CosmicMonkey
08-01-2008, 08:24 PM
The Wei-Ya factory in China is closing, therefore Pentranic here in the UK no longer supply CRT arcade monitors. Apparently they are in negotiations with a company to take whatever stock remains and then that's it. Hantarex have already stopped selling CRT monitors. That means there's no-one left in Europe manufacturing or reselling CRT arcade monitors. I'm sure it won't be long till Well-Gardner in the USA completely phase out CRTs too.
I think the Egret III/Atomiswave/Naomi are the last CRT cabs to be produced from the main manufacturers. There are factories in China still producing clone cabinets with CRTs but even their days are numbered. The future really is LCD cabinets like the Taito Vewlix.
So that's it guys and gals, no more CRT arcade monitors.
Does this worry any of you guys with cabs? I would imagine people with classic American woody uprights and cocktails are more affected than anyone? I'm starting to worry about my Candy cabs and what happens when the monitors do go.
The whole point of having a cab is to play these games on the proper set-up, which all revolves around a real arcade monitor. But if it's soon to be impossible to replace or repair the monitor, what does one do? Obviously we'll be ok for spares for the next few years but when the manufacture of these parts stops they'll start to become scarce.
I'm currently on a mission to find an upscale converter that will take a true 240p CGA signal and upscale it to VGA or XGA with as little lag as possible.
I think the Egret III/Atomiswave/Naomi are the last CRT cabs to be produced from the main manufacturers. There are factories in China still producing clone cabinets with CRTs but even their days are numbered. The future really is LCD cabinets like the Taito Vewlix.
So that's it guys and gals, no more CRT arcade monitors.
Does this worry any of you guys with cabs? I would imagine people with classic American woody uprights and cocktails are more affected than anyone? I'm starting to worry about my Candy cabs and what happens when the monitors do go.
The whole point of having a cab is to play these games on the proper set-up, which all revolves around a real arcade monitor. But if it's soon to be impossible to replace or repair the monitor, what does one do? Obviously we'll be ok for spares for the next few years but when the manufacture of these parts stops they'll start to become scarce.
I'm currently on a mission to find an upscale converter that will take a true 240p CGA signal and upscale it to VGA or XGA with as little lag as possible.