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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: RayB on September 23, 2005, 10:07:58 am

Title: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: RayB on September 23, 2005, 10:07:58 am: This is directed to Foley regarding the vpinball machine, without derailing this into a MAME TM discussion.

David: What is your projected price-point and target market for these? Home use or location operators?
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 10:18:11 am: Everything I've seen points to location ops, and the usual price point for a new machine in that market is $3-4k.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: Stingray on September 23, 2005, 10:24:41 am: YOWEE!

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Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: Thenasty on September 23, 2005, 10:59:03 am: but that prices are for those tiny (27,31) monitor comparing to this one, was it an LCD display ?
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 11:11:24 am: No, it was a widescreen CRT.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: Harry Potter on September 23, 2005, 02:17:33 pm: It'd have to be a CRT. The viewing angle on an LCD would be pretty bad for the eyes.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 02:41:54 pm: Modern LCDs don't have that issue the way they used to... walk into any Tweeter and see.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: stratjakt on September 23, 2005, 05:21:47 pm: Walk into a tweeter? wha?

At that size, it'd be better to go plasma or even DLP (good application for infocus' light engine) anyways.

But its a moot argument, since neither plasma nor dlp nor lcd can change resolutions, which I'd imagine this thing would be wont to do from now and then.

I'd wager that thing would be more than a real nice pinball table, like a shopped out Addams Family, and just so phony and chinsy.. I dunno, just how I see it.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: Crazy Cooter on September 24, 2005, 02:02:27 pm: I still see it as home use only. I don't see it surviving on location unless it gets built waaaay heavier than the prototype.

CT, is there a post somewhere that says it's for ops?
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: Harry Potter on September 24, 2005, 02:48:40 pm: Quote from: ChadTower on September 23, 2005, 02:41:54 pm

Modern LCDs don't have that issue the way they used to... walk into any Tweeter and see.
They mostly have 160 degree viewing angles. But the view isn't nowhere near perfect at 160, and that's on modern LCDs (Like the ones I bought 2 weeks ago). CRT still rocks for severe viewing angles.
Title: Re: to DAVIDRFOLEY: VPinball price point
Post by: ChadTower on September 24, 2005, 03:31:54 pm: Quote from: Crazy Cooter on September 24, 2005, 02:02:27 pm
I still see it as home use only. I don't see it surviving on location unless it gets built waaaay heavier than the prototype.

CT, is there a post somewhere that says it's for ops?

I don't know if there is here, but I emailed Foley and was told that it is for ops. He told me the price, too, but I don't know if that is common knowledge yet. It is within the range I have given.