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#1 godzillavskong
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Just wanted to see how many flat panels some of you own and which is the preferred brand? 1) Toshiba 55SL412U 120hz LED 2) Toshiba 55G300U 120hz LCD 3) Sony 46in Bravia LCD 4) 40in Phillips LCD 5)26in Toshiba LCD 720p So I'd say Toshiba is my preferred brand. I know they don't get the recognition like Sony or Samsung, but I've been really impressed with their picture quality and performance.
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#2 Masenkoe
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Panasonic 42" 1080p LCD

Monitors:

ViewSonic VX2250WM-LED (1920x1080)

ViewSonic VA1903 (1440x900)

Compaq Q1859 (1366x768)

Panasonic is my go to brand for televisions, they are definitely the best in my opinion. As far as monitors go I don't truly have a developed preference, but I would like a 120Hz monitor at some point.

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Panasonic 42" 1080p LCD

Monitors:

ViewSonic VX2250WM-LED (1920x1080)

ViewSonic VA1903 (1440x900)

Compaq Q1859 (1366x768)

Panasonic is my go to brand for televisions, they are definitely the best in my opinion. As far as monitors go I don't truly have a developed preference, but I would like a 120Hz monitor at some point.

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Yeah, we have a lot of Viewsonic monitors at my job. They're pretty reliable. I have a HP 20in monitor. Nothing fancy. I think its 1440x900. Works good though.My son games on it. He has the 40in Phillips 1080p LCD in his room, and it has all the ports, so he could hook his PC up to it, but he prefers to sit at the CPU desk , and leave the tv for the Xbox, or Wii.
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3 Samsungs
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I have a Sony Bravia KDF-50E3000 - a 50" 1080P projection LCD that has been my TV for 5 years, and my main PC monitor for 3..
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#6 APiranhaAteMyVa
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1. Panasonic 50" VT25 plasma - 7/10

2. Samsung 40" LE40M86BDX LCD - 5/10

3. GNR 22" LCD monitor - 3/10

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#7 Ernesto_basic
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TVs:

  • 92" Mitsubishi
  • 50" Phillips
  • 50" Sanyo

Monitors:

  • 25" HannSpree (2 of these)
  • 24" HannSpree
  • 19" Dell
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TVs:

LG 26"

Samsung 19"

Monitors:

Benq 22"

Hanspree 22"

Another 22" I can't remember the brand of

Sharp 17"

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I have a 240 hz Sony LED, 240 hz LG LCD (ew), Two Panasonics, and a Samsung LED. All are over 30 inches, mostly in the 40 inch range save for the Sony and the Panasonic which are over 50 inches.

One of the Panasonics is a Plasma, and it's the best I have in the house. Plasma advantages over LED ( which is already better than oldschool LCD) won me over, although I was worried at first when I was buying it. For a gamer, there is no way I'm going back to LED/LCD unless remarkable strides are made in that tech or I have no choice in 5 years.

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#10 HadOne2Many
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Let's see. 53" Bravia LCD in Living Room. 42" Aquos LCD in bedroom (never gamed on this one). 3 22" Samsung LCD monitors on my racing rig. 26" Vizio LCD hanging on the wall above the treadmill and an old school 19" Aquos 4:3 LCD HDTV in my sons room. I prefer the Samsung monitors for gaming. I forget the exact model of them (bought them in 2008 or 2009), they are the Syncmasters though so they have great contrast and a super fast refresh rate. The 42" Aquos in the bedroom is my favorite for watching TV and movies. The Vizio is useless compared to the rest. Horrible viewing angle and the needs some serious calibrating.
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Let's see. 53" Bravia LCD in Living Room. 42" Aquos LCD in bedroom (never gamed on this one). 3 22" Samsung LCD monitors on my racing rig. 26" Vizio LCD hanging on the wall above the treadmill and an old school 19" Aquos 4:3 LCD HDTV in my sons room. I prefer the Samsung monitors for gaming. I forget the exact model of them (bought them in 2008 or 2009), they are the Syncmasters though so they have great contrast and a super fast refresh rate. The 42" Aquos in the bedroom is my favorite for watching TV and movies. The Vizio is useless compared to the rest. Horrible viewing angle and the needs some serious calibrating.HadOne2Many
Those Sharp Aquos LCDs/LEDs have great pictures. I'm thinking of getting a 60in LED to hang on my living room wall, to replace my 55in Toshiba LED, but my wife would kill me! She says no more tvs at all! I can't help it. I love electronics. Lol
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106" projector

