Re: Arcade Projection Screens (Sega 50" Rear Projection, Toshiba)
- From: Josh McCormick <jmccorm@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:15:35 -0600
Gary V wrote:
If you REALLY like the game just retro fit a 42 or 50" LCD. East Coast
Amusements does this to projector and tube games. Man you gotta see
Arctic Thunder on a LCD!
It sounds very nice and a long term solution! And I see that the Vizio model that they are likely using (VW42L) has a very wide viewing angle (like the Toshiba projector) and a fast response rate (8ms). My most immediate concern would be... wouldn't you lose a lot of real estate on the screen?
I'm thinking that most 42" LCDs be in a 16:9 aspect ratio. In those conversions, do they end up throwing away some vertical space (for lack of a screen) and horizontal space (for the black space on the sides of a 4:3 image on at 16:9 screen)?
Projection screen area is ~40"x~30". I'm guessing that the LCD screen area would be ~40"x~23" if you're willing to horizontally stretch the image. Keeping the original aspect ratio would be a disappointing ~30"x~23" of actual video area.
I'm wondering how I'd think another game would look with a horizontal stretch? Could I live with an oval Death Star?
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