hey =) quick question, the answer is probably NO, but ok

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:34 pm

maybe u should go to the store and ask the guy if this thing can accept composite vid

green · Post by **green** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:38 pm

hmm

i would if i thought they'd know anything about it =\ the store is basically a warehouse store of lots of parts, and when i bought stuff, they didn't even bother to check my count of parts in the bags

would they sell it for $7 if they knew how to work it? if i knew how to work this thing, i'd probably go back and buy ALL of them, and then sell em on ebay with intructions

Post by **marshallh** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:44 pm

Well, they'd only sell it if it was not worth very much to them. I doubt it would accept a composite signal (probably custom made for a certain application.) Unfortunately I don't think there is a way to make it work (You can use the back light though if you buy an EL inverter here allelectronics.com)

green · Post by **green** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:46 pm

marshall i have an inverter, thebacklights also on in the pics

it works rather nicely i must say, it's also removable, should i decide the lcd's worthless

Post by **Triton** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:48 pm

well, its definatly different thats for ddamn sure! it might be greater than 16:9 aspect ration, wow its a strange one, mebe it can accept composit or somting, it is color ?

green · Post by **green** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:22 pm

i don't think it's color, it looks rather monochrome, but there's not really much way of knowing unless i find some sore of input method, i'll try combinations on that strip maybe

x24 · Post by **x24** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:48 pm

looks like a pocketpc screen..

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:52 pm

The fact that it uses an EL panel, and is thus blue, probably means its some sort of black and white thing.

green · Post by **green** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:06 pm

soundwave wrote:The fact that it uses an EL panel, and is thus blue, probably means its some sort of black and white thing.

El:no
blue:yes, when the backlight panels in there
monochrome:probably

correction, flourescent, just because i have a camera on my desk

http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 0674gy.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 0681vc.jpg

btw.. that tube's white, not blue like my camera seems to think it is..

tremblay · Post by **tremblay** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:53 am

That is most definitely a monochrome LCD, and it's controllerless to boot. I'm sorry to say that that screen is completely worthless to you for anything relating to portables. It can, on the other hand, be used for displaying info about your computer. Here's my LCD, connected through my printer port:

There are entire communites for this type of thing.

You can take a look at http://www.lcdgallery.net/ if you want.

green · Post by **green** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:54 pm

thanks! i'll check that out, looks pretty cool

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:05 pm

That looks like a monochrome graphics display... I know for a fact that OKI Incorperated makes Character and Graphic LCD controllers. GOogle search the name of the OKI chips and add datasheet to the end of the model number.

tremblay was right about the communities. I googled some of the chips and got a lot of forum results.