Cutting down or Clipping a screen

portabuddy · 07-17-2009, 11:21 PM

Im looking for info on how to cut down a screen, also what kind of screens alow themselves to be cut down.

Im planning something bigger then i can get and i dont want to use 3 screens, i'd rather use one and cut off the top/bottom and clip the edges to fit.

I want a fully digital dash intergrated gps with dash commander, playing movies, the works.

Looking for all the links and reading material, doo's and dont's that i can get.

My last car(Now my brothers car) came out really nice with the 10" screen One pic below.

BUT FOR MY NEW ONE I HAVE TO GO BIGGER!!!

portabuddy · 07-18-2009, 03:52 PM

common guys...

TheGuv · 07-19-2009, 05:42 AM

Cutting a screen as in the flat panel? lol not possible...

HiJackZX1 · 07-19-2009, 05:58 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by portabuddy

Im looking for info on how to cut down a screen, also what kind of screens alow themselves to be cut down.

Im planning something bigger then i can get and i dont want to use 3 screens, i'd rather use one and cut off the top/bottom and clip the edges to fit.

I want a fully digital dash intergrated gps with dash commander, playing movies, the works.

Looking for all the links and reading material, doo's and dont's that i can get.

My last car(Now my brothers car) came out really nice with the 10" screen One pic below.

BUT FOR MY NEW ONE I HAVE TO GO BIGGER!!!

Wait, so your saying you want one massive long screen? You can try a OLED display, but the tech is fairly new and its expensive as h3ll. You would also have to buy some kind of device to combine all that into one display because if you do it all off of one port its going to be stretched out. I think the best thing to is simply place multiple displays really close together to the point they look as one. Another idea is to get one long piece of tinted glass then put three displays behind it, so when its off it looks like one display and when on looks like 3 different ones.

TheGuv · 07-19-2009, 03:36 PM

I agree multiple displays will be soooo much easier and cheaper, OLED isn't actually that great from my experience... I have 3 ASUS G1 laptops which all have OLED readouts on them and all of them have 'burn' marks etc from them being on for extended periods of time. I asked ASUS about this and they said it's to be expected with this type of tech lol.

Also using standard, multiple screens, if something goes wrong it will only kill one and it'll be easy to replace it! Multiple screens imo can also look great without much work, look at the dial cluster on that honda, it's divided up nicely with some silver trim, the same could be done nicely with 3 screens, I imagine 2 smaller screens either side of one large screen which would be set back slightly and the 2 smaller screens positioned at a very slight angle, much like the new Honda Civic dashboard.

Slate · 07-20-2009, 12:01 AM

I suppose if you want to chop off the top and bottom, you could clamp it down to the table and go at it with a circular saw. Maybe use a blade with a fine tooth pitch... But if you cut into your LCD, then all of the liquid crystals will drain out... and it's probably not healthy to cut off those parts of the circuit board either.

I would advise against it.

portabuddy · 07-20-2009, 06:28 PM

sooo., i take it you guys have no idea what im talking about???,

I cant remember if it was a TFT LCD or what, but ppl here a few years back chopped down screens. Might be befor some of your guys time though. and yes i know that the LCD would drain, this initally was ment as a repair, it was some kind of tape that you use that is semi conductice that you wrap the end of the glass in.

What i want to do is span from left to right a area of about 24-30" i was planning on buying a regulat houshold monitor and clopping it. now i know that there is a way of doing it but i cant find it. So dont tell me that it cant be done. it has been.

This method was used by someone here to turn a 15" monitor into a 8"x12" tablet. and by another member to clip the corner of the screen to fit a round enclosure.

YES it would be easyer to just use 3 screens but that would cost me over 1000 in screens alone. Granted i dont need them with the touch portion. what i wanted to do is contole it with a wimote mounted in the roof of the car. with a reflective pointer. but whatever thats just my idea,.

Havcing three screens would kinda ruin the futuristic look,. Idealy u would like for the screen to be curved but i dont hace room behind for a rear projector style. therefor i would like to use one single, say 36" screen that can be found for 300-500 and clip the lower portion to fit mount it up-side down, then use a vaccume formed piece of plexi/lexan painted black in some parts and tinted in the center where the screen would go, in a cemi sircle kinda way.

