No CRT monitor - will LCD work or does LCD suck?

Not sure if I should post this in the gaming section or here – please forgive.

My Asteroids screen just said goodbye. Originally this was a black and white vector CRT tube.

I replaced it with a 21” Dell colour which did the job for a few years….until now.

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=10806&cat=500

Where oh where can I find a 21” CRT these days?

Thought of swapping to a LCD but here’s problem:

LCD speed is pathetic compared with CRT and when I shoot and the rocks move I don’t want to get a ghosting trail. Whats more the resolution is 320 X 240 .

Now I have not tested on 21/22” LCD, but from past experience it will either auto resize so the picture is a tiny block 5cm X 5cm or I’ll get no pic at all except for the banner bouncing around the screen informing me of whatever the optimal resolution is – like Samsung screens like to do.

It is running on a MAME simulator on a pc yes.

Am I screwed? Any ideas or suggestions would be cool.

I’m starting to toy with a TV card idea and forcing a 54cm TV into the cabby instead, without killing myself in the process.

Thanks.

Ask for one here, saw one the other day...

http://forums.prophecy.co.za/f7/

"the resolution is 320 X 240 . picture is a tiny block 5cm X 5cm"

best option....keep the lcd and change the games lol

Looks like the lowest res. LCD's will goto is 800x600.
Surely the MAME developers have tackled the issue you're having?

Ivork said:

Where oh where can I find a 21” CRT these days?

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