snesp comissioned, I NEED A ZATE LCD!

Post by **Triton** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:06 pm

hooray forum phail so I have to remake this thread! aight here goes.

I am bored! and thusly I want a project to occupy my free time, there is an idea i have for a small very cool looking snesP but I need YOU the people out there with money, to fund it for me! for only the cost of parts plus a nominal fee (~100$, or partial trades, price negotiable even tho its already cheap) I will build you a very awesome SNESP! here are the parts you would have to obtain or pay for (I can buy them if you pay!).

*1x snes clone (retro duo, or any other, just has to have a small snes board in it)
*1x 2-3" lcd (prefer those nice ZATE ebay ones but a hip gear or similar would also work)
*Batteries! not sure which yet but either AAs or sub C cells depending on size constraints (leaning towards AAs, should be more than adequate)

and thats about it, a little money so i can get the thing i am going to use for the case (will disclose to the person who commisions the snesP)

Total cost including my price for building it and everything would almost 100% certian come under 300, possibly 250 or less depending on the terms of agreement

Raab · Post by **Raab** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:05 pm

Could u post a picture of an example one that this would look like? Thanks

Post by **Triton** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:22 pm

I am currently commissioned to Journeyfanatic! and as for the design i am keeping the way the case looks a secret for now! maybe having a really cool frankencase will jolt people out of the rut of making cookiecutter polycase cased portables! sure they look nice and are easy to do but its SO BORING to see basically the same portable get made half a dozen times by different people!

assuming everything with this build goes smoothly and i get it done in a somewhat timely fashion i may be commisioning out more portables in the future

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:03 pm

glad you found someone
good luck with this triton

Post by **Triton** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:51 pm

if ANYBODY can direct me to a place to get a zate lcd for 60$ or less you have my eternal gratitude! the seller LoB bought his from decided to jack the price to ~70$ after shipping, i can get TONS of lcds for 45-50 shipped on ebay but all of those seem to be the same lcd which has 2 seperate boards unlike the zate

Tibia · Post by **Tibia** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:59 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Flat-panel-LCD-Ga ... m153.l1262

One board, identical in every way to the PSOne screen. I'm using one in my portable.

Post by **Triton** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:17 pm

i have ~3 psone/verge/zenith screens, i need a ZATE 2.5" lcd! or any small single board 2.5-3" lcd would work

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:09 am

What about the pustom one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-5-TFT-Color-LCD-C ... dZViewItem

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:31 am

Dangit man, you're making me want to tackle my 4 AA SNES idea again. I do not need to take on another project right now! Jeez...

Post by **Triton** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:12 am

i can get TONS of lcds for 45-50 shipped on ebay but all of those seem to be the same lcd which has 2 seperate boards unlike the zate

this is why i cant use the pustom ones, they have the lcd, a controller board then a board with the audio amp volume contrast brighness etc controlls and inputs on it, the whole thing would be over half an inch thick versus ~a quarter inch for the zate

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:17 am

Ah, I'm glad you mentioned that. Now I know not to use that one in my upcoming project.

Post by **Triton** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:22 am

their plenty cheap so if you dont mind an extra quarter inch or so of depth then go for it lol

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:41 pm

I don't have the extra 1/4" of space

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:14 pm

I've used this one :
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-5-Inch-TFT-LCD-Co ... dZViewItem

It has one main board with a separate small board for the sound/brightness controls.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:02 pm

awesome, i made an offer on one lcd but if that falls through i will probably get one of these, thanks