Posted by YtseBadd on 11, 2001 at 11:03 AM:
In Reply to: Re: 25" monitors posted by Dudah on 3, 2001 at 4:58 PM:
I'm running on a Sharp Image 25" arcade monitor using ArcadeOS/MAME with a ATI Expert98 video card. Looks fantastic. You notice quickly the difference between true scan lines and MAME's simulated scan lines. When playing games, 640x480 in 16 bit color mode is my monitor's max, so it eliminates the use of Windows GUI (I run with BootGui=0 in Win98se) or most hi-res PC games (not really into them)...but this is a classic arcade emulator, so it fulfills my needs. Robotron filling an entire 25" screen looks and plays incredible! Also, the vector games look quite decent for being displayed on a raster monitor. The Neo-Geo games look exactly like they do in the arcades on 25" SNK cabs. I've seen 25" arcade monitors for $450 new and around $250 used on Ebay. I got lucky. I bought a 25" Jamma cabinet (working, with Arch Rivals installed) for $85 from a local guy who's kids had gone off to college.
: I tried running it on my friend's 25 inch NEC, it was so nice!!! The size definitly makes it look somewhat like an arcade monitor.
: -Kev