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Title: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: Hoany on December 27, 2004, 12:25:01 pm

Anyone that is using or has used a presentation display for MAME such as those by Monivision, NetTV, etc., please let me know your results?

I can get a used 27 inch Monivision pretty cheap from someone if I want it. I was thinking of replacing the setup in my cab now which is a Toshiba TV with an s-video connection.

I know the Monivision wont have arcade (scanline) quality, but Im thinking its gotta be better than s-video?

Thanks

Title: Re: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: ChadTower on December 27, 2004, 12:50:22 pm

I think you'll be more limited by the output signal from your video card than you will be with the capability of that monitor.

Shouldn't that monitor have RGB inputs?

Title: Re: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: Hoany on December 27, 2004, 01:27:59 pm

It has a standard 15 pin VGA type input.
Also I believe it has up to 1024x768 resolution and a horiz. resolution of 31.5khz to 52 khz.

Title: Re: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: ChadTower on December 27, 2004, 02:19:19 pm

So use that, don't bother with Svideo.

Title: Re: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: Hoany on December 28, 2004, 07:33:30 am

I was definitely going to use the VGA input, but just wondered how anyone else has made out using these displays. I assume it would be as reliable as a computer monitor in displaying games in MAME? In other words, it should be able to display various resolutions with ease. I normally use MAME32 with hardware stretch on the TV anyway.

Title: Re: Anyone use presentation displays?
Post by: ChadTower on December 28, 2004, 09:25:26 am

I have a presentation monitor but haven't really gotten around to trying it yet.  I suspect you're going to have to at least amplify the AVGA output to 5v and possibly more.