Jack Burton said:
I recently bought a Big Red stand up cab. The monitor has some flickering issues so I thought I would try a new monitor. I tried a wells gardner standard res 25" monitor(It has a resolution of 600 x 200). I actually like the old monitor better (when it is working properly). Problems with the wells gardner monitor: 1)It looks very pixelly (I guess because it is brand new and cannot display the full MVS resolution of 320 x 224) and 2)The scan lines show up more than the original 1992 25" Zenith monitor (Seems like the resolution again).
Here's my question: Should I stick with the wells gardner or try out another type of monitor with a resolution more suited to the MVS (I saw a samsung 25" monitor on ebay with a resolution of 320 x 240). If anyone has a monitor like this, please let me know any helpful hints or facts I have not thought of.
Thanks for the help.
Just Curious..
Did your cab come with ....(Original 1992 25" Zenith monitor)Originally but had been replaced at sometime?
I thought all Big Reds only came with Wells Gardner Monitors(?) whereas you would be putting the original type monitor back in the cab..
(I don't know anything about resolution/please forgive me)
When I first saw the thread I re-checked all my MVS manuals and they say Wells Gardner (19K7100 25")
Then to be sure again as to what I have in my Big Red I took off the back Monitor panel and though I don't understand what I'm looking for I do See WG in places.
Though the seller said he replaced the monitor with an Original Type I can't tell/The monitor has always worked perfectly clear and looks to have always been in the Cab..Plus I don't know how long the seller had the cab...(and he could of been full of it)
I don't know if Big Red came with other types of Monitors though they may have I'm just curous and I'm looking to learn something new here that I didn't know..
My Candy Cab however has a 25" Toshiba Monitor in it that Must have an Isolation Transformer somewhere on it's chassis because I can't find one in the cab and the Monitor has it's own AC plug.
(something when buying a monitor for a US cab that may be important)
The 25" Toshiba Monitor in the Candy can IMO looks much better then the one in my Big Red "but"..It's behind clear Glass whereas the Monitor in my Big Red is behind Tinted Glass(dark)
Do you have the Tinted Glass in your Big Red..?
Playing games on the Candy Cabs monitor is Pure Eye Candy Gaming Bliss..It looks so damn nice..
But then I don't know if that's a resolution thing or a Glass thing.
I like the monitor in the Big Red though and I've never tried playing the cab with the Tinted Glass off... It may be much Brighter with it off looking like the Candy Cabs Monitor.....
Or is the Toshiba just a better Monitor..?
Could tweaking the monitor adjustments clear up the scan lines or the pixels on your WG monitor..?