Can you swap the GB Color screen with a portable DVD one?

[kinjjibo]

I'm just wondering, because I'm going to buy two Gameboy Colors this week and I wanted to know if I could replace the screen so it'll be bigger. It's kinda dumb, but I want to do it if I can. The DVD player is a Haier portable DVD player if you need to know. I'll post pictures of it's guts since it's already gutted if you want. Thanks.

[chainfire95]

pics

[eagle5953]

No pics needed - it will not work. The Gameboy Color (like most handheld game systems) uses a custom connection between the screen and mainboard. You cannot use a different screen.

[chainfire95]

but pics are fun

[kinjjibo]

Ok. Thanks. I'll use it for something else, then.

[eagle5953]

If you want to use it for another project, know two things:

- It needs to have video in (don't just look for the plugs - they sometimes have video-out); and
- You can ditch the disk drive, but you'll need to keep the mainboard to keep it functioning, which may mean it's kinda big.

[kinjjibo]

To eagle5953, yeah, I want to make an NES portable. I need a tutorial first, though, because I've only down paint mods before. I have the NES, screen, but I need a tutorial for the other materials and how. Here's 4 pictures of the guts. It has an A/V output(green input thing), and controls, disk reader, and other junk. Could you tell me what to remove?

[eagle5953]

The only major component you can likely remove is the disk drive.

[kinjjibo]

The only major component you can likely remove is the disk drive.

So I keep the controller part?

[eagle5953]

Yeah. Everything but the drive needs to stay.

Also, that screen is widescreen, which will stretch NES graphics. Does it have a fullscreen mode?

Edit: wait, wait, wait. AV output, you said? If so, it won't work - it MUST be AV input.

[kinjjibo]

Sorry, I meant input. My mistake

[chainfire95]

There are a lot of threads on these forums to help you build you NES portable. Just search a bit.

[paul4990]

sometimes, if you have a good poke around with the av inputs, you only need the small board, that was my experience.