Posted by Lilwolf on 14, 2001 at 11:20 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Help Selecing a Monitor Please posted by Jim on 14, 2001 at 6:22 PM:
Yes, you can. It's a standard VGA monitor.
trouble is what your asking. Anything that can handle higher resolutions, will actually look worse on lower resolution arcade games. This has been descussed here with many image comparisons. Take a look.
I think these are a good compromise. They probably wont look as good as a CRT rgb output... but then you cant run any windows (and have to worry about blowing the CRT by sending it standard VGA output)... Next might be S-Video out or the grade C VGA (since they have rounded pixels and low resolutions with scanlines built in). Last is a vga monitor....
: Its fairly cheap on $175? Dam good price but can I play PC games on it etc..without a problem? The big thing I have is that, and of course how the hell do u connect it to a PC? Any places in Canada selling this?
: Thanks
: JIM
: : : Hi,
: : : I was wondering if anyone could help. I am making a cabinet where I want to play Mame, Raine, Genesis, SNES, PSX, PC games, N64 and others on. But I need a monitor that can play a variety of systems. I am a student though, so cost is a big issue. I can hold I think a 27" my cab width is 26.5" so I think a 27 will fit because its meausured on the diagnal right? anyway I have thought of a tv but i heard its not good, i have thought of a monitor but they are expensive and i thought of a monitor but i heard the resolutions arent high enough like 600X400. Anyways I guess i would like some recommendations, maybe some links, prices and reasoning, to help me make my decision. Any help is great! Email if u wish.
: : : Thanks
: : : Jim
: :
: : http://store.yahoo.com/closeoutsusa/ey27coltvmon.html
: : I got mine here... 640x480 @60 Hz and 32 bit. Dimensions are posted in some threads below, it should fit just right though. BTW, mine looks really good, worth the money IMHO.