14,7cm display, and some other questions. help =)

**Stigma** · 03-19-2004, 06:10 AM

EDIT: (14,7cm = 5,7874 inches)

Im planning a mod for my PC, including a LCD (in the drive-bays), and I hear this was the place to come for answers

As i mentioend, the mod is supposed to fit in the bay-drives, and thus i have allmost exactly 14,7cm of (width) space to work with. Personally I'd like to fill that space out as much as possible. (Of course, if I find a perfect monitor thats a bit smaller than this, I can allways just built a mount around it to fill the gaps.) Just to make myself clear, I'm not looking for a portable TV or anything, just the module itself, without any extra frames or functions (atleast I dont care about any such extra functions).

Thats why I've had my eyes on this module:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...Number=205-046

As you can see from the specs, its just about perfect size-wise, and the price is fair too. The only problems are these:

- Its composite-only input. I hear thats will cause the image to be worse than VGA, but exactly how much worse are we talking about? It would be realy nice to be able to read text on the screen without having to blow up the letters to giant-size. Everything wont be blurry like on a TV because of the composite right?...

- I of course have no idea of the general quality of this LCD module. Has anyone tried it? Theres also another module there, with brackets. It has the same specs and size, but costs a little more. Does anyone know anything about it?

- It lists as having a resolution of 960x234. Thats a weird resolution... what effective resolution will that add up to, and is it enough for a high-quality picture including some (non-superhuge) text? Should I get something that has a higher res?

Finally, feel very very free to suggest LCD modules I could use. Its extremely hard to find some decent ones on the net IMO. The "perfect" module would have vga-input, a high resolution, and be a (reasonably) good text-displayer. Im not expexting to net-surf on it, but it would be nice not to have to make everything giant-sized in order to see anything. Blurry = baaad.

When you make your suggestings, feel free to mention modules slightly larger than what i wrote. Im possibly considering putting an LCD in the bottom on a Lian-Li PC70, wich would give me a bit more room. I dont have the measurements yet unfortunately. I will likely onyl go this route if I cant find something of high enough quality/resolution within the 14,7cm I have tho.

I hope someone out there can help this first-time LCD-modder

-Stigma

**Confused** · 03-19-2004, 06:24 AM

Welcome to the forums.

That is going to be terrible for text. The resolution is 320x234 (they say "960" because they're taking the red, green, and blue, and adding them together to make it sound better). The viewing angle isn't too good, either. You'll have to be almost in front of it to see anything

For just graphics or images, it will not be too bad, but for text, you would have to blow the text right up.

Garry

**Stigma** · 03-19-2004, 07:02 AM

Thank you Confused. You have been very helpful.

it is as I feared then... that resolution just isnt very good is it? .. Im not going to be putting a ton of small text on it, but at the very least, I should need to be able to put all my statistical data from my PC on it (and theres a lot

)

It seems I might need to go for another module then. Please make suggestions. Im currently looking at these:
http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...4flatpanel.asp
These seem very nice, with a comfortable 640x480 res (should be enough for me) and a resonably wide view angle. I'l probably wont be able to fit one of these 6.4's into my drive-bays tho. (im unable to find the exact measurements, so I mailed them).

And of course, theres no prices there, so it might just be that it costs way more than I can afford

I asked them about that aswell in the mail.

Suggestions please!
-Stigma

EDIT: any LCD from vartech seems completely out ofthe question... They have prices in the several thousand dollars range heh

it would have been too easy I suppose

Need suggestions!

**Stigma** · 03-19-2004, 12:08 PM

Allright, I've broadened my search a bit, basicly looking for anything thats:

between 5 and 8"
640x480 or better
VGA input
no touchscreen
300$ or less

So far I've found one good candidate:
http://www.digitalww.com/VGA_TM_700VGA.htm

I'l continue searching, but I'd appreciate it if anyone has any comments on this monitor. Ive mailed about more spesific specs, but hands-on opinions allways beats having only the specs to look at

So.. anyone?

And of course, I still want more options, so please suggest other models that meet the above requirements

-Stigma