BUT i need to know what screens are able to be cut. what would be another fourm or section that i could try?

portabuddy · 07-20-2009, 06:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Slate

I suppose if you want to chop off the top and bottom, you could clamp it down to the table and go at it with a circular saw. Maybe use a blade with a fine tooth pitch... But if you cut into your LCD, then all of the liquid crystals will drain out... and it's probably not healthy to cut off those parts of the circuit board either.

I would advise against it.

Ahhh... you know that the LCD is mounted to glass right.??? you need to retain the channels of condiction. so thanks but i wont be taking any screens to any curcular says any time soon.

TheGuv · 07-20-2009, 06:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by portabuddy

sooo., i take it you guys have no idea what im talking about???,

I cant remember if it was a TFT LCD or what, but ppl here a few years back chopped down screens. Might be befor some of your guys time though. and yes i know that the LCD would drain, this initally was ment as a repair, it was some kind of tape that you use that is semi conductice that you wrap the end of the glass in.

What i want to do is span from left to right a area of about 24-30" i was planning on buying a regulat houshold monitor and clopping it. now i know that there is a way of doing it but i cant find it. So dont tell me that it cant be done. it has been.

This method was used by someone here to turn a 15" monitor into a 8"x12" tablet. and by another member to clip the corner of the screen to fit a round enclosure.

YES it would be easyer to just use 3 screens but that would cost me over 1000 in screens alone. Granted i dont need them with the touch portion. what i wanted to do is contole it with a wimote mounted in the roof of the car. with a reflective pointer. but whatever thats just my idea,.

Havcing three screens would kinda ruin the futuristic look,. Idealy u would like for the screen to be curved but i dont hace room behind for a rear projector style. therefor i would like to use one single, say 36" screen that can be found for 300-500 and clip the lower portion to fit mount it up-side down, then use a vaccume formed piece of plexi/lexan painted black in some parts and tinted in the center where the screen would go, in a cemi sircle kinda way.

BUT i need to know what screens are able to be cut. what would be another fourm or section that i could try?

To make it clear, you can't cut a LCD/TFT/Panel or whatever you want to refer it too... This was said well before your time.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/hard...cd-screen.html

LordKaT · 07-20-2009, 07:50 PM

If you cut the screen you'll pretty much destroy the LCD matrix. You'd be much better off (and saner) either using multiple monitors, or just using four windows on one desktop.

portabuddy · 07-21-2009, 04:03 PM

http://www.tannas.com/html/amlcd.html

THIS IS EXACLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!, Dont say it cant be done if your not sure if is can.

spiers · 07-21-2009, 04:38 PM

So this is a hobbyist forum, when people say it can't be done, they mean it isn't feasible.

Quote:

The resizing operation, Reference 1, using tooling as developed by Tannas Electronics takes less than two hours in labor using custom-designed tooling costing less than $25,000.00. All of the original display glass, TAB circuits and LC material, except for the parts cut off, are preserved. Additionally, the process preserves the original performance.

if you think spending $25000 is reasonable go for it. It's terchnically possible to split an atom, but for purposes of the forum I would say it can't be done

HiJackZX1 · 07-21-2009, 04:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by spiers

So this is a hobbyist forum, when people say it can't be done, they mean it isn't feasible. if you think spending $25000 is reasonable go for it. It's terchnically possible to split an atom, but for purposes of the forum I would say it can't be done

I actually agree........... i guess when it comes to cost effectiveness and practicallity, it cant be done. If you want to spend a boat load of money to cut the LCD, when you can just buy 3 displays, a dual output graphics card, a way to make it look like one display and call it a day.

TheGuv · 07-21-2009, 04:50 PM

Portabuddy, research the company that claim such patent pending services... They are apparently the only company in the world that can do this, the patent (theory of) is actually owned by BAE and Tannas was dragged through a massive dispute as they claimed to own the patent lol.

In the end BAE gave a license to them, more than likely on the basis that they'd fall over face first (BAE developed the idea for military use, an idea).

Tannas said that they would continue their research and development but don't seem to have done anything so far (last activity from them was in 2001?).

The automotive industry, to date, use screens already in the market place and they simply design around them. The same goes for all other industries.

Anyway if you think this company still exists and can do something that you want doing, go for it and let us know how you get on.

Btw: My research in the company isn't extensive to say the least, took all of 2 minutes usinig a search engine... If you find anything solid feel free to inform us.

Woofnstuff · 07-21-2009, 05:13 PM

then good luck with driver support too...
try telling windows to deal with that

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