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LCD display for marquee, anyone ever done that?

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ChadTower:


They're pretty much just 4x6 or 5x7, though... nothing like what someone would use for a marquee. 

SavannahLion:

I could swear that I posted this already. Hhmm..

In the Examples section, there's a few cabs that use LED sign marquees. I think it looks like crap, but whatever.  :dunno

I had the exact same thought myself. I was at a casino when I noticed that some of the rotating marquees were actually very wide low/medium resolution LCD screens. I figure 10" tall and 4' wide. I Googled around a bit and found a promising manufacturer (didn't keep the link though) that produces LCD signage in different sizes. The smallest being like a large Marquee. It's mad money though, about a two or three thousand for the most basic.

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--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 21, 2007, 10:20:47 am ---Haven't seen it, mostly because as you mentioned, they don't come in a reasonable shape for a traditional marquee.  People have used BetaBrites, I believe.

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Ditto, unless of course you camoflouge the fact that an LCD would be too high by framing it in somehow. You can decase it (which can be done because I've done it), frame it somehow and display your marquee within the framed area only. May have potential. Love to see it if you go that route.

ChadTower:


Why bother with that route, though?  Your cabinet would still have to have the marquee area big enough to house the whole thing, and at that point, you're wasting LCD real estate.  I'd say if you're going to use a larger LCD, just redesign the cab to accommodate it nontraditionally.

GAtekwriter:

One possibility is hacking the JuiceBox... that little toy LCD screen for kids.

Here's an instructable.com link and I know I've seen other links where people have taken these apart to create their own displays... might be possible.

http://www.instructables.com/id/E1MF1CGOQLEXCFFOXD/

Jim

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