RE: I said I wouldn't...

[Pedro de Oliveira <oliveirp@xxxxxxx>]

Oh well - drawing board here I come again...

Cheers (for setting me straight)
Pedro
P.S. Is a nackered laptop with no hard drive any use for anything?

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 21/10/01 18:22
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...


Nope ... LCD displays aren't driven from Red/Green/Blue/Sync like
monitors
.... if you take a look at the connector for the 1280x768 LCD panel that
is
on my VAIO there are about 70 or more almost hair-fine wires which are
used
to supply the row-column signals required to run the screen.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 October 2001 18:16
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...
>
>
> Phil
>
> I didn't read your second post but yes I am thinking of using the LCD
as a
> rolling still picture or maybe even showing small family videos
without
> sound.  Taking your point about the PCB - wouldn't it be possible to
> substitute it with a monitor cable and a power supply?
>
> Pedro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Sent: 21/10/01 18:10
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...
>
>
> I am of course assuming that you are referring to the recent thread
> about
> sticking an LCD panel on an overhead projector and using that as a
> projection display...
>
> ...if you're thinking of just using an LCD screen as a rolling still
> picture
> then the same kinds of problems exist (i.e. you still need to drive it
> from
> a laptop PCB) but the decoding speed is less of an issue.
>
> The problem you then have is extending the signal leads to the screen
as
> there are loads of the suckers and they are fairly limited in their
> maximum
> length ... for example I wanted at one point to mount the screen from
my
> VAIO PCG-C1F (1280 x 768 resolution widescreen format) in my sunvisor
> but it
> wasn't possible due to the distance it would have had to drive!
>
> Phil
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 21 October 2001 17:45
> > > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...
> > >
> > >
> > > Some time back (on this topic) someone mentioned taking the
LCD
> > > display from
> > > a laptop and using it as a picture.  How would you do this
in
terms
> of
> > > connectors and power?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Pedro de Oliveira
> > >
> > >
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