Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: tabletoptitan on January 21, 2011, 05:47:12 pm

Title: 9" or 10" monitor source?
Post by: tabletoptitan on January 21, 2011, 05:47:12 pm

I am looking for a 9-10" monitor to use for my bartop cab.  It would need a VGA input.  Any idea on the best sources for something like that?  Everything I saw on eBay that was cheap was shipping from China which doesn't exactly give me a warm fuzzy.

Title: Re: 9" or 10" monitor source?
Post by: lilshawn on January 22, 2011, 12:35:40 am

what isn't made in china these days?

i repurposed an old portable DVD player with a 10" screen which happened to have AV in...and a video card with composite output... it looked okay, not great for windows, but fine for games.

Title: Re: 9" or 10" monitor source?
Post by: tabletoptitan on January 22, 2011, 04:49:41 pm

Do you know of a way to convert VGA to composite video?

Title: Re: 9" or 10" monitor source?
Post by: WhereEaglesDare on January 22, 2011, 04:54:49 pm

yea, most after market video cards have SVideo and you can convert SVideo to Composite with a 5 dollar adapter.  Hakuna Matata

Title: Re: 9" or 10" monitor source?
Post by: Blanka on January 23, 2011, 01:26:36 am

I bought an iPad and pulled one out. Marvelous 9.7 inch IPS screen, not available at normal suppliers.
The iPad internals now control my TV with a blue tooth Wacom touch panel, which is pretty cool as well.