4.5" screens on Ebay.

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hailrazer
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4.5" screens on Ebay.

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Might be a good / cheap screen.

Seller says he has hundreds of them.

Whose gonna be the guinea pig :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-4-5-12-Volt-LCD ... dZViewItem
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Seems like a decent deal, 12 volts seems like a little much though... I wonder what kind of battery life you'll get from it
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Post by Rekarp »

looks like it uses the cathode backlight and it looks a bit thick. If I had some money to burn I would try.

Oh btw its Non-TFT which probably means its the crappy STN type screens.
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Post by Neildo_64 »

Sounds like it might be worth the $35. My complaints would be that it's non TFT, which is lower quality, It runs on 12V which is kind of high, and It is 1 1/16" thick which is pretty thick for just a 4.5" LCD.
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anyone want to help a newb and explain the non TFT thing? Is it just lower resolution?
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steelerdan43 wrote:anyone want to help a newb and explain the non TFT thing? Is it just lower resolution?
Active matrix (TFT) has a faster response time than passive matrix (non TFT). So a non TFT screen will have a bit of blur when displaying fast moving things (like the phat PSP's screen).
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Post by Sharp Sapphire »

vskid wrote:
steelerdan43 wrote:anyone want to help a newb and explain the non TFT thing? Is it just lower resolution?
Active matrix (TFT) has a faster response time than passive matrix (non TFT). So a non TFT screen will have a bit of blur when displaying fast moving things (like the phat PSP's screen).
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So how much of an issue do you think it would be with a NESp?
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these are probably older screens so it would a lot worse then the fat psp think Sega Nomad....
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Post by Neildo_64 »

Rekarp wrote:these are probably older screens so it would a lot worse then the fat psp think Sega Nomad....
Exactly what I was thinking. Game gear and nomad screens suck.
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