RE: DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY !!! 4" LCD screens...

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Same thing applies I think.

You need to try it with some form of text display such as Homevision unless
yo uonly want it for a door camera or similar.

PC even set to 640x480 with mega large fonts woud be a no-no. I recon 20-24
characters per line maximum.

Also look for something with a line in so you can give it a good clean feed
via CAT5 [and a bit of KAT5 circuitry as well :-)] You need to cable power
to it so you may as well send the video over the same cable.

If you already have the Pocket TV then try it, other than that buy from
Argos then you can easily take it back :-)

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 June 2001 15:27
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY !!! 4" LCD screens...
>
>
> Is there any mileage in using the pocket LCD TV's that are easily
> available
> and start from about £49?
>
> I had thought about getting some of these and burying them in walls,
> complete with the power wire & telescopic aerial etc., have them
> all tuned
> to the same (unused) channel, then using a videosender unit to
transmit
> whatever I wanted to them...
>
> I never tried it, as it's a bit expensive just to do for an
experiment!
>
> Perhaps I'll have a go in a couple of weeks when the master
> bedroom is being
> replastered...
>
> But then again, I'm not certain why I'd need a 3" colour LCD next
to the
> light switch!
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
> >From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY !!!  4" LCD
screens...
> >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:56:42 +0100
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Just been into Comet to have a look at said screen.
> >
> >First let me say that I am NOT a Gamer so have no experience of
Games
> >Consoles, however, I believe one of the main reasons for getting a
Games
> >Console is the fact that they use dedicated hardware to produce
stunning
> >graphics.
> >
> >Having just seen a PS1 with LCD display attached the resulting
image was
> >less than impressive. In fact it was complete Pants!
> >
> >The on screen instructions were almost illegible. Given that
> several people
> >on the list have Pronto, iPaq, Cassiopia, Jordana etc which also
have a
> >similar sized screen, you would not be at all happy with the
display.
> >
> >It would be nice to find a relaible, reasonable cheap source of
> Colour LCD
> >modules and I will continue to look, but I dont believe the PS1
> Monitor is
> >the answer.
> >
> >I would rather have a good quality monochrome LCD at a reasonable
> >resolution
> >than a poor colour one.
> >
> >Keith
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 14 June 2001 23:24
> > >
> > > It seems that Comet are selling 4" colour LCD screens
that
> clip onto the
> > > back of a PlayStation One
> > >
> > > At £99 they could be a viable source of a display and audio
for a
> > > door entry system or whatever?
> > >
> >
>
>
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