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Height ofa arcade control panel10/10/2023 ![]() Now I can mount any VESA LCD in the system on this centered mount. John and I pulled this old wood frame out, and took a piece of plywood and mounted the VESA bracket from the monitor's original pedestal (that we took apart), then put the whole thing back in. One of the benefits of using an LCD is the standard VESA mount on the back of the monitor. You can see there's a hole for dropping a CRT in and having the end of the CRT hang down into the middle of the box. While my arcade cabinet came with a large broken (well, I broke it) monitor with burn-in, I needed to change the layout to make my LCD work. If my 4:3 LCD dies one day, I'll replace it with a 16:9 and crop it and I suspect no one will notice. You'll likely already need a bezel around your screen, so cropping the sides isn't a big deal for me. I happened to have an extra, but you may need to look in the classifieds or on Craigslist.Īnother option is to use a 24" 16:9 LCD and cover it with a bezel, or frame. Remember, I don't just want to play Donkey Kong, I also want to play Far Cry and Doom, so I am totally happy with a high-res LCD. You may laugh, but it's clear, high-res, it's fantastically light, and I'm sure at some point, there will be some software to make my LCD as crappy and blurry and ghosty as a real arcade monitor. Also, you can't argue with 27", size matters.įor me, however, I used a Dell 2003FP LCD Monitor. ![]() True, you will get the "genuine" arcade look. Not only are these heavy, but they are a hassle to mount, they are heavy (did I mention that?) and depending on which one you get, they can be a little dangerous if you touch the wrong stuff. This particular monitor I've linked to has VGA support, however and will do 70Hz and 800圆00. There are others, and there are special video cards that run at the appropriate 15kHz that these monitors like. If you ask a purist, the ONLY monitor on to get for your home arcade is the Wells Gardener 27" Flat Screen Arcade CRT Monitor. I also have no idea what I'm doing, so I've also got ignorance on my side. They will prefer original Arcade CRT monitors and more expensive, higher quality parts. Hardware Disclaimer 2: Many folks that build arcade cabinets have a purist view of how these things should be done. What I'm doing here is putting a computer in a pretty box. I do own some original arcade boards, but if you want to emulate arcade games with MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), you can search the 'tubes. This series of posts has nothing to do with that. Software Disclaimer 1: There's all sorts of legal issues around emulating arcade games. This is the second part of a multi-part series I'm going to do about assembling an Arcade Cabinet for my house.
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