4.3",7" digital TVs at CES

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:53 am

These might be useful around here.
That 7" would look sexy on a Wii, too bad it only outputs analog.

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XCVG · Post by **XCVG** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:09 am

It looks like a little kids toy

I'm sure it has at least composite inputs. If it didn't, that would be seriously crippling for their product.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:18 pm

It's not a toy, read about it.
Really good resolution too.

collinE · Post by **collinE** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:32 pm

but so expensive! by our standards. pretty cheap for a TV

XCVG · Post by **XCVG** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:20 pm

I did read it. What I meant is that it looks like a little kids toy. Not "I think it's a little kids toy."

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:29 pm

Ben uses lower quality screens for higher prices from AEI Components.

$200 doesn't seem that bad, especially if you consider the fact that they already have batteries built in.

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:42 pm

I use GPX portable DVD players for my mods. They run $30 - $50 on ebay, and have 3.5mm input jacks. Really simple circuits too!

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:50 pm

Polaroids are good too.

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:40 am

Here are some pics of GPX 7"

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:46 pm

More GPX

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:15 am

those boards are quite big

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:49 am

Kyo wrote:those boards are quite big

Looks to barely be larger than the LCD itself.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:03 pm

well, it is a 7" screen

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:19 pm

there is just the one board and it fits right behind the screen nicely

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:39 pm

1) 7" screens (and 16:9 in general) often stretch the video. Sometimes, like the above picture, it cuts off the top and bottom of the image. Games are designed for a 4:3 ratio.

2) Often times when you find a screen with a good resolution for a cheap price, there's something wrong with it. It could be large circuitry, colour bleed, extremely low refresh rate, poor colours to begin with, etc.

Looking for a trans-reflective screen for my University's Solar Car, we stumbled across a site that had an amazing-looking screen. Trans-reflective, 640 x 480 resolution 5" screen. The catch: 6-bit colour.

There's more than just size and resolution to consider when buying a screen.