eighties8 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) Here are a few videos from my work in progress build. Based on the modern Stern pinball design specification, standard 22 inch wide cabinet. Sidewalls are router cut to allow the decased 43 inch Asus 144hz display monitor to embed into the cab for a more lifelike "bezel-free" playfield view: This is my second Vpin build. My first build was a Williams widebody design with the 43 inch display monitor having "blades" on either side. Now that I know I can embed a full size 43" 4K display into a standard width cabinet, I would not do a widebody design again. In person, the embedded playfield is much more lifelike and immersive, and you can still do addressable side strips and LED matrix at the back of the display - which I plan to do as part of this build. I'm currently hooking up the SSF with 4 Dayton HDN-8's and 2 Dayton BST-1's. Happy to share build pics if anyone is interested in this approach. Edited December 22, 2022 by vestaviascott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divetravis Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Impressive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider fluffhead35 Posted December 23, 2022 Content Provider Share Posted December 23, 2022 did you have to decase your monitor to make this fit as well as route out the sides of your cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighties8 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Hey Fluffhead, yes. I decased the Asus to allow it to fit and my CNC cutout included routered out sidewalls to allow the decased Asus display (21.75" decased) to fit into the 22" cabinet. Its surprisingly simple and painless to decase the Asus ROG 43" monitor. First remove the feet and then everything pretty much snaps right off. A guitar pic helps. All the plastic comes off. The bottom of the display is about .25" thicker than the top, so you will need to account for this when you lay it over the routered out side walls. I 3D printed some shims for the right side to make it level. My first cab was a widebody with the extra space around the left and right of the playfield display. Now that I've experienced the bezel-less display playfield, using the specs for a standard width Stern replica, I would never do a widebody again. This is about as immersive of an experience as it gets in the virtual world. Edited December 26, 2022 by vestaviascott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoto Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Good to know, that a 43" Monitor fits into a standard cab with some woodworking. Right now, I'm using a 40" Panasonic 4k-TV, which fits perfect without decasing. But 40" TVs seem to become very rare. So this a good alternative/upgrade👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastactionhero Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 this is fckng awesome.... i hate wide body cabinets.. do you have more information about your build ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighties8 Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) Thanks for the comments. I have a full build thread with lots of pics and comments from start to (almost) finish on the Virtual Pinball Chat discord. My username there is Eighties8. Here is an invite: https://discord.gg/gKKxpYKs Edited September 2, 2023 by vestaviascott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knippen8 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) This is so freaking cool. I'm looking into building my first cab, and this is exactly what I would want to build. Edited February 10, 2023 by Knippen8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoYoda Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 that looks BRILLIANT. For years I was a Williams cab fan but modern Sterns., yeah, they look fantastic... You's looks amazing1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlamaStick Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 2:34 AM, vestaviascott said: Thanks for the comments. I have a full build thread with lots of pics and comments from start to (almost) finish on the Virtual Pinball Chat discord. My username there is 80sOn8. Here is an invite: https://discord.gg/mJapzqyw Great to hear this - I have a 40" TV in a Standard size cab (custom built) and I would love to step up the screen. The link below has expired - I already am in 'Virtual Pinball Chat' discord channel but can't find your info. Could you signpost for me please? And what model Asus ROG (if there's more than one). Many thanks Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madonion Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 4:34 AM, vestaviascott said: Thanks for the comments. I have a full build thread with lots of pics and comments from start to (almost) finish on the Virtual Pinball Chat discord. My username there is 80sOn8. Here is an invite: https://discord.gg/mJapzqyw Would love to be on the discord. Im also planning to do 43" as they are readily available and i will be building my own cabinet. Would like to see how you did with your setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeaponZ Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) Looks great OP. The discord invite is expired. I would like to view your build images. Please renew the discord link Edit i found your chan https://discord.com/channels/652274650524418078/801462123594514482 Edited July 23, 2023 by WeaponZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighties8 Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 https://discord.gg/gKKxpYKs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superautomatic Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Very impressive build! Would it be possible for you to post the full build thread here instead of just discord only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdm1984 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Awesome build. And sorry, I don't mean to hijack your thread I recently started a new one to ask a g-sync question - but I see you used an Asus ROG in your build and want to ask - was it a ROG Swift or ROG Strix? I see that the swift is labeled as G-sync compatible while the Strix is freesync. I was curious if you use G-sync if you have nvidia card in your build and if that made a difference on your monitor preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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