Would one of those qanba desks be cool for a dedicated MiSTer FPGA arcade setup or is it shit?
>>12931635not for $800 it wouldnt
>>12931683If you're option was to either get the Qanba desk, or get a Vewlix (with the goal of using either of them for the MiSTer), which do you think would be better? Let's say they're almost equal in price, and you already have a monitor for the desk, and replacement stick and buttons for either the desk or the VewlixAdvantage of the desk is you could use a better monitor than the 720p display in the Vewlix (or 1080p in the Vewlix diamonds), or a CRT, and rotating for TATE mode would be much easier. Advantage of the Vewlix is it's a full cab so it's cool.
>>12931635Never knew these were a thing. I won't lie, it looks like cheap garbage made from basic aluminum sheet and MDF, possibly even honeycomb just like ikea shit. I don't think there's any reason to do so.
>>12931714I only just found out about them recently. I'm not super into fighting games but apparently they're kind of big in that community and they get used at EVO.Apparently it's made of steel, but I don't really doubt that since it can support Carts with no issue. Every review and social media post I've checked seems to give it a lot of praise so I'm not really worried about the durability, it seems to be well made. But my concern is whether it would feel like a subpar experience compared to playing on a proper cabinet.
Lap desk + any controller you like beats this shit hands down.
>>12931732Aside from whether this would be good or bad, "lap desk" sounds like the kind of garbage you'd see being used by someone who's computer is a broken laptop (without the display half attached) running Linux.
>>12931635>>12931704it's cool but the problem with it is repairability. best long term solution is something you can easily swap out the levers and buttons. i dont see how its different from bolting down two fight sticks, with fight sticks having the advantage of you can take them out and put in whatever parts you want, sanwa or seimitsu etc
>>12931745I understand what you're saying, and I do agree, but you can easily open this up and also can swap out parts. Apparently it comes with a "silent" stick and buttons, so if I end up going with this then I would absolutely be swapping those out for a Seimitsu LS-32 stick and Sanwa buttons.One advantage to this (or an arcade cabinet) over an arcade stick on a desk is that it would be easier to swap gates for 4-direction games since the control panel is easy to access.
>>12931738Nah it's great. I have one I use with my computer I have hooked to the TV. A nice big leather one with a memory foam bottom. I can put my HOTAS on there, big arcade sticks, along with a keyboard. Even my Commodore 64. Keyboard and mouse for 3D shooters, etc.This looks like an ergonomic nightmare.
>>12931763Alright I'll bite, what the hell is a lap desk? Is it just a fancy branded version of those things that you use for breakfast in bed?>This looks like an ergonomic nightmareHow? It's literally no different from an arcade cabinet. The only issue I could see from an ergonomic standpoint is maybe if you wanted to use it as a regular desk and the stick was getting in the way of reaching the keyboard. But why do that?
>>12931768i thought arcades were designed to be an ergonomic nightmare to get people off the machines. then it comes down to having to choose between ergonomics and authenticity
>>12931772What? Have you ever used an arcade controller? They're made to be the same thing. If they weren't meant to be ergonomic then the button layouts wouldn't match your resting finger position. The only thing I could think of is maybe American cabinets being standing-only, but this is similar to something like a Vewlix. It's a desk so you sit down.
>>12931635just get an actual arcade cab at this pointI'm sure you can put your emubox inside
>>12931787I'm considering it! They're a very similar price point. But the reason I'm considering the desk is because I have some actual arcade PCBs that I would like to play and a few of them require rotating the display for TATE mode. If I went for. CRT cabinet like an astro city then rotating it myself becomes impossible, and if I went with a Vewlix then it's still difficult to do alone because the display unit weighs 50 pounds.Also I'd like to hook up my PC and play some not retro arcade stuff like Street Fighter 6 or Guilty Gear Strive, plus arcade stuff that I have on Steam. I could do that with a Vewlix but the Vewkix screens are 720p (or 1080p in the Vewlix diamonds but those cost a lot more) so I feel like it might be better to go with the desk because I could easily mount a monitor to rotate with my PCB's, and I could use my 1440p monitor that I have for my PC instead of buying a bunch of shit to upgrade the display in the Vewlix.
>>12931635$800 doesn't seem too bad for that...its a niche product. It looks well made. There arent a lot of people trying to get one of those. I think id prefer a regular standup cabinet though. Really, id jist want a full size arcade fighting game.
>>12931834I think I would prefer a cabinet but this seems to solve a few problems I would have with using a cabinet in my house which is why I'm leaning towards it. I'm not too worried about price for either.
