I recently bought a Nomad from eBay with a smashed LCD. Pretty much looks like it met the business end of someone's foot. I can provide pics if anyone wants. :D Anyway, everything else on it functions just fine so it is worth repairing. Problem is, I'm having a hell of a time finding a replacement LCD for it. Preferrably an exact match, but a compatible LCD would be ok too. If anyone has one/knows where to get one that's resonably priced, please let me know. Or if anyone is looking for a parts Nomad and would like to buy the one I have, that's ok too. Thanks everyone.
I can't imagine you'll find a nomad-compatible screen for less than the cost of another nomad.
Unlike the Game Gear (which has a proprietary digital display with a funny controller) it looks like the Nomad screen accepts a run-of-the-mill 15 kHz RGB analog signal. You might not be able to find a drop-in replacement, but you could conceivably take another screen (with an appropriate controller, of course) and jury rig it in there. In your place, I would get an RGB lead and attach it to the video-out port for the purpose of testing the video encoding circuitry, just to make sure that your Nomad can still produce a video signal at all.
But like Lawrence says, this is likely a solution that will cost you a couple of hundred dollars (or a 160 Euros, or whatever.) You might want to invest in a new Nomad anyway.
-KKC, doing strange things with Sega CD hardware.
Well that's certainly dissapointing. Always wanted a Nomad and when I saw this one my "why I can fix that" syndrome popped up. Anyone looking for a parts Nomad? :D Although, all is not lost. I do have a spare Genesis now. :) Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated.