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ojstimpy:

Has anyone ever attempted making a marquee with Laptop LCD's? I've been researching applying two LCDs together to make a marquee in my arcade machine. I've noticed that it may be quite expensive as a chip set (200$ up) would be required (power and controller) for each Laptop LCD to be used as a regular monitor. Then comes the fact that a front end would also need programming to display the game marquees on the LCDs. Just wondering if anyone has attempted this yet and if they can provide any additional info.


BobA:

Laptop LCDs make it hard.   It has already been done with LCD TVs of sufficient size.  You just hide part of the TV or use it for other purposes.   Cannot remember the thread but it is here somewhere.

Blanka:

The screens interface with DVI and the backlight inverter can be powered of the Notebook adapter, so electronically nothing to worry about. You just need to figure out the pin out details of the screen band cable. Try benheck.com, there's a lot of screen hacking on that site.

sarge:

Just something else to consider but depending on your cabinet design laptop monitors usually have a terrible viewing angle when it comes to looking up at the monitor.  This may or may not affect you depending on your design but just something to keep in mind.

BobA:

Finally got around to finding the original LCD Marquee thread.  Randy T made a great color LCD Marquee for his cab.

Original LCD Marquee Thread

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