mums using my old 32" Toshiba lcd

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#13 godzillavskong
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Let's see. 53" Bravia LCD in Living Room. 42" Aquos LCD in bedroom (never gamed on this one). 3 22" Samsung LCD monitors on my racing rig. 26" Vizio LCD hanging on the wall above the treadmill and an old school 19" Aquos 4:3 LCD HDTV in my sons room. I prefer the Samsung monitors for gaming. I forget the exact model of them (bought them in 2008 or 2009), they are the Syncmasters though so they have great contrast and a super fast refresh rate. The 42" Aquos in the bedroom is my favorite for watching TV and movies. The Vizio is useless compared to the rest. Horrible viewing angle and the needs some serious calibrating.HadOne2Many
Those Sharp Aquos LCDs/LEDs have great pictures. I'm thinking of getting a 60in LED to hang on my living room wall, to replace my 55in Toshiba LED, but my wife would kill me! She says no more tvs at all! I can't help it. I love electronics. Lol
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[QUOTE="HadOne2Many"]Let's see. 53" Bravia LCD in Living Room. 42" Aquos LCD in bedroom (never gamed on this one). 3 22" Samsung LCD monitors on my racing rig. 26" Vizio LCD hanging on the wall above the treadmill and an old school 19" Aquos 4:3 LCD HDTV in my sons room. I prefer the Samsung monitors for gaming. I forget the exact model of them (bought them in 2008 or 2009), they are the Syncmasters though so they have great contrast and a super fast refresh rate. The 42" Aquos in the bedroom is my favorite for watching TV and movies. The Vizio is useless compared to the rest. Horrible viewing angle and the needs some serious calibrating.godzillavskong
Those Sharp Aquos LCDs/LEDs have great pictures. I'm thinking of getting a 60in LED to hang on my living room wall, to replace my 55in Toshiba LED, but my wife would kill me! She says no more tvs at all! I can't help it. I love electronics. Lol

Actually Sharp LED tvs are extremely mediocre. I would look at Panasonic VT50/ST50
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[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="HadOne2Many"]Let's see. 53" Bravia LCD in Living Room. 42" Aquos LCD in bedroom (never gamed on this one). 3 22" Samsung LCD monitors on my racing rig. 26" Vizio LCD hanging on the wall above the treadmill and an old school 19" Aquos 4:3 LCD HDTV in my sons room. I prefer the Samsung monitors for gaming. I forget the exact model of them (bought them in 2008 or 2009), they are the Syncmasters though so they have great contrast and a super fast refresh rate. The 42" Aquos in the bedroom is my favorite for watching TV and movies. The Vizio is useless compared to the rest. Horrible viewing angle and the needs some serious calibrating.Mozelleple112
Those Sharp Aquos LCDs/LEDs have great pictures. I'm thinking of getting a 60in LED to hang on my living room wall, to replace my 55in Toshiba LED, but my wife would kill me! She says no more tvs at all! I can't help it. I love electronics. Lol

Actually Sharp LED tvs are extremely mediocre. I would look at Panasonic VT50/ST50

Well, the picture looks great from what I've seen. The other thing is that we dont carry the Panasonic LED at my job. We do carry the plasma lineup of Panny but not any LEDs in their brand. I get stuff @ cost at my job, or else I would look into getting something like a Panasonic LED.
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Vizio 47in 1080p Vizio 32in 720p Asus 20.5 moniter
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#17 SolidTy
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Plasma ftw! ;) :P

