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What do you guys think of that?
you would have to PAY ME to take that machine, I wouldn't touch that with a 10ft pole.
You can assume that any home-made cabinet with an "HDTV" or nondescript "LCD" is going to be completely worthless. Kraylix is really the only exception to this because it's gained a lot of notoriety and respect within the fighting game community.
I was also thinking...why not get a Kraylix and just pay it off in payments since I'm not going to get it right away anyway?
If you're going to do that then you should just buy a Taito VewLix.
If you're not automotive painter (I'm assuming you're not) then you don't want to buy an un-assembled Kraylix cabinet because you'll be doing a lot of sanding and painting similar to body work on a car. If you buy a fully assembled/painted Kraylix (which costs $1235) you'll also be paying $400 freight shipping. and that DOES NOT include a display, you'll have to spend another $200 or so on a Samsung UN32EH4003 (this is the display you should buy, it's what the Kraylix is designed for and it has the lowest lag of any consumer grade 32" LCD). This also does not include any cabinet artwork, speaker, audio amp, coin door (there will be a big hole in the front) and other odds and ends that will run another $100-$200 so now you're up to $1600 before shipping.
OR...
you could spend $1600 before shipping on a Taito Vewlix (which is what a Kraylix is pretending to be) which is a 100% authentic LCD arcade machine from Japan and that's complete with all the artwork, a control panel, speakers, amp, all the wiring you'll need to run arcade boards etc. not to mention it's a professional grade low-lag LCD that will blow the Samsung UN32EH4003 or any other off-the-shelf 32" HDTV out of the water.
OR... buy a Net City or Blast city for $1000 before shipping like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEGA-BLAST-...743893?hash=item1c6a507c55:g:UPwAAOSw7s5Xg9yb
The ONLY reason I own a Kraylix is because I bought it used, already fully assembled and painted with artwork for $800... so no shipping costs and at the time a Vewlix was about $2500 before importation from japan (which would have added another $1000 to the price tag). AT this point Vewlix and Kraylix are about equal in terms of total cost which making buying a Kraylix a foolish investment IMO.