LCD/Screen for computer mod

Silentsnake · #1 15-06-08, 10:28 PM

Hello

i wasnt quiet sure where to enter this mod but here goes

im planning to do a computer mod over summer and have seen some cases with a really small screen in them displaying Temps Activity etc just wondering if any1 could link me to where they can be found or how they are built

thanks

rrjwilson · #2 21-06-08, 02:49 PM

Do you mean like the 7" screens like in cars that people mod/bodge (dependent on skill) or the 5.25" bay ones?

I'm looking at a 7" lilliput to put in the roof of my TJ07 to act as a touchpad scripter for gaming. I did however see some other funky ones during research. GX Typhoon seem to be brilliant but control is done via LCD Studio. LCD Studio is quick friendly and easy to get running, people like !TIMMY! have done files to get information of the screen for you making your job easier. The GX Typhoon range are quite high resolution for that sort of display but unfortunately it is still limited by the control LCD Studio can offer. LCD Studio is quick and simple, not a beautifying application it become limited by its simplicity. I will be writing my own program to script the touchscreen and get the desired effect and the simply isn't offered by LCD Studio currently. Eventually it will no doubt be added but the i cant use it as a touchscreen.

nepas · #3 21-06-08, 03:16 PM

you can also use the screens from the ps1 with a bit of work

Rastalovich · #4 23-06-08, 10:29 AM

Jim did some nice lcd trickery on his Ferrari case.

It`d be nice to be able to get a screen that would eject from a 5.25 bay. Know full well it`d be stupidly priced tho.

Jim · #5 23-06-08, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'

It`d be nice to be able to get a screen that would eject from a 5.25 bay. Know full well it`d be stupidly priced tho.

Thermaltake do one of those. I've not actually looked into the price tho - but being as its TT, i should be fairly reasonable I'd expect.

Rastalovich · #6 23-06-08, 10:46 AM

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Produc...C=1156&ID=1481

$400 >.<

Jim · #7 23-06-08, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Produc...C=1156&ID=1481

$400 >.<

Not too bad considering my bare-bone touchscreen was £350. Still more than I was expecting from Tt tho.

Silentsnake · #8 26-06-08, 04:05 PM

Ouch! thats kind of pricey lol

sorry i aint been up to date with the post just got home been up in wales on a field trip

good to be back and thanks for all the replys

BTW what do you mean i can mod the PS1 screen? any links

nepas · #9 26-06-08, 04:21 PM

heres a quick one: http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2004/07/07/psone_lcd/1

rrjwilson · #10 30-06-08, 05:07 PM

Um sorry to say this but a 7" widescreen TFT will not fit in a 5.25" bay. Check the link posted and it actually says its for a 7" bay which is DIN size (car stereo size). I have been after a flipout screen like that for my computer for years and they are about occasionally but always cost WAY too much (£500+) and given my whole car screen system which plays everything and connects to everything was only £400 i won't shell out.

Don't forget if you want to have a touchscreen one (£20 more if shopping on eBay) then you'll need VMware to keep touchscreen movement separate to mouse movement.

eBay have some good ones at the moment, I'm just trying to decide which side buttons I should get given the orientation of the screen. Hopefully it will easily fit in the case and I can use TouchBuddy to do the in game controls.