Just thought of one more thing...

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: I just thought of one more thing you should bear in mind. : You would want to make sure the monitor is ventilated VERY well if you mount it on its "back". I would even go so far as to remove the casing on it and have a fan blowing on the tube/electronics. : -Cab : : : Excellent idea! Good point though about the video orientation... : : Other than purchasing a rather exotic (and expensive) piece of hardware, which could introduce it's own set of problems, you could write your own front-end that auto-loads at system startup. The front-end would display the proper orientation needed. I think a front-end would be the best solution. : : This is a really good idea with using a mirror. If you do it right, you could give it a sense of depth as well. A slightly convex mirror would also make the image appear larger, but would give some distortion (probably not what you are looking for). If I remember correctly, some arcade games used mirrors for effects like this. : : Let us know if you get it working! I would like to know if the "rainbow" problem occurs with a rotating monitor set up on its "back" as opposed to its "bottom" and sides???? : : -Cab : : : : : I have not heard this topic discussed yet so here it goes..... : : : I am in the process of building a emulator cabinet and was planning on using a rotating monitor mount. While I was testing different games for horizontal and vertical modes (rotating the monitor on my regular PC by hand), I noticed that MAME has the ability to display a "mirror image" by flipping the image on either the X or Y axis. : : : My idea is to mount the monitor pointed straight up and use a mirror for viewing it. I seem to remember some arcade game cabinets designed in this way. : : : This would make the rotation setup very easy because the weight of the display would not be "hanging". It would be "resting". : : : Using a mirror to display the image might allow me to magnify the image or make it seem closer (convex / concave mirrors). : : : If I only reflect the image once, everything outside of MAME is a mirror image and nearly impossible to read. I would imagine a utility exists to flip the display or even a generic video driver that has this feature. : : : I hope this generates some discussion. : : : Shawn P. Maloy

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