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#18 Mozelleple112
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Plasma ftw! ;) :P

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Master race TV technology ;)
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Just my 24 inch BenQ monitor :/

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#20 SolidTy
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[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Plasma ftw! ;) :P

Mozelleple112

Master race TV technology ;)

:cool: :D

Agreed! :P

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Kuro 60" Plasma

Sony 40" LCD

Panasonic 42" LCD x2 (Ones not being used)

Samsung 19" LCD

BenQ 24" FP241W LCD

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#22 Mozelleple112
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Kuro 60" Plasma

Sony 40" LCD

Panasonic 42" LCD x2 (Ones not being used)

Samsung 19" LCD

BenQ 24" FP241W LCD

GTR12
Wait wut. You have a 60" Kuro????
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42" Panasonic Viera (2010/plasma)In bedroom

52" Panasonic Viera (2011/plasma) Living room

24" Dell U2412 (N/A?/LCD) PC monitor

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Dell 22" 1680x1050 IPS LCD

LG 37" 720p LCD TV(home TV not personally owned).

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42" Panasonic Viera (2010/plasma)In bedroom

52" Panasonic Viera (2011/plasma) Living room

24" Dell U2412 (N/A?/LCD) PC monitor

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52" Panasonic plasma? dont think they made any 52" in 2011
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Gaming Monitors

1. Asus 246h 24" 1920x1080 8/10

2.Asus 246h 24" 1920x1080

3.Asus 246h 24" 1920x1080

TVs

4. Insignia 32" 120hz 1080p 7/10

5. Sony 46" google tv 1080p 8/10

6. Sony Bravia 42" 1080p /10

Work Monitors(very color accurate)

7. Samsung Syncmaster 24" 1920x1080 9/10

8. Samsung Syncmaster 24" 1920x1080

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None, now that I gave that crappy 19" 1280x1024 LCD "HDTV" to my parents (which they incidentally gave me as a Christmas gift years ago). Couldn't stand it because of what it did to 720p and 1080i signals, and it was horribly slow to resync with the VGA input. The non-native resolution scaling was also terrible. The ONLY good thing I have to say about that thing is that it had no detectable input lag. Aside from that, my little brother has a small, cheap 720p (probably 1366x768 in reality) LCD HDTV with a built-in DVD player, and the family computer has a cheap 17" 1024x768 TN LCD from 2002 with only a VGA input. The former display is actually the only one in this entire house with HDMI or DVI whatsoever. But why did I say "none" after all of that? Those aren't MY displays, per se. Mine are all CRTs, the most prized of them being a Sony GDM-FW900. I don't need a flat-panel as long as I've got that one in working order.
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#28 godzillavskong
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[QUOTE="NamelessPlayer"]None, now that I gave that crappy 19" 1280x1024 LCD "HDTV" to my parents (which they incidentally gave me as a Christmas gift years ago). Couldn't stand it because of what it did to 720p and 1080i signals, and it was horribly slow to resync with the VGA input. The non-native resolution scaling was also terrible. The ONLY good thing I have to say about that thing is that it had no detectable input lag. Aside from that, my little brother has a small, cheap 720p (probably 1366x768 in reality) LCD HDTV with a built-in DVD player, and the family computer has a cheap 17" 1024x768 TN LCD from 2002 with only a VGA input. The former display is actually the only one in this entire house with HDMI or DVI whatsoever. But why did I say "none" after all of that? Those aren't MY displays, per se. Mine are all CRTs, the most prized of them being a Sony GDM-FW900. I don't need a flat-panel as long as I've got that one in working order.

