Noob 101 - Let's start with the TV

[BRS]

I love this site. It is exactly what I was looking for in a wilderness of information.

I purchased a Total Carnage cabinet with partial guts to build a MAME machine. It looks pretty good, I am not sure how much I will change with the artwork. One thing, is I am absolutely horrible with wiring, so I am going to spend the money on the plug in controls.

When it comes to the monitor - I have two TV's I can use, but for the life of me I can't find if they have:

power-return
S-video
high comb filter

They are both about 4 years old.

RCA 27V550T

and

Magnavox
27MDTR20/17

I have been scouring the websites looking for these answers - is there a place I can look specifically I don't know about?

Thank you anyone who can assist a poor soul.

[toddm]

Power return is tested by just pulling the power cord and then plugging it back in. If the power comes back on, then your good.

S-Video is not required and it really depends what your graphics card supports. You can use either RCA or S-Video. Just go with S-Video first and fall back to RCA if needed (composite)

The high comb filter... well I would do this as a test... Just put a DVD in and pause the credits of a movie (text). Whatever looks better is the winner. Text is harder to display than moving images and as you know arcade games have both.

Hope that helps!

Todd

[onemoretroop]

Alright after reading through all of this I've decided to use my old Sanyo DS27930 and I have figured the following on my TV...
I have S-Video
I have power return
According to my TV Manual I have 3-Line Digital Comb Filter

So two questions I guess

1. Is three line the same/comparable to high comb filter?

2. Is the fact it's flat screen going to hinder anything besides light gun games?

Thanks a bunch for all this info