Motorised touch screen/VGA - What's the frickin' problem?

**14500rpm** · 01-18-2005, 01:57 PM

Hey All,

I'm pretty new here but not so new that I'm not aware of the ongoing saga of the mythical motorised-touchscreen-VGA-holy-grail. So I was wondering what makes this so difficult that nobodies come up with one yet - as far as I can tell there is no bleeding edge technology required to make it work as all the seperate parts are already in use - the motorised bit, the VGA bit - yet it seems impossible for anyone to bring this together in one unit. Am I missing something here?

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**Danceheaven** · 01-18-2005, 02:14 PM

Good Question
and i wish i could answer
but...... i cant
well i could say theres not enough interest in such a unit even though there are thousands of mp3car users plus other carputer sites around the world whose forum members would easily part with there monies! for such a unit but does that figure count for enough to R&D Build and Deploy such a product who knows??
prehaps we need a on site poll as to who would use such a unit if one was avliable
there are already both non motorized (for sale) and motorized (nearly for sale) at Armens Website Digitalww.com
as for a complete product that is already assemobled with a vga and touchscreen there are about 5 models that have been submitted on here over the past 2 years or so but non that have come to light i think i could be wrong though

**egeekial** · 01-18-2005, 03:47 PM

I would definitely have to say it's demand. While there seems to be many of us here who would kill to have one, it's probably not high enough of a demand for a company to get really interested and make lots of money with it. That's what it's all about nowadays... (the mula), isn't it?

**DeltaFX** · 01-18-2005, 04:24 PM

But a sff with an indash vga would rock...

**DarquePervert** · 01-18-2005, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by DeltaFX

But a sff with an indash vga would rock...

Sure it would.
Everyone on MP3Car.com thinks so, as well.
The rest of the world doesn't give enough of a **** to generate enough demand to spur the manufacturers toward manufacturing in-dash motorized touchscreen VGA monitors.

**shiltz** · 01-18-2005, 04:40 PM

i'd say demand too, the demand for a motorized indash VGA monitor is almost non-existant, most of the in car displays people use are just for video for a DVD player not a computer so they use cheaper lower res monitors for those with just standard video inputs.

**big_cali_dave** · 01-18-2005, 08:24 PM

These places don't have to make a few hundred thousand units to make a profit. They have it down like a system. They did custom orders for me on Q-500 orders. that's nothing. There is plenty of demand, and all the companies are working on them. The problem I last heard from GAIN / xenarc was that they were having issues with the motorization not being reliable. So by waiting, we are getting a better product.
Dave

**14500rpm** · 01-18-2005, 10:01 PM

Thanks for the response guys, I had considered a relative lack of demand as the most probable reason but this kind of lost weight with me when I see some of the crap you can buy for PC's on the overclocking/modding sites - I can't believe they ever shift that stuff! I think the motorised VGA is definitely a case of 'build it and they will come'. There are enough geeks out there who have florescent lights and a window in their Tower PC box and they maybe looking for something new - I think that an in-car PC could be that (for the ones old enough to drive). It's got good bang for your buck relative to modifying a car with HKS this and Blitz the other, and it doesn't matter if your wheels are poor because an in-car PC can make it a proper ride. Just my $0.02...

No insult intended to any forum goers with LED infested PC's at home

**NiN^_^NiN** · 01-18-2005, 11:09 PM

It all depends on what type of motorised setup you want.

Attached is a simple drawing of a LCD mod for a car where you have a comparment ontop of the dash (its a lid on the dash that holds change etc like in a WRX etc.

Simple to make it pops out of the dash and pushes the lid up and then pops back down and closes the lid also if a theif is in the car he wouldn't notice it

**god_of_cpu** · 01-18-2005, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by NiN^_^NiN

It all depends on what type of motorised setup you want.

Attached is a simple drawing of a LCD mod for a car where you have a comparment ontop of the dash (its a lid on the dash that holds change etc like in a WRX etc.

Simple to make it pops out of the dash and pushes the lid up and then pops back down and closes the lid also if a theif is in the car he wouldn't notice it

Theres no possible way the motor in a cd-rom drive would be powerful enough to lift an lcd screen in such a way.