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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Superully on May 12, 2012, 09:15:13 PM

Title: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: Superully on May 12, 2012, 09:15:13 PM

the title says it all, here are the specs i found on the web :arrow:

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5322/7183501890_94be4655c5_b_d.jpg)

and some pics :arrow:

(http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/ao4r-10r-a284.jpg)

(http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/ao4r-10q-838e.jpg)

(http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/ao4r-10s-b495.jpg)

(http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/ao4r-10l-9050.jpg)

i MIGHT be able to get a couple of these, perhaps we could even do a group buy if it were to fit. so where are you, monitor experts? 8)

Title: Re: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: PunkRockCaveman on May 12, 2012, 09:18:21 PM

This is a VGA monitor (31kHz) ... so, no, this wont work. What we need is 15kHz, like in TVs.

Title: Re: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: Muerto on May 12, 2012, 10:29:15 PM

Cant you somehow double the signal and make it work?

Title: Re: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: DarthNuno on May 13, 2012, 07:05:26 AM

Quote from: Muerto on May 12, 2012, 10:29:15 PM

Cant you somehow double the signal and make it work?

You can use a converter.

The result will be good, but it won't be exactly the same than display a native 15kHz signal.
I'm using that converter to play my APB on a VGA monitor (I don't have the original 24kHz monitor for that cab), and it looks really nice.

You can find them on ebay, right here (http://www.ebay.com/itm/RGB-CGA-EGA-YUV-to-VGA-ARCADE-HD-VIDEO-CONVERTER-BOARD-/120660289356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c17e9e74c).

Title: Re: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on May 13, 2012, 08:51:08 AM

It will be fine if you want to mame a cabinet, dont care about the original resolutions and things like that, and like an easy setup with PC  ;)

I bet its plug and play with windows  ;D

Title: Re: Monitor Kortek KT1948 - would it work on an arcade cab?
Post by: level42 on May 13, 2012, 12:07:42 PM

If you combine the converter with this, you will get close to the real thing:

http://wp1114205.wp150.webpack.hosteurope.de/xtcmodified/product_info.php?products_id=12&XTCsid=6mn1kpbf93qhqs9ehu7la695p0

...as was demonstrated at Eurocade 2011 :)