The original control panel overlay is plastic on top of wood.
https://www.arcadeartshop.com/product/defender-perspex-plexi-control-panel-overlay-cpo/
This seller also has a version with extra button for Inviso for Stargate if running a JROK board that permits running that game also.
Here's what I had decided with mine and made fitting side art to fit the HS-1 cabinet: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/new-time-soldiers-custom-art-restoration.408456/
A blue cabinet color would look pretty nice also!
Tip: attend the Free Play Florida event in Orlando in November. It's where a lot of arcade collectors will be. Get involved in the community if you like: https://www.freeplayflorida.com/ and also at the main Florida collector's site forum: http://www.villagebbs.com/forum/index.php/board,5.0.html
You can also do what I did on a Final Fight restoration. See about 1/5 of the way down on this link:
https://arcademade.com/pages/capcom-final-fight-arcade-game-cabinet-restoration
Get a sheet of 26 gauge steel at Lowe's/Home Depot and cut it to size and epoxy it on top of your panel. Then...
I kind of don't mind the bloom on k7000, but some Nanao seem to really handle/eliminate bloom well. Monitors that REALLY don't handle bloom well are some of the replacement universal chassis.
Other comments just for fun:
Ones needing an ISO transformer
K4900 - all but one have worked...
My experience has also been very positive using CRT rejuvenators, having saved tubes that have continued to perform for multiple years in a commercial environment that were previously wonky. Before they were very washed out looking or heavily missing specific colors and afterwards, the proper...
Both are nice cabinets. If one is in clearly better condition I would go for that one.
CRT based cabinets have a unique appearance that are not replicated by other display technologies due to the phosphor motion trail glow persistence. Most people can readily see this effect on a game like...
May be interesting to cut the bottom portion off to make a sit down shooter. As an upright, I think these are a nice format and remember a Viper Phase 1 at an auction in this cabinet, and have played a Raiden in one also.
A Panic Park game has a video issue that is not a monitor issue.
When turned on, the game will appear to be playing blind but have some rolling interference lines on the screen. Over the course of about 5min the image will fade in and become progressively brighter but still seem to have heavier...