6.8" VGA/TFT Screen and sliding mechanism?

amthar · 01-24-2002, 02:25 AM

I was looking at those indash motorized screens, but their video quality /w a computer seems very poor.

I am going to be using a single board computer.

Does anyone have a recommended VGA/TFT screen that is 7" wide (max or close to) that supports the 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios? Also I'd like it to support 800x600 resolution if possible (unless this is unrealistic for such a screen size)...

Also, has anyone made or know where you can buy a decent sliding mechanism for mounting such a screen in a dash DIN slot? Thanks all.

- Josh

freestyler · 01-24-2002, 08:37 AM

You could just get an old cd drive and try to hack that to make i work, or just make a custom case for it out of plexi or something and then get a couple of drawer slides...i haven't seen them where u can buy them anywhere, its not a common use item, you are prolly gonna need to build something.

plaiming2 · 01-24-2002, 09:45 AM

amthar,
the answer to your question is no. no one makes any kind of din sliding mechanism taht is readily available. i have be working on finding something like this for a couple months now. there was a thread awhiloe back about some guys that were trying to build one with plans. heres the link: http://www.mp3car.com/cgi-bin/ultima...c&f=7&t=000394

However, i don't think anything ever came of it. I have also found some people that have done some motorized stuff. http://www.neurostream.com/delsol/
suppsedly www.sproggy.com but i can never get to that web site.

your options if you want an-indash 1din motorized are the following:
1. find a vendor to sell you a unit without the lcd (good luck, i have been trying for weeks)
2. find a cheaper broken unit somewhere and replace the screen with a vga
3. buy an existing motorized unit and replace the screen. (see my thread http://www.mp3car.com/cgi-bin/ultima...&f=7&t=000655)
4. wait for someone to come out with one.

let me know if you want to talk more about it.
-paul
AIM handle: plaiming2