VFD prices- was RE: Interactive Taboo TV Channel Guide ----with Maps !!

[Nigel Orr <Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:19 16/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Keeping things HA, anyone got ballpark prices for some of the VFDs from
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>likes of Matrix-Orbital?

Dunno about their prices, but one of the reasons I was interested was that=
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the Farnell ones prices seem very reasonable (they also sell a little=20
RS-232 driver board)

The ones I am looking at are 16 characters, 1 line, 9mm or 12.5mm
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height (the matrix-orbital ones are smaller, I reckon 9mm is adequate,
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similar to the display size on my Denon receiver.  Manufacturer is=20
Noritake-Itron

=A330.91 +VAT for 9mm 481-671
=A333.64 +VAT for 12.5mm 942-420

The message controller they sell costs =A321.84 +VAT, but I'm not yet sure=
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whether it does anything intelligent, or just basic interfacing.  Its
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code is 249-531

If you don't have a Farnell catalogue, there might be details on their=20
website, which I think is at http://www.farnell.com

Basically about twice the price of a similar 'hitachi-compatible'
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LCD, but it looks more at home in a hi-fi, and is probably clearer to read=
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from a distance.

> house audio specialist), and I reckon the likes of this group could
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>easily accomplish the same sort of functionality.

I'm certainly hoping to... some time!

Nigel


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