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Title: KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Justin on January 05, 2004, 07:06:43 pm: Anyone know if the intec PS1 5" LCD screen could be hackable to adapt to a mini cab or something? For $30, it is a STEAL.
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: JackTucky on January 05, 2004, 07:17:31 pm: Link? I couldn't find it....
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Justin on January 05, 2004, 07:21:49 pm: Quote from: JackTucky on January 05, 2004, 07:17:31 pm
Link? I couldn't find it....

Correction, it is a 4" screen. And it is now sold out :(

http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/2193499/ctid/19/INstock/Y/D/513/ls/default
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Stingray on January 06, 2004, 09:57:50 am: Quote
it is now sold out

Figures. I always find out about this stuff after it's all gone.

-S
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: JackTucky on January 06, 2004, 10:08:02 am: Back in stock. I just got two.....
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Lilwolf on January 06, 2004, 11:14:49 am: Anyone know if these are standard composite?

Can we plug these in to a computer any way? Or a VCR?

I'm thinking this hacked to a VIA motherboard... And I will finally have my mame machine in the car... for driving... Just to piss my wife off (for some reason she thinks its a bad idea??? just at the red lights!
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: JackTucky on January 06, 2004, 11:21:28 am: I was reading the reviews on amazon.com. Not too many good ones. Some say they hook them up to other consoles, so theres got to be a way.
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Lilwolf on January 06, 2004, 11:51:03 am: I read some of them... but I couldn't find anything about this version of it. There is the new rounded version from sony... And those have AV jacks.

I might get one... I might see if they have them locally...

If anyone gets it... please see how it looks from a computer. I have a small screen and its ok at best.
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: Dave_K. on January 06, 2004, 12:46:03 pm: These are most definatly NTSC only, and can not be used with anything but a composite signal. So yes it can be hacked to any console that outputs composite, but no can't be driven by a computer/vga or rgb signal.
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: PacManFan on January 06, 2004, 01:32:10 pm: I beg to differ, I have seen a hack to make the PS1 LCD monitor into a RGB monitor, It involves snipping a few wires. Someone was using them to make a portable supergun for jamma boards.

I'll try and dig up the link.

-PMF
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on January 06, 2004, 01:57:21 pm: I haven't done it; but I'm guessing an S-Video to Composite Video cable like the ones that ship with nVidia cards would probably work.

I don't know how the picture quality would be, given the size of the screen and the picture degradation that you get going to Composite Video.
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: _Iz- on January 06, 2004, 01:58:21 pm: Quote from: Dave_K. on January 06, 2004, 12:46:03 pm
These are most definatly NTSC only, and can not be used with anything but a composite signal. So yes it can be hacked to any console that outputs composite, but no can't be driven by a computer/vga or rgb signal.

It could be driven by a computer with composite TV out... Or even SVIDEO out with a composite adapter...
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: HeadRusch on January 06, 2004, 06:48:43 pm: A 5 inch LCD for $30 bucks......you know its going to suck-@ss ;)
Title: Re:KBToys is selling 5" LCD PS1 $30!
Post by: slicer_d on January 06, 2004, 07:45:24 pm: I have the official sony 5" ps1 screen its very nice and even though it only takes a regular rca input and no RGB it still has a very nice clear picture. I was very much considering taking it and making a mini scaled down pacman cab with one of those direct to TV namco controllers with the 10 games on it.

I have seen some other PS1 screens and most are crap I had one myself that I got for 25 bucks and took it back the next day because it sucked so bad. The official sony one I got for 75 bucks and its really nice and impresive sound and audio wise.