Talk:Arcade cabinet

Resolution

"Standard resolution is 262 lines refreshed 50 - 60 times per second."

Standard resolution is actually defined as 15750 Hz (std res monitors), and it's always exactly that. Divide it by the refresh rate to get the number of lines (15750 Hz / 60 Hz = 262,5 lines). Slower refresh rates allow for better vertical resolution (50 Hz -> 315 lines). Of course, not all of those lines are used for graphics since there's vertical blanking and stuff. (N.B. There's no limit in horizontal resolution other than the inherent limits of the video signal and/or the monitor shadow mask.)

Please incorporate this in the article in a suitable way, improving the explanation if possible.

Despite what my embarassing typo may say in the edit summary, I did indeed add your talk page info. Since you seem to be techie, is there any interesting technology that might need to be covered here? Certainly there are people who know how to care for these cabinets, but I'm not among them. ~ FriedMilk 08:08, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

How's this? :-) Really nice article, by the way. :-D — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:28, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. It feels just about complete now, despite being around for only 3 days. ~ FriedMilk 19:03, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

Links

In the restoration section, there are wikilinks to personal websites and shops. My guess is these should actually point to the websites instead of wikiarticles. Does someone know the URLs? Felsir 05:49, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Extern links within the article proper are discouraged. But it's fine to provide them as cites, like this.[1] Or, like this.^[2] A simple Google search should turn up their URL's. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:37, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Note that I didn't add the links, I just found the links inside the article unapropiate (judging from your reaction, you feel the same).

To clean it up, what do you think of this idea? How about adding them to the list of external links (maybe under a seperate subheader 'restoration links')? Adding them as cites in the text seems weird to me since they're not really references or text-sources. Felsir 19:22, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

This page has been a magnet for linkspam. It seems that those wikilinks had originally been external links (spam), but changed into wikilinks by an editor who didn't want spam [3]. I think a better solution would have been to ditch the lot of them, and suggest that that is what gets done now — they contribute very little, and if those were notable shops we'd have articles on them. — Asbestos | Talk 23:11, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned it up then. Some of the sites weren't online. I added the one relevant (not commercial) link to the list of external links. Felsir 07:24, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Well, I liked naming the sites since I thought it was useful. I didn't link to them since that would be promoting commercial enterprises. But I'm not going to get my panties in a wad over this. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:51, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Cabinet types

This section is either very out of date, or just plain wrong. As I see it, these are the types of cabinets that should be in this list: Cocktail,countertop,upright,sitdown,upright deluxe, sitdown deluxe,and mini/cabaret. I'm going to rewrite this section soon. I would appreciate your comments.----Asher196 (talk) 04:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Potential expansion

I haven't had much time to research it, but were there specifications for arcade cabinets? Did game creators also provide the cabinets or was it left up to the individual arcade operators to construct their own? I think discussion of this nature would help the article. —Locke Cole • t • c 10:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Cost

The article doesn't mention how much these arcades cost. Whats the price level for these machines, and over the years, has the price gone down? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.115.130.66 (talk) 17:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

needs help

Candy style

Owing to the resemblance of the plastic to hard candy, they are often known as "candy cabinets", by both arcade enthusiasts and industry.

What plastic? And instead of "they" the term should be in the sentence. No commas are necessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.139.55 (talk) 15:53, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I'd love to see some sort of citation for this term, as I've NEVER heard the term before reading this article, and I would certainly consider myself an arcade enthusiast. I also can't think of one that was ever lighter than an upright cabinet. Perhaps the author is referring to a very specific cabinet, or perhaps is writing from a perspective of a specific arcade industry? (My perspective is of the U.S. industry only.) Or maybe the author was referring to "cabaret" cabinets, which seem to resemble the description he uses? I see them mentioned under mini cabinets, though I'd personally never think of them as a "sit down" since they lack a built in seat. Sir Smedley (talk) 11:52, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Dreamcast "arcade machine" photo

No, that's a demonstration kiosk that was used in stores. It's not a coin-operated arcade machine. Anamyd (talk) 14:07, 22 February 2022 (UTC)