Thanks guys. Yup, the 42 was'nt my first choice anymway so it'll be ditched for a 32 or even 27. I'll keep you posted on the progress...

@voljega Thanks for your feedback!
I'll probably switch to a smaller screen (since the 42inch screen would require a cabinet with min. 110cm / 43inch width) and stick to a horizontal setup.

Hi! I've finally got all my parts for my arcade project together but I'm still uncertain if I should place the LCD (its a standard 42inch LCD with 16:9 ratio) vertical or horizontal. I've understand that it's highly depending which games I intend to play, I'll propably will play most of my NES games.

I'm curios about your experience with screen positionings and aspect ratios. In tending to use the LCD vertical with a 4:3 ratio which should fill up the screen quite well.

I've intendet to make a 2 player Cabinet, similar to the sleek look of the "Retro Space Cabinet" by Martijn Koch but adopted to the screen positoning. (http://www.martijnkoch.com/index.php?cat=dsgn&language=en&big=ar0#nogo)

Any thoughts from you are highly welcome!