The Aliexpress reproduction Capcom mini cute

[aerobert]

Perhaps I could reuse the adapter from my cute, but where is this 17" tube located? I would not trust any nordic shipping company with the task of delivering it without harm.

Gothenburg, Sweden...

Tube is LG Philips A41 size with intervideo SL1000 chassis.

[Kamiboy]

The Intervideo is minty fresh and I hope to eventually put it to good use. However the only thing that comes to mind is buying a repro Neo SC-19 and fitting it inside it somehow.

There are several obstacles though:

(1) As the name implies, the SC-19 is designed for a 19" tube and this Intervideo is 20", so will this even fit inside one of those? I am afraid this is the kind of question that can only be answered by having both at hand.

(2) If it fits, how do I mount it inside? The repro comes with an LCD, so I would have to come up with my own bespoke bracket.

(3) If it fits, and I can mount it, would the bezel of this SC-19, which is made for a flat panel LCD, pair well with a curved CRT? I somehow doubt it, and if it does not it will likely look quite bad. Likely leaving a gap between the CRT and bezel.

[Kamiboy]

Perhaps I could reuse the adapter from my cute, but where is this 17" tube located? I would not trust any nordic shipping company with the task of delivering it without harm.

Gothenburg, Sweden...

Tube is LG Philips A41 size with intervideo SL1000 chassis.

Ah, I have been there once before, travelling by ferry. If I had a car it could be done I suppose, alas...

The Chinese tube I have in the cute currently isn't bad exactly, my main problem is how dull it looks when displaying a bright full screen image. When showing full screen logos with a white background for an example, it is becomes very dim and dull. I still need to adjust the colours correctly as well, but the brightness seems not to be so easy to solve. Turning up the brightness dial on the flyback or pots will just wash out the image.

I need to go back and try to adjust it properly once more, then I can be sure whether the problem is with the tube or my adjustments.

As it is I am reluctant to sell my Blast city, while it takes up a lot of space, and is not very easy on the eyes, the image and audio quality a step above the cute. I need a smaller cab that can at the very least match it in image quality before I am can part the Blast without much regret. The larger screen size is nice to of course, but I can live with 17-19".

[aerobert]

Reach out to Sven666. I believe the tubes and everything are packed in individual boxes suitable for shipping.

[Kamiboy]

Reach out to Sven666. I believe the tubes and everything are packed in individual boxes suitable for shipping.

Done, and done. Thanks for the heads up. I am continually baffled by how some things that should be impossible, like finding arcade tubes in this day, age and my corner of the world, is more doable than I imagined.

[Kamiboy]

I took another crack at adjusting the used Hantarex polo 2 chassis connected to the Chinese 17" tube that came with my mini cute. This time actually went through the trouble of hooking my mistercade, so I could load up a core that could put out rudimentary color bars and grids.

The results were much more successful this time around, the colours, vibrancy, sharpness and screen brightness are much better overall. Putting the same game on my Blast city and the cute, side by side, the cute fares much better now. Not on the same level, but much closer than before.

One issue that I have become aware of is a level of noise in the image. I suspect the culprit might be the cheap dupont cables I have put between the chassis and the remote board to make it accessible from the front.

Does anyone by chance have an extension cable for the adjustment board of a Hantarex polo 2? As mentioned earlier they sport a weird 20 pin 1 row 2.5mm pitch connector. I looked into perhaps replacing it with JST, but 20 pin JST cable and connectors are not really easy to get hold of either.