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Rotating monitor construction *Project finished*
DaOld Man:
Thanks CC..
The one on the lower right is the view you would get if playing games with the monitor turned vertical.
People should realize this before they place an order for one.
DaOld Man:
This weekend I made a trip to Home Depot and bought a 6" lazy susan bearing.
Cost: $4.91.
I also picked up a 72" length of 1/4"X20 threaded rod. $2.74
Link to the bearing
Here is a pic:
DaOld Man:
Bumped to dust off the moth balls.. (Do moths have balls?)
Anyway, I hooked up my isolator board to test a mala plugin for Loadman that he is developing.
I got the fever again. This project must be finished!
I have some time off from work next week, so I plan to cut out the circles of mdf that i plan to mount the monitor to.
I am going to have to rewire my isolator board. I need the inputs powered on all the time so I can use loadman's plugin to start the mala screen rotated with the monitor position on startup.
Still need bearings or rollers. May go with cheap roller skate wheels.
Zobeid:
--- Quote from: Cornchip on February 07, 2008, 03:32:31 pm --- I looked at the LCD I have at work this morning. Nothing wrong with it horizontal. Rotate it and it's not bad 15 degrees to the right (facing the screen) and washing out immeadiately as you go left. I honestly didn't think this was a problem. Worth checking out if your LCD views decently when rotated.
Note....the LCD that I have is a LG 1918S. I wouldn't recommend it for this use.
--- End quote ---
I looked up the specs on that monitor, they say viewing angle 160 degrees horizontal, 160 degrees vertical. Looking at those numbers I would never have imagined viewing angle could possibly be a problem. Are the official viewing angle specs for monitors basically worthless for our purposes, then?
The one I've had my eye on is rated: up 80deg, dn 75deg, lt 80deg, rt 80deg.
For whatever it's worth, my ancient Apple Cinema Display has excellent viewing range in all directions. I can rotate it (using a special stand I had made) and it's no problem. I had sort of naively assumed that LCD viewing angles were a long-ago solved problem.
csa3d:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 21, 2008, 01:14:34 pm ---Still need bearings or rollers. May go with cheap roller skate wheels.
--- End quote ---
I've been in the garage since Friday since I had off. The roller skate wheel bearing trick is where it's at! I've got updates coming, but I want to ensure everything works before posting.. stay tuned ;)
-csa
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