Posted by Bluepoint on January 02, 2002 at 19:24:44:
In Reply to: 27" arcade monitors posted by Dan Noguerol on January 02, 2002 at 11:24:34:
I have the SharpImage monitor you are talking about...
First off, it is a regular video game monitor... It's actually a modified rca tv tube. And they're commonly used in arcade cabinets.
Yes it does do 1024x768... but only interlaced. and it looks like crap at that resolution. (lots of wierd posterisation(?) effects)
After much screwing about, I ended up running mine at 640x480.
Also I had to replace the first monitor they sent me because the convergence was soooooo far off. The one I have now has much better convergence but I have a problem with the brightness and contrast levels (basically I have to turn the brightness down to almost zero to get any kind of black level out of it.)
It works. It looks like an arcade monitor. It stores digital information for the various resolutions so it works great with advance mame.
But, if I had it to do all over again, I would proably keep looking for other alternatives... Or I'd just go with Wells Gardener.
Hope this helps.
Bluepoint.
: Hi all and Happy New Year!
: I was originally going to go with the Wells Gardner D9200 monitor for my new cabinet which some people on this board had bought for around $400. However, when I called Wells, they said that the price is $575 and that some monitors were sold for $400 by accident a while ago (I even asked for Dawn -- she doesn't work there anymore).
: Interestingly enough, Hanaho has stopped using real arcade monitors in their ArcadePC machines. They claim that the Wells-Gardner monitors they were using were blowing out after about a year since they weren't designed to be turned on and off as much as a PC monitor is. Has anyone heard anything about this? If true, I'm now worried about my ArcadePC :(
: Anyway, I am now thinking of going with a Sharp Image SI-227SVGA 27" monitor since it is about $100 cheaper (and can do both 800x600 and 1024x768i). I've had prior good experiences with the company so I know they'll back their product. Does anyone know anything about it?
: Thanks!
: ->Dan
: PS. And yes, I've tried my 27" S-Video TV and was not completely happy with how it looked. I definitely want to go with an arcade monitor if possible!