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Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Lizard2033 on November 10, 2003, 03:54:20 AM
Any one know where I can get a 4" to 5" Lcd screen that accepts RGB in for a reasonable cost?
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Tom61 on November 10, 2003, 08:51:42 AM
If you're not put off by soldering, anywhere that sells PSOne LCD screens. Most third party ones will take RGB with little or no modification, and the Sony PSOne screen is RGB only. The third party ones are fairly cheap, and for it's size, the Sony one isn't too badly priced.
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Scared0o0Rabbit on November 10, 2003, 01:33:27 PM
What about one that will accept a vga signal?
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: NFG on November 10, 2003, 04:47:44 PM
If it takes a VGA signal you've just left the realm of 'reasonable cost'.  The problem with LCDs is they're only cheap when they suck.  If you want to use it for gaming you need a super-fast refresh and those only come on newer models, and they're not cheap.
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Vertigo on November 15, 2003, 12:35:46 AM
Yup, otherwise you're looking at a blur-fest more eye-killing than the original DMG GameBoy.
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Scared0o0Rabbit on November 16, 2003, 05:40:27 PM
It's actually for a car pc, not gaming, I just want to be able to read the text on the screen and test doesn't look so hot on composite video/s-video when used with a pc  :D  
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: CZroe on December 08, 2003, 07:25:59 AM
Circuit City has had the official Sony LCD for $69.96 nearly all year and Best Buy's official Sony AV Connection Cables ring up for $0.01. Deal originally posted here (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1014781&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=arc). Most stores have been permanently sold out, but look around and you may still find them.

Oh, and the official Sony LCD is NOT RGB "only" because it accepts AV with the cable (Proprietary Sony cable though with no RCA jacks) [Actually, not proprietary. It's a straight cable and the internal wires are yellow, red and white]
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: Tom61 on December 08, 2003, 08:52:00 AM
QuoteOh, and the official Sony LCD is NOT RGB only because it accepts AV with the cable (Proprietary Sony cable tough with no RCA jacks)

Yeah, I forgot about that. It doesn't take it via the PSOne connector though, and I think that's what I was thinking about.
Title: RGB Lcd screen
Post by: CZroe on April 18, 2004, 05:03:50 AM
Well, once you know the pin-out of the A/V port on the back it should be easy to add to the PS Multi-Out connector if that's important. Problem is that the LCD automatically switches to composite input if anything is detected so after doing that you will never be able to use it as an RGB PSone display without circumventing the Multi-Out port ;)
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