From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 2/18/2026 5:09 PM, John Robertson wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-18 11:54 a.m., Don Y wrote:   
   >> On 2/17/2026 11:21 PM, John Robertson wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-02-17 9:05 p.m., Don Y wrote:   
   >>>> Is it (are they) WG monitors?  I would assume there is aftermarket   
   support   
   >>>> for these as they were *so* common.   
   >>>   
   >>> Electrohome monitors.   
   >>   
   >> Canada?   
   >   
   > These were the best of the 19" monitors and were used extensively by all US   
   > arcade manufacturers. Wells Gardner seemed to be the 2nd choice monitor and   
   > then others when they couldn't order enough of those two.   
      
   I only recall using EH for vectorscan monitors.  They made one that   
   was fast enough that you could actually emulate a raster!  (but noisey   
   as hell when you were hammering on the deflection amplifiers)   
      
   >>> It's the aftermarket that looks like it is stopping production of all   
   >>> flybacks...   
   >>   
   >> If you are doing this to maintain machines on a route, then   
   >> a fix may just be to pick up scrap arcade pieces and part   
   >> them out.   
   >   
   > Nah, this is for collectors and home owners.   
      
   Then money is less of an object.   
      
   >> If you are doing this to cater to "home sales", then LCD   
   >> upgrades may be a better route (as they likely won't shit   
   >> the bed and need future servicing)   
   >   
   > Yes, LCDs will work if you can find any 4:3s any more! They are getting   
   > expensive...   
      
   You could always make a bezel that crops the displayed area.   
      
   >> Mechanical/cosmetic issues would then dominate.   
   >   
   > I like the curvature of the original tube screen over the flat LDC style. As   
   do   
   > many collectors.   
      
   The depth is the real win.  On my ToDo list is to build a cocktail with   
   a large LCD panel; a regular CRT would make it a piece of furniture instead   
   of a table (that could be used as such).   
      
   Or, a large attache case that opens to reveal the monitor.   
      
   I've been shedding arcade pieces simply because of their "bulk".  I   
   could rationalize a dining room table with a game built in much   
   easier than an upright cabinet!  (or even a cocktail with no room   
   for your legs)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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