evh347 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Here's the mount I went with... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GJYPEC/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 My SlikStik came with some ~1" particle board that measured approximately 25"x10" which was intended to cover the back of the cabinet base where the computer resides. Nobody ever sees this except me. I went to Ace Hardware and bought four screw and drilled them through this piece into the roof of my cabinet. And here's how it look with the mount attached to that piece... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evh347 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The monitor is looking really good. I was concerned about it being wider than the actual cabinet but it looks really good. It's quite the showcase. I'm very happy with my VESA mount too. It's very solid, low profile, yet gives me the freedom to adjust the angle if I want to. I have it set at 1024x768. I've tried higher resolutions but this one works the best between my 27" WG D9200. EDIT: I'm actually running the marquee at 1360x768 resolution now for most Mame stuff and just using the monitor outside of Mame. The game marquee wound up getting displayed at just the top 2/3rd's of the monitor leaving a visible 3" unused space. However, by using the monitors menu options, I can just move the image down until the marquee is centered. At that resolution, the game marquees fill up more of the screen real estate and they look nicely centered. The only issue with doing it this way (for now) is games like Punch Out or any of the Playchoice material has to have the resolution on the monitor backed down to 1024x768 or the scaling appears off and the screen image won't fit. Not a difficult thing to do, just inconvenient. BTW, if your monitor ever stops displaying the color red and has a bluish tint to it, wiggle the cables and check the connection! That'll save you some stomach ulcers like I thought I was about to have this morning! Last night I was playing around with having iTunes visualizer on the top monitor, control panel LEDs flashing to the music, and floating lyrics on the main screen. Pretty awesome stuff. Also very cool to play Punch Out or any of the Playchoice games with two monitors. It looks very authentic. I spent today messing with Mame's built-in marquee features. Mr Do has authored a fantastic website to get people going if you don't wanna wait around for HS2.0. I started by downloading some of the available layouts/marquees and putting them into my Mame/Marquee folder. The marquees are a little squished compared to Hyperspin07's YouTube video example of the HS2.0 features and not all of the available marquees are great quality, HOWEVER it gets the job done! I picked out parts of Mr. Do's script that worked best and now I have my own default script for whatever marquees I couldn't locate before. Using the marquees downloaded from Emumovies, I as able to complete around two or three hundred marquees (EDIT: Now just over 600 done!). All of them load with their respective game either outside or from within HS. I'll probably post a video of what the marquee looks like in action this week. If there is interest, I could post my marquee scripts as well to FTP. All you'd have to do is drop them (zipped format) into your Mame/Marquee folder and then add a minor edit to your Mame.ini display settings. All of the directions are already on Mr Do's site. http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=182698&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1 and... http://mrdo.mameworld.info/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evh347 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Well, here it is...enjoy! EDIT: I've uploaded instructions and the marquees I have done (so far ~600) to my FTP if anybody wants them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpstile Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Real sweet! Nice job! - J* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryster Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Well, here it is...enjoy! EDIT: I've uploaded instructions and the marquees I have done (so far ~600) to my FTP if anybody wants them. Looks awesome, just out of interest what is the width of your cabinet? Really tempted to get one but I've only got a standard ex-Silverline cabinet and as much as I'd love to build a custom cabinet my wife would kill me! Don't you hate accidentally stumbling across something that's going to cost you more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 That is "rock your socks off" awesome"! Nice work! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evh347 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Looks awesome, just out of interest what is the width of your cabinet? Really tempted to get one but I've only got a standard ex-Silverline cabinet and as much as I'd love to build a custom cabinet my wife would kill me! Don't you hate accidentally stumbling across something that's going to cost you more money! My cabinet is about 26 3/4" wide. The LG monitor is just over 30" long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-DuB Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 This is the type of design for a cab I was thinking of as well. I use hyperspin and like to play pinball as well as arcade but no room for 2 cabs. Here is what I have so far but was undecided on how to go about a cab. Great to see someone else was thinking very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristeele Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Evh347 - you say in your notes that Hyperspin will automatically show these marquees outside of Mame. How do I get that to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazz Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Evh347 - you say in your notes that Hyperspin will automatically show these marquees outside of Mame. How do I get that to work? HS 2.0 feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Avatar Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 How frickin' awesome is that video that BBB posted!? My video game envy gland is pulsing in my head... Another piece of trim to add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexyss Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Refurb 29" for $159 http://www.ebay.com/itm/230844244982?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_1237wt_1163 They are also available from the same seller on Amazon for $5 less, unless you have to pay tax, or ship out of the continental US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil eye Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wow, the price keeps dropping on this monitor. I may have to finally spring for one of these. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexyss Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I just got my monitor, and the screen is good. There are some nasty scratches on the case though. Not a big deal for the price, but figured I would mention it. BBB, have any of the images for this monitor been added to the FTP? I would like to see how they look. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartwel Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Just bought one, as long as screen is good then i am. Was gonna buy from the other ebay seller, decided to search again and there this one was. Glad i searched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexyss Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Here it is finally mounted on the wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil eye Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartwel Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Purchased one as well, trying to get my windows setup to display its native resolution is a pain. Wish we had high resolution marquee images to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexyss Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Purchased one as well, trying to get my windows setup to display its native resolution is a pain. Wish we had high resolution marquee images to I could get 1366x768 until Windows identified the monitor. Now I can only get 1360x768. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jroz Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hey Guys, i'm at work right now and stumbled upon this thread..What an amazing idea/build...i'm going to have to check this out when I get home, but can anyone confirm if this is available in 2.0 already?..don't think I noticed it..and if these high res marquees are in hyperbase/ftp? Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil eye Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hyperspin 2.0 has not been released yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jroz Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 noob alert my bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil eye Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 It happens, no worries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 These seem to be more conducive for use as marquees better aspect ratio http://www.litemax.com/PC_Products_Category_51_US_utf-8.html#.UHO_O03A_-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jroz Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Well I didnt go with one of these stretch LCDs..instead I decided to play around with a free 21" LCD that I got from work. I saved on the cost of one of these monitors, but sacraficed the ease of using a proportional marquee. So what i've been doing is sort of creating my own - at the current rate i'm doing 2 per night. Please disregard the disproportionately sized gaming monitor below it....This setup desperately needs a larger LCD for it to look right and I will address it as soon as I decide what sized monitor to use. Its a 32" LCD and i'm contemplating between a 42" and a 46" ...a 46" will pretty much cover the width of the control panel and pretty much fill in the little gap between the marquee monitor now, and the control panel. Disregard the wiring coming out from the left side for both the gaming and marquee monitors, I currently have them rigged up to a PC that is out of the cabinet. All of my inspirations came from this thread, and am really looking forward to Hyperspin 2.0 releasing! Have a bunch more done, this is just to get an idea..Let me know what you guys think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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