50" showcase cabinet information?

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I am thinking of buying a 50" showcase cabinet off of a guy locally, and I have no clue about showcase cabinets. I know they came mostly from the late 90's and some looked great in arcades, I also remember some looking awful as well. Does anybody have any general knowledge about these cabinets, like what kind of TV/monitor they use and how much is too much to pay for one? I apologize if this thread is in the wrong area, it seemed pretty general to me, I would love to know if any members here have one?
 
Is it projection type or a tube based monitor? I think most of the showcase types had a 33 inch monitor in them. The Atari Medium Res games like Gauntlet Legends had a 39 inch tube in them.

Unless it has a new game that earns well, they really aren't worth much at all. They have a limited number of locations that they can be used at and are a pain to move around. I sold a couple of the 33 inch showcases around a year ago for under $200 and it took a long while for them to sell.
 
Agree with the above post. I have one that I had to take as part of a bulk deal otherwise I wouldn't have it. It may see a chainsaw once it warms up ;). Pain in the rear space hog that people just don't want.
 
I moved a showcase cabinet 1 time. I plan to leave it exactly where it is, and never ever move it again or buy another. 33" showcase with a Simpsons Bowling in it. Heavy as all get out. The plus side is that the monitor half has wheels on it (or at least the one I have).
 
He has a 33" and a 50", I would have to imagine the 50" is a projection, I have never seen a 50" monitor. Do most of them split apart, I would have to get in in my basement and getting a normal 25" cabinet down a flight and turning it is about the worst thing ever as is. I would have to imagine a projection style would be fairly light, but don't projection screens look awful?
 
I'm pretty sure that all of the showcase style cabinets split apart. Usually between the monitor and the control panel stand. Some also let you take the control panel off and even the monitor speaker/ housing. I've seen a couple of the 33 inch showcases around that the operator has pulled the entire monitor / speaker housing off and replaced it with a flat screen TV. It looks pretty decent and has to make the cabs much easier to move.

Its been a while but, I think they weigh somewhere around 800lbs with the control panel part being around 175lbs of it. Getting one down a flight of stairs would take a lot of work. They are top heavy and somewhat fragile. With most of the weight being at the top, it is surprisingly easy to damage the lower part of the cabinet if it gets hung up on something when you are moving it.

I'd take a look at the cabinets and see if the monitor housing comes off.
 
I have a 33" Showcase cabinet, and while they do take up a lot of room and would sit back fairly far from the wall due to the tube bulge, they are perfect for sitting in a corner space that would ordinarily be difficult to fill without wasting space.

I moved it in one piece from PA to Indianapolis, with much pain and effort. Once I got it home, I discovered I could break it into 3 pieces - the monitor/marquee/speakers as one piece, the TV base as one piece, and the control panel/base as the final piece. MUCH more manageable this way.
 
True showcases are in the 30-40" range. 50" is invariably some kind of projection deluxe, most likely a converted dedicated cabinet of some kind.

The monitor sometimes comes off the main cabinet, but if you're having problems dragging 25" machines into your gameroom, getting just the monitor down those stairs is outside the realm of possibility.
 
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