Taito Egret 2/3

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:28 pm

Hello!

Does anybody have any information on the Taito Egret 2/3s? I'm STRONGLY considering one of these as my next major purchase. Mame/pcbs/old stuff/future stuff is very important- what's my best bet for best all around? (reason I', after the Egrets is for the tate mech on the monitor ;P)

Looking forward to seeing some knowledgable peopel on the subjects

(I've seen some nice cabs here on the forums

Grant

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:55 pm

If you want monitor rotation, then don't get the egret3, as it apparently does not have it.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:06 am

Thanks much for the info

I'm very quickly trying to come up to speed on monitor freqs and stuff as well- I don't want something I'll even have a chance to regret down the line

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:40 am

Battlesmurf wrote:Thanks much for the info I'm very quickly trying to come up to speed on monitor freqs and stuff as well- I don't want something I'll even have a chance to regret down the line

You might already know about this site, but here it is in case you don't:

http://candycabinetcity.com/?page_id=15

There's a bunch of good info there.

I have a new astrocity w/ a vertical monitor that I use for mame, pcbs, ps2 and dreamcast. It takes me about half an hour to rotate the monitor. I can do it alone, but help is probably recommended. Its monitor is a low/medium res Nanao. I think low resolution is sufficient for most shmups and mame. I have never used medium res. My dreamcast would benefit from hires, but it still looks OK in low.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:45 am

zakk wrote:If you want monitor rotation, then don't get the egret3, as it apparently does not have it.

doesn't it? i've seen different cabs with both orientations...

edit: they have pics at the above site too.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:59 am

captain ahar wrote:
zakk wrote:If you want monitor rotation, then don't get the egret3, as it apparently does not have it.
doesn't it? i've seen different cabs with both orientations...

edit: they have pics at the above site too.

You can rotate the monitor, but it does not have the easy rotate mechanism that the egret 1 and 2 do.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:02 am

oh, i get it now...

previous statement made me think you were saying it was horizontal only or something...

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:17 am

TalkingOctopus wrote:It takes me about half an hour to rotate the monitor. I can do it alone, but help is probably recommended.

I've got the entire process down to about 10 - 15 minutes. Definately no problem doing it yourself if you tip the cab into its back.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:41 am

cool : ) so far so good. Well, I just got in touch with Matsu-and he doesn't know when he'll see some egret 3's (no surprise). He did offer an Atomtiswave in its place, though. I really want something that does hi-res and rotates, but as far as the rotates go, I'll take what I can get. How much of a process is it to rotate the monitor in one of the Atomiswaves? What are the major differences between these and the egret 3's?

CFO · Post by **CFO** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:10 am

They're basically the same cab minus the monitors. The E3 has a toshiba tube which is what makes it cost a mint.

parodius · Post by **parodius** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:52 am

What about the power supply ? Does the E3 lack -5V like the AW SD ?

MattR · Post by **MattR** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:57 am

TalkingOctopus wrote:I have a new astrocity w/ a vertical monitor that I use for mame, pcbs, ps2 and dreamcast. It takes me about half an hour to rotate the monitor. I can do it alone, but help is probably recommended. Its monitor is a low/medium res Nanao. I think low resolution is sufficient for most shmups and mame. I have never used medium res. My dreamcast would benefit from hires, but it still looks OK in low.

Everything he said

Egret3 is still way too expensive so my next cabinet will be an Egret2 which will be home to Ketsui or DoDonpachi DOJ.

CandyCabinetCity.com has some good information.

Cheers,
Matt

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:47 am

Thanks all for the help

Really looking like it's going to be an astrocity or Egret 2

Grant

Shotgunfacelift · Post by **Shotgunfacelift** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:44 am

TalkingOctopus wrote:
Battlesmurf wrote:Thanks much for the info I'm very quickly trying to come up to speed on monitor freqs and stuff as well- I don't want something I'll even have a chance to regret down the line
You might already know about this site, but here it is in case you don't:

http://candycabinetcity.com/?page_id=15

There's a bunch of good info there.

I have a new astrocity w/ a vertical monitor that I use for mame, pcbs, ps2 and dreamcast. It takes me about half an hour to rotate the monitor. I can do it alone, but help is probably recommended. Its monitor is a low/medium res Nanao. I think low resolution is sufficient for most shmups and mame. I have never used medium res. My dreamcast would benefit from hires, but it still looks OK in low.

Awesome thread!
So how does one plug a dreamcast into the egret II ?
Is it hard?

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:21 am

^^

I'm curious about this as well

Shotgunfacelift · Post by **Shotgunfacelift** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:13 pm

Also if anyone can direct me to any good informative sites regarding pcb's etc that would be great!
Ive won a Egrett II machine! ON evilbay.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:45 am

egret II looks pretty sweet, but might be a good idea to swap the monitor for something hi-res. But by then perhaps it would be a better idea to get a blast city or a net city?