how to transform a psone lcd in a portable tv?

v1p0n3 · Post by **v1p0n3** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:58 am

Hello,
anyone ever did a mot to make a psone lcd into a portable tv? to put on car or something like that..
How can i do that? I guess i'll just need a tv tunner connected to the lcd, right? how can i do that? any help will be apreciated. i wanted to keep the lcd size small.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:00 am

mabye if you had money, buy a portable TV with an AV out function(if thats even real) and a PSone screen, and connect that to the PSone LCD input. run it on batteries and put it in a car.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:49 pm

I think you could use a very old (analog) cable box as a tuner for it, but that would be big. Get one that has AV outputs and you will have TV.

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:46 pm

I've never heard of a cable box that puts out composite and especially not a pocket TV with AV outputs...

Your best bet would probably be a VCR motherboard, unless you can figure out how to reverse-engineer one of those RF modulator things they sell at circuit city.

v1p0n3 · Post by **v1p0n3** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:27 pm

humm.. a vcr motherboard with a antenna plug, is that? is there any vcr motherboard with the size of the psone pcb?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:31 pm

probably not but see if you could trim it down by cutting off the tape player part and relocating the buttons if it's possible

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:30 pm

bicostp wrote:I've never heard of a cable box that puts out composite

I have seen many, ask at garage sales and look for it at rummage sales etcâ€¦

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:28 pm

Every cable box i have seen has AV and Coax out. bicostp has a damn good idea about the VCR motherboard and an antenna. Im sure with some time and brains you can strip all the VCR crap off and leave in just the tuner. You could also do something completely insane... Get a small sattelite dish, or one of those really expensive flat pannel omnitirectional ones, a sattelite box, and a PSU good enough to power it.... Ive helped people do this for their cars and RVs.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:35 pm

That would be amazing, to have satellite TV in your car. Still, you have to pay for service and the reception would be bad since you would be moving.

v1p0n3 · Post by **v1p0n3** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:51 pm

the board from the vcr seems to be the best idea so far... but i can't believe i can't do it smaller

v1p0n3 · Post by **v1p0n3** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:08 am

the tv tuner from a game gear can't help in nothing?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:20 am

But why have the 1 channel a day worth watching at OK quality? Hook up A DVD player or something!

v1p0n3 · Post by **v1p0n3** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:36 am

i wanted a tv :/
dvd's i watch at home... tv is for that moments that i'm not at home and still want to see something

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:41 am

v1p0n3 wrote:i wanted a tv :/
dvd's i watch at home... tv is for that moments that i'm not at home and still want to see something

yeah but have you seen a pocket tv? those only get 1/2 channels with good reception, and most of the shows on it arent very good. I see your point about DVDs, and how tv would be better, but you might want to find a way to get something good on that screen.

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:20 am

usbcd36 wrote:That would be amazing, to have satellite TV in your car. Still, you have to pay for service and the reception would be bad since you would be moving.

There are omnidirectional sattelite antennas that you can just lay flat and get a signal from any direction. They are just VERY expensive. And if you think about it, its not a half bad to have sattelite. As long as you have a box, access card, and antenna, you have service.

I actually want to get a FireWire capture device, and a small sat-box with omni antenna, and use my 17" widescreen laptop as the display.