LCD monitors. Anyone used them?

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Lately, I've been seeing LCD monitors advertised for arcade use (low res games). Has anyone tried them out yet? I've seen new games in the arcade with lcds, and they look great, but they are all 480p at least. I have a couple cabs in my garage with monitor tubes only, and am wondering if I should just try to buy a chassis, or get the lcd monitors for them.

For anyone who does have one:
Did they come with mounting hardware to let you hang it in the cab without modifying the cab?
Are they as easy to adjust the color settings, geometry, etc...
How well do they sync up to low res games?
 
i don't know the LCD models you are referring to, but LCD PC monitors doesn't handle the low frequencies of refresh of arcade PCB's (15KHz), or at least the models i have at home. You can, instead, use lcd TV's with scart input without problems

BUT

USING LCD'S FOR 2D ARCADE GAMES/CLASSICS IS A SHAME!! :)
 
Um if running mame on my pc flat panel monitor is any indication of how it would look (it should be) then stay away, far far away...
 
I believe he is referring to the LCD arcade monitors that are taking over, not the pc monitors.

They look exactly the same - they look like crap. Older games weren't meant to use an LCD.

I know, in the case of my 25th Anniversary Pac-Man / Galaga countertop, the "arcade flatscreen" that came with it looked identical to my Samsung PC monitor (even though I'm certain it wasn't one).
 
I think using an LCD monitor is teetering on "might as well play in MAME on your PC" and is steering pretty far off of the road from authenticity
 
I think using an LCD monitor is teetering on "might as well play in MAME on your PC" and is steering pretty far off of the road from authenticity

agreed. the reason I love arcade games in the first place is that they are authentic and genuine articles of a game in it's time, the way it was meant to be played. I got into mame awhile back but I just don't feel the same playing it as I do on a real cab.
 
MAME can simulate horiz scan lines and all, but you just can't get what makes it authentic - the chunky ness of the std res picture tube, the slight fuzziness of even a really good monitor, a bit of convergence issues.. that's what makes it real. However, if the picture is squished or there's a hum bar, turn it off and fix it!
 
I have seen one first hand in an X-in-1 cocktail setup. It was a bit to "clean" for me long term but I admit it looked nice. If it was for me I would just build a monitor. If I was going to sell it and could do it in a cost effective manner then I would use and LCD.

Again, that's me. YMMV
 
I am doing a 60 in 1 with an older LCD monitor for my 5 year old daughter. I think they look very crisp and clean. The only issue I have, is that certain LCD's only work out of the box with certain resolutions. If you give it a res or scan rate it is not factory set for, it gives you an error message and you need to hit the 'scan' (i think) button to get it to sync. Annoying if you have to do that every time you turn the machine on. Does anyone know how to bypass that, or reset the monitor to accept the proper signal from a 60 in 1?
 
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