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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FullTilt" data-source="post: 259745" data-attributes="member: 6693">Hey everyone, long time lurker who just recently decided to start adding to this wonderful community. So far I have been really happy with how welcoming you all are to new users <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />I was just playing the table of the month, and was thinking how cool it would be if there was some sort of Pinball machine that had a PC inside it to emulate all of these cool tables. So I think I will try and build one. The planning stage is going alright, I will be making a cabinet so that the sizing fits whatever I decide to put in it. I am thinking that I can hook some buttons up to a controller that will be glued/soldered under the machine so you can use actual flipper buttons, and I am working on something similar for the plunger. Right now the only thing I am unsure of is the screen. I though of getting a rather large LED screen to install where the game would be, and a small one to install on the face of the cabinet just in case of issues. What do you all think of my idea? Obviously it is not fully fleshed out, I am trying to finish the planning so I can budget accordingly. I will be using a fairly budget PC, making sure that it can show the tables in good quality and that will be about it. Do any of you have ideas for screens that can be used, either in the bottom or the face? I was thinking that a flat screen TV might work best for the table, but I thought here must be somewhere I can get LED screens that are just the screen and the board/chips to run it. Any advice would be much appreciated <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />After talking with some users here and some users on the boards linked, I have went ahead and bought some cheap LED TV's so that I have a screen to base the cabinet around, as I will be making my own. I wanted to get a cheap one in case I broke it doing something stupid., so I found some <a href="http://www.for-sale.co.uk/led-tv-55" target="_blank">cheap LED tv's </a> that I am going to be using. So far I have hooked them up to my computer and played a couple different tables on them just sitting on the floor, but they may need more playing I mean testing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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