True. I would like to find one of them Sony Wega's CRTs. They are very nice and have excellent pictures. I thought about using one of them for my retro consoles.
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TVs

  • Panasonic Viera 1080p 32"
  • Sony Bravia 720p 36"
  • Vizio 1080p 240Hz 42"

Monitors

  • Asus VW246H 24" 1080p
  • Yamakasi Catleap Q270 SE IPS/LED 1440p 27"
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[QUOTE="GTR12"]

Kuro 60" Plasma

Sony 40" LCD

Panasonic 42" LCD x2 (Ones not being used)

Samsung 19" LCD

BenQ 24" FP241W LCD

Mozelleple112

Wait wut. You have a 60" Kuro????

Yes... the LX-609

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#31 Mcspanky37
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[QUOTE="Mcspanky37"]

42" Panasonic Viera (2010/plasma)In bedroom

52" Panasonic Viera (2011/plasma) Living room

24" Dell U2412 (N/A?/LCD) PC monitor

Mozelleple112
52" Panasonic plasma? dont think they made any 52" in 2011

oops I meant 50"
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We have 4 of them

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#33 violian
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42" Sharp Aquos 1080P

32" Toshiba REGZA 1080P

22" Samsung 1080P LED (TV/PC-monitor)

22" Samsung 1080P LED (PC-monitor)

My favorite is the Toshiba REGZA. Picture and configuration-options beats the Aquos hands-down. And the speakers on the REGZA is superb - not even kidding, it sounds as good as my Bose Companion 2 speakers. The speakers on my bigger Aquos is simply garbage - sounds like they're made of cola cans.

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42 Toshiba, 42 Panasonic, 17 LG and a 50 Kuro.
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1. Sony 46" 120hz LCD

2. LG W2240 22" 1920x1080 LCD

3. HP 22" 1680x1050 LCD

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52" Phillips 5000 series LCD (2010)

24" Phillips 4000 series LED (2011)

Apparently I like phillips lol...

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52" Phillips 5000 series LCD (2010)

24" Phillips 4000 series LED (2011)

Apparently I like phillips lol...

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They make the best LCDs on the market, I don't see why not :p
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In the entertainment rooms:

62" Mistubishi 1080p DLP

Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Projector with an 80" screen

37" Sharp Aquos TV 1080p

For the PC:

28" 1080p Viewsonic (VX2835wm)

Three Dell 27" IPS 2560x1440 monitors (u2711)

Three Dell 24" IPS 1920x1200 LED monitors (u2412m)

One Dell 24" non-IPS 2405FPW pre-HDCP monitor (in the server room)

One Wells Gardner D9400 27" 800x600 CRT monitor (one of the most expensive monitors I own)

Monitors I had but gave away after I bought 6 IPS monitors:

Westinghouse 22" 1680x1050

Samsung 24" clearance monitor from CompUSA 1920x1080

Dell 2001FP 20" 1600x1200 (like a decade old and still working like a champ. I gave it away to my local used game store because it has composite and s-video so it works with old consoles)

and other miscellaneous displays not worth mentioning or remembering

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Forgot to mention (and in case you couldn't tell) I'm a big fan of Dell. Great quality if you get their mid to high end range displays. I've literally never had a Dell monitor die on me and my new Dell IPS monitors are so easy on the eyes. I spend more time in front of them than a normal human being should thanks to work and at the end of the day I no longer want to claw my eyes out the way I used to with my previous monitors.

Only downshot is they are almost as expensive as Apple displays if you go for the high end IPS displays.

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In the entertainment rooms:

62" Mistubishi 1080p DLP

Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Projector with an 80" screen

37" Sharp Aquos TV 1080p

For the PC:

28" 1080p Viewsonic (VX2835wm)

Three Dell 27" IPS 2560x1440 monitors (u2711)

Three Dell 24" IPS 1920x1200 LED monitors (u2412m)

One Dell 24" non-IPS 2405FPW pre-HDCP monitor (in the server room)

One Wells Gardner D9400 27" 800x600 CRT monitor (one of the most expensive monitors I own)

Monitors I had but gave away after I bought 6 IPS monitors:

