5"-7" screen with tiny bezel

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:55 am

I'm in the market for an LCD for an N64p, so 4:3 would be nice.
I'm doing a horizontal PSP style layout, so i want as little casing as possible above and below the screen, for aesthetics reasons.
I also don't want to spend more that about $60, but that's flexible.

What are my options?

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:54 pm

PSone screens can be cut up quite a bit:

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:33 pm

That took guts, whoever did that. Most I cut was the right side and the inverter at the top. The rest seemed like an unnecessary risk.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:19 pm

Heh heh, I did that. It was on a non-working board, though. But all I cut away was the grounding strips, so it should still work, in theory.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:55 pm

Mario wrote:Heh heh, I did that. It was on a non-working board, though. But all I cut away was the grounding strips, so it should still work, in theory.

Multilayer board, there could be tons of "invisible" traces you cut

Or if you're lucky, it's only a 2 layer board (yea lol) and you're safe.
In which case, AWESOME.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:22 am

techknott (Probably misspelled that, sorry) cut down his PSOne screen, I remember. if anybody ruined an LCD and thus has a spare board, they should try it.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:40 pm

PSOne screens are too expensive for me to go to extremes like that.

Well, actually.
I'd do it if someone convinced me that there were no hidden traces.

I wouldn't go THAT extreme, but I would feel safe cutting down the tops and bottoms to make it shorter.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:58 pm

you CAN cut off the top

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:41 pm

I'M CONVINCED!

Okay, so that's an option.
What else?

Also, why are they so damn expensive?

Ben Cebhrem · Post by **Ben Cebhrem** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:24 pm

A good bit of the bottom can be cut off, if you're comfortable soldering video, audio and power higher up to tiny spots. A bit off the right.

Problem is, the board is almost certainly 4 layer; leaving a millimeter or two is a good idea for traces you can see.

As far as the price, back in 2002, people were figuring out how to mod them into their computers. Since they weren't terribly easy to get a hold of then (as in now), the price rose very fast once people learned how to do it.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:36 pm

Like this?

Ben Cebhrem · Post by **Ben Cebhrem** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:01 pm

Aye. I think it can be done a bit higher, but not much; there is a post somewhere on the forums where somebody showed how much he was able to cut off, and still have it work- not quite as small as this one, of course, but it was close.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:31 am

again, somebody with an extra board (because of a broken screen) should try this. Cut off more and more in small units
till it stops working

and take pictures between the steps, naturally.

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:36 am

second'd

jjhammerstein · Post by **jjhammerstein** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:36 am

second'd