The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: WunderCade on May 01, 2008, 09:50:56 pm
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...T.V. set resolution? IN other words....my JAMMA cab has a "standard resolution" monitor in it and I was wondering...if it is the same resolution as TV....can I just pop in a 25" TV?
The magnetic distortion won't come out of it, no matter how many tries at degaussing so I want a replacement option.
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The supported native resolution is the same, but you will need a chassis to go with your TV tube to pump an arcade RGB signal to it. Something like this:
http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html
I believe Rick from Nieman Displays can also hook you up (and he's very reputable around here).
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Before you give up on your current monitor, there's a few things to try:
*Check the locations of speakers in the cabinet and nearby stuff. Speakers have magnets...big magnets.
*Re-orient/re-locate the cabinet and try using the integrated degauss again. Sometimes there's just a particularly bad magenetic field in the area either due to surrounding "stuff" or even just the Earth's magnetic field.
*Use a dedicated degaussing tool. These can be had for about $10-15 on ebay or at local auctions. These are much stronger than the integrated degauss, but if the problem is a local magnetic pheonomenon, this won't fix it.
It's entirely possible that, if the problem is caused by some location specific phenomenon, the same problem will appear with a TV.
All that said, yes "standard resolution" is compatible with SDTV video timings, but the input formats are not the same. Arcades use RGB video with a dedicated sync line while TVs in the USA use NTSC composite or s-video or YPbPr component with sync on Y.