Westinghouse 22" 1680x1050

Samsung 24" clearance monitor from CompUSA 1920x1080

Dell 2001FP 20" 1600x1200 (like a decade old and still working like a champ. I gave it away to my local used game store because it has composite and s-video so it works with old consoles)

and other miscellaneous displays not worth mentioning or remembering

-Byshop

Byshop
That's qute a list of displays you have there ^^
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#41 Byshop  Moderator
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That's qute a list of displays you have there ^^ Mozelleple112

Thanks. Amazingly the one I'm most proud to own is the 27" Wells Gardner 800x600 monitor. Weights 90lbs and is incredibly low res, but I bought it for this:

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Even at 800x600, if I run some HD video content I remember how good an old school quality CRT looked.

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Samsung 55" LED/LCD (living room) Sharp Aquos 42" (bedroom) Acer 23" (PC monitor)
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[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]That's qute a list of displays you have there ^^ Byshop

Thanks. Amazingly the one I'm most proud to own is the 27" Wells Gardner 800x600 monitor. Weights 90lbs and is incredibly low res, but I bought it for this:

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Even at 800x600, if I run some HD video content I remember how good an old school quality CRT looked.

I knew exactly what you were using it for once I saw "Wells-Gardner" as the brand name. They only sell arcade monitors, and as you'd expect, arcade hardware doesn't come cheap. Perfect for 15 KHz 240p RGB sources all meant to be shown on CRTs like that, though this one's clearly capable of at least 31 KHz if it can do 800x600. More versatility sure doesn't hurt. I don't have one of those, but I do have an NEC MultiSync XV29 Plus presentation monitor, which does accept 15 KHz RGB signals from old consoles and goes all the way up to 1024x768 60 Hz, all on a whopping 29" screen that isn't too bulbous for a shadow-mask CRT. Unfortunately, there are some geometry and convergence problems I can't fix through the OSD alone, but I've still thought about building an arcade cabinet around it. Since it also has speakers, all I'd need to add to the cabinet are a power supply, JAMMA harness, sticks and buttons, and the arcade PCB of my choice.
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#44 Byshop  Moderator
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I knew exactly what you were using it for once I saw "Wells-Gardner" as the brand name. They only sell arcade monitors, and as you'd expect, arcade hardware doesn't come cheap. Perfect for 15 KHz 240p RGB sources all meant to be shown on CRTs like that, though this one's clearly capable of at least 31 KHz if it can do 800x600. More versatility sure doesn't hurt. I don't have one of those, but I do have an NEC MultiSync XV29 Plus presentation monitor, which does accept 15 KHz RGB signals from old consoles and goes all the way up to 1024x768 60 Hz, all on a whopping 29" screen that isn't too bulbous for a shadow-mask CRT. Unfortunately, there are some geometry and convergence problems I can't fix through the OSD alone, but I've still thought about building an arcade cabinet around it. Since it also has speakers, all I'd need to add to the cabinet are a power supply, JAMMA harness, sticks and buttons, and the arcade PCB of my choice.NamelessPlayer

Yeah, if you're familiar with the brand it's a dead giveaway since that's basically all they make. I bought mine just before they stopped making CRTs all together. Now they have an LCD that they produce that fits into the same mount. While a higher resolution monitor would have been nice, it just wouldn't be the same. Amazingly though, many of the PC ports of fighting games that I've tried will actually run at 800x600, like Street Fighter IV in the photo. I also managed to add the ability to plug a PS3 or 360 into the cabinet so I can play pretty much any fighting game I want on it between the three using the arcade controllers.

You probably already know this, but in case you don't pretty much all old CRTs have rotating pot switches inside underneath the bezel that allow you to adjust convergance and geometry beyond what the OSD is capable of. You can potentially use this to fix (or make worse if you aren't careful) the problems you are having with your NEC.

Should you decide that you want to build your own arcade cabinet, drop me a line. I spent a lot of time experimenting with different hardware and methods and I could give you some tips that would likely save you time and money.

-Byshop