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[KloggMonkey]

Great site Noah!

One thing I noticed is that you offer 3 monitors in your cabinet parts section, 37", 42", and 47" stating that they are the exact ones used in the VirtuaPin. However I can only find 37" and 42" versions of the VirtuaPin. Are there plans to make a 47" version?

[mamejones]

With the Ultimate Cab Kit, there is no glass. It's best to have the glass made on your end, for shipping reasons.

Currently, the offerings are available only in the US and Canada, for now, until I can work out the details on international shipping.

I just want to verify i understand this correctly. The fully complete VirtuaPin machine "does not" come with the playfield glass ?

[scott-Detroit Pinball]

With the Ultimate Cab Kit, there is no glass. It's best to have the glass made on your end, for shipping reasons.

Currently, the offerings are available only in the US and Canada, for now, until I can work out the details on international shipping.

I just want to verify i understand this correctly. The fully complete VirtuaPin machine "does not" come with the playfield glass ?

I had Noah, design a cabinet for me and I just received it a week ago. I am sure he can work with your needs.
I actually requested that I get the glass instead of him; I am an avid pinball collector and know were to get the good deals.
I have a place, 3 miles from my house that can get me Widebody tempered glass for my pins for $24 and that way I also dont have to worry about the glass breaking or getting scratched in the delivery process. I highly recomend, Clarkston Glass, look them up. I went with a 42 inch monitor, it is definately the way to go, not to big and not to small.

thanks
Scott
Detroit Pinball

[Noah Fentz]

Great website Noah !!

I have a few questions and i'll post them on here in case anyone else has the same questions.

You offer a 47" monitor. Is there an option on the widebody VirtuaPin to upgrade the 42" monitor to the 47" ?
Of course, that's if a 47" would fit in the widebody cabinet or do you have plans for a 47" model in the future that requires a different cabinet ?
If it's an option, how much extra to upgrade to the 47" ?
If it's an option, is there a recommendation on whether to go with a 42" or 47" monitor as far as graphical quality and performance running VP/VPM ?

As far as the 2 Nvidia video cards. What would be the memory size of each card ?
I'd probably prefer to go with two 1GB video cards (or something close to that) to accomodate any future graphical requirements that might be needed.

Any additional info regarding these questions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !!

I've used 275 GTX (896MB) and 260 MaxCore (1GB) cards now. They both seem to perform the same and I have yet to have any issue with the 275's 896MB capacity. If you want 1GB cards, you'll get 1GB cards.

Great site Noah!

One thing I noticed is that you offer 3 monitors in your cabinet parts section, 37", 42", and 47" stating that they are the exact ones used in the VirtuaPin. However I can only find 37" and 42" versions of the VirtuaPin. Are there plans to make a 47" version?

The 47" monitors are the exact same LG monitors as the 37" and 42" we use. We would love to do 47" models, but finding a lockdown bar to accommodate the cab requirements would be a nightmare for any kind of volume. We offer them for the DIY cab builder. We don't use that size ourselves. For the meantime, we're going to stick with Standard and Widebody, which are genuine sizes for easily obtainable parts.

With the Ultimate Cab Kit, there is no glass. It's best to have the glass made on your end, for shipping reasons.

Currently, the offerings are available only in the US and Canada, for now, until I can work out the details on international shipping.

I just want to verify i understand this correctly. The fully complete VirtuaPin machine "does not" come with the playfield glass ?

The complete VirtuaPin cab will indeed come with glass. Scott didn't get glass with his, at a reduced price, so we had no concerns about it in transit, and he had a better hookup for glass near his house. We can easily do the same for anyone else.

[mamejones]

Two GTX 275's would be great.

Thanks for the clarification regarding the 42" and 47" monitors and the playfield glass.

Thank you very much Noah for all of the info and for putting together the great website !!

John

[Noah Fentz]

I'll have to clarify the card situation. The standard cab includes a GTX 260/275/280 and an Nvidia 8400GS for the DMD monitor. Dual GTX cards will be +$150 to offset the additional cost.

Sorry for the confusion.

I'm also pricing out 'Extreme' versions for each, which will come with 2 GTX cards and a beefier CPU.

Note: The Standard version you see currently on the site runs EVERY table great (except BBB's Monopoly ... surprise! ... no offense, BBB). It also runs most UVPs that have just the alphanumeric displays and not a lot of lamp action. Once you get too much going on in the UVP, some stuttering may occur.

[mamejones]

Sounds great. I'll probably go with the Extreme upgrades once you have them all figured out.

Thanks

[pixelmagic]

Great looking site !

Any chance that the Ultimate Cab-Builder's Kit also comes available with a widebody lockbar ??

[Noah Fentz]

Great looking site !

Any chance that the Ultimate Cab-Builder's Kit also comes available with a widebody lockbar ??

We're working on it as we speak. We're also working on button packages including an optimal leaf switch design for virtual cabs.

[lionheart88]

Did I miss the post that has the official website address in it?

[Noah Fentz]

http://virtuapin.net

I'll be setting up an easy reminder on the board soon. Consider this the 'soft' opening.

[kruge99]

http://virtuapin.net

I'll be setting up an easy reminder on the board soon. Consider this the 'soft' opening.

Not bad for a "soft opening"... By the way, the Virtuapin site looks amazing. Great work dude!


Best Regards,
Todd.

[FDSystems]

Great job!
I sure wish you a fast growing market!
It was supposed to be just a "niche", not long ago!

Edited by 1234fd, 22 December 2010 - 11:22 AM.

[nanuk]

hi nice cab wich compagny do u use for the shipping ?

[Noah Fentz]

hi nice cab wich compagny do u use for the shipping ?

We use a shipping brokerage that finds us the best rate determined by destination. Actual shipping companies may vary.

[herve]

Noah,

Did you get some time to get a price for shipping to France?

Herve

[Noah Fentz]

It takes a little longer than a day to shop around for overseas shipping quotes.

[herve]

ok

[Othello]

What's your typical turnaround time to produce a full unit from time of order?

[Noah Fentz]

That depends on the weight of our schedule.

With our current schedule, 3-4 weeks. This will vary to as little as two weeks up to 6 weeks.