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Title: Pentranic Inc. A66PNT16X ? Worth $80?
Post by: zamboniguy on July 28, 2015, 09:38:39 pm

28". Good display for a Mame cabinet?  Thinkable buying it for $80.  Worth it?  Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Title: Re: Pentranic Inc. A66PNT16X ? Worth $80?
Post by: lilshawn on July 31, 2015, 03:52:53 pm

that's just a tube number. it has no bearing on what the electronics is.

that said, WHEN they work, a pentranic is probably not a good choice for mame. though not impossible, it's going to be a bear to get a working signal to it since it's probably a medium resolution monitor. but if it's standard resolution, you'll need a special video card to display games on it.

ideally you want one of the digital monitors like a wells gardner D9200/D9400/D9800 but they are becoming as scarce as bigfoot now and expensive to boot.

ultimarc has some info on monitors here: https://www.ultimarc.com/monfaq.html (https://www.ultimarc.com/monfaq.html)

unless you are looking for a 100% accurate representation of video, it's much easier to go with a TV or LCD monitor.