like a real CRT, but it's at the point where I'd say it's close enough.

The major remaining hurdle is ghosting/response time issues with LCDs.
Title: Re: LCD replacement for a 27" Kortek KT-2914F CRT arcade monitor
Post by: grantspain on September 01, 2013, 10:20:44 am
just a little bit of info for you kortek kt2914f owners
this chassis can be directly replaced by a rodotron 666a or a weiya 3129a tri sync chassis