RE: I said I wouldn't...

[Pedro de Oliveira <oliveirp@xxxxxxx>]

The fact that some of the list has already gone down these routes is
exactly why most people post seemingly trivial questions (like mine) to the
group.  There is such a wealth of knowledge on this group it would be silly
to think of something and try it and have it not work instead of posting a
couple of lines about the idea first to the group to see if anyone has done
it before and what problems were encountered if any.

The good thing about this group is that there is never anyone saying
"what a
stupid question" even if they *think* it and there is always someone
who
takes an interest in a question posed.

I have been on groups (for a very short time) that the first silly question
posed gets you flamed from all angles. What a refreshing change this group
is.

Thanks group
Pedro de Oliveira

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 21/10/01 18:33
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...


No worries Pedro .... it's just that many of us have been down these
routes
already and have been frustrated by the fact that it simply doesn't
work. I
guess it's too easy to be dismissive of an idea in a quick email instead
of
actually explaining *WHY* something won't work.

I have successfully used the ePod as a rolling picture viewer by the way
by
using a CF card to store pictures which I'd pre-sized to 640x480 (so
that
the shrinking was done as well as possible) with Photoshop and using a
Picture Viewer which I'd downloaded from somewhere. There have been
questions laid though about the sensibility of such practices given that
someone had their ePod die after it had been permenently on for some
considerable time and discussions were entered into over whether the
voltage
regulators for the display had simply burned out and if so was it a
faulty
regulator or was it an inherent fault in the design. This was never
satisfactorily resolved....

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 October 2001 18:27
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...
>
>
>  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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