Modding Sui's Psone LCD Mod

Discussion in 'Modding' started by sui_winbolo, 8 Jul 2006.

  1. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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  2. Cardan

    Cardan What's a Dremel?

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    wow so nice and clean!

    very good
     
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  3. DAE_JA_VOO

    DAE_JA_VOO What's a Dremel?

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    Very very nice :D
     
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  4. Lucanus

    Lucanus What's a Dremel?

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    Good job.
     
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  5. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    Thanks for the comments guys. :D
     
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  6. Noni

    Noni What's a Dremel?

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    Looks sexy!
     
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  7. GuardianStorm

    GuardianStorm Minimodder

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    nice :) i would frost the rear of the surrounding acrylic holding the psone in place, but appart from that :thumb:
     
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  8. olly_lewis

    olly_lewis What's a Dremel?

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    Great mod and the case, the cooler master is a great case and the PS screen finsihes it off great and the translucent acrylic is slightly see through and seeing the jubbings is a great touch to the mod as well as the metal surrounds for the case, they make it look quite industrial....
    Nice job
     
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  9. ARTbyTROY

    ARTbyTROY Mod it Til it Bleeds!

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    Nice mod sui, were it mine I would stealth the ROM drive and throw a Matrix Orbital MX display into the 5.25 bay with the 3.5 cutout (like this)... but that's just me, Mod it Til it Bleeds!
     
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  10. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    Thanks for the comments guys, I use to have a piece that covered the drive also. But it didn't look that good, so I cut it off. Haha, that would be nice, but I don't have $80 to spend on one of those. (or whatever the orbital LCD costs)

    I actually got my idea from CaseModGod and bit-tech. Thanks for the guides guys!
     
    sui_winbolo, 10 Jul 2006
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  11. The_Gnu

    The_Gnu 8-bit addict

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    very nice... I also like that frosted plexi and the slight seethrough effect.
    how about removing the front of the dvd-drive and stealthing it with another piece of frosted plexi? :)

    /GNU
     
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  12. sui_winbolo

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    Click the link on my first post, I tried it, didn't look so good. :sigh:
     
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  13. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    Don't worry, the PS1 screens are a load more functional than any character LCD out there. Especially when combined with Samurize. You can get parallel (HD44780) character LCDs pretty cheap though, far less than the USB or even serial ones, and typically can use the same controller software.

    I too think it looks great, but I'd have frosted both sides of the plexi to make it a bit more opaque.
     
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  14. sui_winbolo

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    Actually I did frost both sides of it, I only used 1000 grit sandpaper though. And didn't spend alot of time on it.
     
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  15. H0w1ingM@dMurd0ck

    H0w1ingM@dMurd0ck What's a Dremel?

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    That looks beautiful. Very tidy.

    How did you stick it on? Did you glue it?
     
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  16. The_Gnu

    The_Gnu 8-bit addict

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    Okay I see..but I was more thinking of removing all of the grey plastic at the front of the drive and rebuilding it in frosted plexi to create a similar see through effect as above. Just a thought , not sure of how it would look.

    /GNU
     
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  17. sui_winbolo

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    I used some very sticky double sided tape. :thumb:

    Gnu, I don't think that'll look very good, but who knows. It could turn out very nice.
     
    sui_winbolo, 11 Jul 2006
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  18. zachjowi

    zachjowi What's a Dremel?

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    I have wanted to do something just like that with one of my screens but I can't get the wiring correct:(
     
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  19. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    If you can't get the VGA method you could always do what I did, I used RCA/svideo.
     
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  20. H0w1ingM@dMurd0ck

    H0w1ingM@dMurd0ck What's a Dremel?

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    Its a lot easier just to use the TV out and connect it up to the video in on the screen. I've had MSN on mine running about 400x300ish using powerstrip and its 'not so bad'.
    It depends what you want to display on it. If its text then you really need 640x480 resolution and a VGA connection unless you like squinting but for stuff like winamp graphics, video or temp displays then a TV out connection is fine and a hell of a lot easier.
     
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    H0w1ingM@dMurd0ck, 12 Jul 2006
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