The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!

mmoshkowich · Post by **mmoshkowich** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:36 pm

You could order those heatsinks in the U.S

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VGA-RAM-heatsink-Ak ... 7">Link</a>

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:38 pm

Thank you very much, mmoshkowich.

Hammerstein: I wonder if Sony has a warehouse full of those screens that they never sold? We should get somebody to contact them.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:42 pm

I recall someone saying somewhere on the net that up to 2005, there was indeed a warehouse full of them, but they were all liquidated into secondary markets, like Argentina.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:43 pm

Mario wrote:Thank you very much, mmoshkowich.

Hammerstein: I wonder if Sony has a warehouse full of those screens that they never sold? We should get somebody to contact them.

I wonder who you would contact for that kind of thing?
Is there an Obsolete Hardware Division? There MUST be.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:53 pm

Looking at the sony.com website, I found a link to playstation.com. I found a "Contact Us" section, and you select product and topic from a drop down list. So I pick PS one for product, and under topic - guess what - there's "LCD Screen".

Now to think up what email to actually send them.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:57 pm

jjhammerstein wrote:
Mario wrote:Thank you very much, mmoshkowich.

Hammerstein: I wonder if Sony has a warehouse full of those screens that they never sold? We should get somebody to contact them.
I wonder who you would contact for that kind of thing?
Is there an Obsolete Hardware Division? There MUST be.

No obsolete hardware division, at least not in the US. When a product is discontinued, its support staff is usually transferred to another department.

However, much like the GBA, the lifespan of the ps1 was much longer in other countries. I doubt that there is a even a foreign division for PS1 support now, though.

I have 4 psone LCDs, maybe I should sell a few.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:04 pm

How much would you sell them for?

I have been working on the email, here it is so far:

Hello Sony,
I am part of a huge modding community at http://www.forums.benheck.com/. We take home game consoles such as the Playstation One and Two, Nintendo 64, and many others. If you look around at completed portables in the "News" section, you can see that your PS One screen is the standard screen for these systems. And for good reasons, too. These screens are easily modifiable, a nice size at 5", can take a variety of video inputs like composite, S-Video, RGB, and VGA. These factors make your PS One screen ideal for these implementations.

I'm going to include some links of the nicest portables using their screens and the modifications we make to them, and I still have to ask them if they have any stock left, and if they would sell them. Whaddya guys think?

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:06 pm

Sounds good, give it a try.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:08 pm

Don't mention a non-Sony console.

Ever.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:17 pm

I submitted a "request for product research" form just now, they're supposed to get back to me in a day.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:18 pm

Good idea. I took out any mention of Nintendo. Then I added some links of PSone and PS2 portables using the PSone screen. Here is the final result:

Hello Sony,
I am part of a huge modding community at http://www.forums.benheck.com/. We take home game consoles such as the Playstation One and Two, and make them into handheld game systems. If you look around at completed portables in the "News" section, you can see that your PS One screen is the standard screen for these systems. And for good reasons, too. These screens are easily modifiable, a nice size at 5", can take a variety of video inputs like composite, S-Video, RGB, and VGA. These factors make your PS One screen ideal for these implementations.

My main question is, do you have any leftover stock of these unique screens, and would you be willing to sell some of them to us for around $40 US? People are always looking for these screens. We usually have to get your screens from eBay. Please consider making these screens available to our community.

-Christopher Dycus

Here are some links to some very nice portables using your screens:
http://www.benheck.com/Games/Sony_proje ... 2p%204.htm
http://benheck.com/Games/Book_projects/ ... m#PS1_hand
http://www.briangardiner.com/palmps2/index.html
http://www.palmpsone.com/palmpsone/index.html

What do you guys think? Any modifications I should make before I send it?

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:39 pm

I really do not intend to be a downer, but do you really think sony will go to the trouble of retrieving the screens from the warehouses and shipping them to us? But like you said, it's worth a try.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:45 pm

palmertech wrote:they were all liquidated into secondary markets, like Argentina.

And Zenith screens are what happened when they bought all the old panels and recased them with composite inputs. That is where they went, there are none left in any significant amounts.

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:48 pm

Well that explains why the zenith screens are identical to ps1.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:48 pm

Eh, whatever. I'll just send it anyway, see if they say anything about our little forum here.