Electronics 4.5" LCD screen... will this work?

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  1. Thacrudd

    Thacrudd Where's the any key?!?

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    It's 1 1/16 from front to back and yes, it's via composite. I just spliced this one into a composite cable I had laying around and powered it off a 12v from a computer power supply
     
  2. Ryu_ookami

    Ryu_ookami I write therefore I suffer.

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    I'm in the uk would it be worth getting one of these or do I have to have a pal version ?
     
  3. schwa

    schwa What's a Dremel?

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    I just picked one up before all of the modders here decided to grab them all up. $25 shipped isn't to bad. I'm going to be making a little dl/HTPC box.
     
  4. TBear-(DK)-

    TBear-(DK)- What's a Dremel?

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    Anyone who knows the resolution of these lcd's?

    I just ordered 2.
     
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  5. Stuey

    Stuey You will be defenestrated!

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    I just bought one as well. Will see how well it works in a few days.
     
  6. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    I recently found something similar at Bowler's PC fair in Manchester for £10.:dremel:
     
  7. bwuggley5

    bwuggley5 What's a Dremel?

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    could a composite 12v connection be connected to a laptop

    ...I am in the broken laptop screen section...and, lol, I am guessing at the composite blah blah in the title of my post...
    My nephew gave me a laptop with a broken screen but the laptop has a 2.0Ghz processor...so it stays.
    Screen size for the laptop does not matter for now.
    I may also have a look around NZ for something similar....the cheapest I could replace the broken laptop screen is NZ$125.00.
     
  8. Stuey

    Stuey You will be defenestrated!

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    My first test was a failure - the LCD was not detected by my PC. Then I tried hooking it up to my camera, and it worked. The brightness needs to be turned down quite a bit, but it works.

    Now, how do I go about connecting it to PC? Maybe I need to download ATI's drivers for my ancient Radeon 9800pro?
     

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