1st choice- 19" original CGA monitor

2nd choice- 21"-19" CRT VGA monitor

3rd, but easiest- 20"-19" 4:3 LCD VGA monitor
here is an example of a Dell 19" 4:3 LCD VGA monitor:
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yes, use only a 4:3.

A 16:9 will either stretch the image and it will look funny or you will have black bars at the top and bottom.
 
Avoid LCD, that's for sure.
They can't display 224x288 (Dig Dug,etc) without
being "upscaled" to 1024x768 or whatever the tv's
native resolution is. You can't enlarge a small image
without plugging the gaps with filler. The result
is jagged and blocky.
 
I recently saw two cabs (Ms Pac and Galaga) that a customer bought that had original boards and had been retrofitted with LCDs - AND LOOKED LIKE CRAP! It was at a company (where they had 9 other games with original monitors) and employees were asking me why the screens on those two "looked funny".

Personally, I think a nicely rebuilt K7000 is the best monitor for these, short of a new and working Vision Pro, but with the newest boards no longer seeming to have issues with G07's, those work good too. K4900's can still sometimes have that V-LIN issue on the menu, and 4600's are usually good...
 
The CRT monitor blew on mine so I put in a 19" LCD (4:3 aspect ratio). It looks fine. I don't think it's especially "blocky." I think the model is something like NEC 1970NX. I had to mount the monitor bracket to a piece of plywood in the cabinet. There are plans/photos online of someone that did this.
 
I have an used NEC multisync 4:3 LCD in my Jamma DK cab and it looks good. Most LCD units look bad. A CRT would be better but I stole it for another game. But for $40 it did the trick and is being used with an Arcade SD board. I am saving my nice CRT units for real games.

Michael
 
May as well go ahead and add an LCD in there so you'll get more latency than you already will get with the 60-in-1. :)
 
i found a non-working stand up touchscreen that had a 19" VGA monitor. I took the monitor out and then took the touchscreen glass off (i sold the touchscreen glass and controller for $80 bucks on EBAY!) and tested the monitor by plugging the VGA plug into my computer. Monitor was beautiful with no screen burn. I recommend using a 19" Wells Gardner VGA for any multi-boards. they plug right into the board no problem and have a great picture. oh, by the way, I paid $50 bucks for the non working standup touchscreen!
 
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