Replacing a monitor with an Lcd?

replace crt with lcd

You can definitely do this but in my opinion it ruins the look/retro style of the games.
I have the 48in1 multiboard, set it up with lcd at first then quickly changed to authentic 19" G07 monitor. Wasn't happy with the lcd at all. People that came over to play it (albeit they are not arcade savvy) said "hey this is great, too bad you can't still get the real versions of the games"
One possible option that I have little knowledge of is the converter boards that allot of the parts sites are selling now. These are usually called cga to vga or rgb to vga converters I believe.
You would basically attach this between the jamma video out connections, pass through the converter board then in to the lcd input.
This are designed to be used when replacing original monitors with lcds (and maintaining authentic arcade picture quality).
I would like to hear from someone who has tried these converters, see if they're satisfied with the results.

Hope this helps some.
 
One possible option that I have little knowledge of is the converter boards that allot of the parts sites are selling now. These are usually called cga to vga or rgb to vga converters I believe.
You would basically attach this between the jamma video out connections, pass through the converter board then in to the lcd input.
This are designed to be used when replacing original monitors with lcds (and maintaining authentic arcade picture quality).
I would like to hear from someone who has tried these converters, see if they're satisfied with the results.

It is simply impossible to "maintain authentic arcade picture quality" when using an LCD; CRTs and LCDs are drastically different display technologies. Much of the distinctive look of a CRT comes from the course triad shadow mask, which an LCD display does not have. Other things which give a CRT a distinctive look are color bleed, scanlines, phosphor that generates its own light, and a thick piece of curved glass in front of it all. An LCD display has none of those things either.

The device you are talking about is known as a scan converter by the way.
 
It's in like a mini cabaret. The chassis is mounted to the side of the cabinet down below, where the tube is bolted to a wood mounting plate. I figured this would be something odd and hard to find parts for, thus the reason for the thread.
 
LCD Can be done fairly inexpensive....

Look at www.geeks.com for lcd monitors.
Great prices and selection. Just be sure to measure the inside dimensions of your cabinet to make sure the one you pick will fit.
Price: around $100 delivered.

I assume your 60 in 1 is a vertical display?

You can either use the standard wall mount bracket or modify something to attach.

I just did this with a 25" monitor and got a 26" lcd to replace.
Price: $149 delivered
I took the base off the lcd.
Then I measured the exact height, width and depth of the monitor as well as where the existing mounting screws held the original monitor.

Went to Home Depot and picked up the metal brackets used to hang dry wall.
The idea is to use these brackets to slide the monitor in and have it freely supported.
Price: around $10 for mounts and extra screws.


Then connected the lcd, placed it in the cabinet with the support hardware and measured where to drill holes. Attached the hardware, put back in the lcd.

Also, I put tint on the existing glass - this makes it look nice and clean without having to figure out a new bezel.
Price: $15 for a huge roll of removable tint at pep-boys - enough to do all my cabinets.

I can post pics later if you need....

Chris
 
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He's got one of those bootleg 60-in-1 boards. They have a VGA connector. If you want to go LCD, then just use a normal computer monitor and make a simple mount for it. It won't look anywhere near as good as a real arcade CRT monitor, but it'll work.

-Ian
 
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