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Title: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 18, 2005, 07:50:29 pm: I picked up one of these today hey for $19.00 I gave it a shot. The controller sucks ass but the screen is
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 18, 2005, 07:51:11 pm: more
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Post by: AmericanDemon on April 18, 2005, 08:24:14 pm: Nice pickup! I havent seen these for a while. Hard to get a round here. Hack it! :)
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Post by: pointdablame on April 18, 2005, 08:24:26 pm: where'd you get one for $19??

I've always wanted to grab one of those.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 18, 2005, 08:35:39 pm: Got it at the Future Shop in Canada in the USA try Best buy. Future shop is clearing them out.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: pointdablame on April 18, 2005, 10:41:41 pm: damn... my best buys near me have long been sold out.

Wanna buy some for your friends at BYOAC?? :P
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 18, 2005, 10:52:09 pm: Got the last one will check other places. Wal mart might have them.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: SkateDetroit on April 18, 2005, 11:35:06 pm: I got mine from CompUSA last year for something 15 or 20? Check them out or call.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 19, 2005, 12:56:20 am: Well started hackin following this guide:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=289355&hl=
But as luck would have it my main board is diffrent and the solder points are a row of little solder points the same size as a pin hole. So I opened the video connector housing and found out this version of screen only used the composite video feeds. Will ask the techs at work for some RCA connectors and make my own multi use video&audio connectors. Will post pics when finshed.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: caffinefiend on April 19, 2005, 01:52:19 am: we have a gamecube one at work for 29 bucks preowned, tested and working.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Stingray on April 21, 2005, 12:22:28 pm: Every time I see these for sale they're something like $60. If I saw one for $20ish I'd snap it up.

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Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Dave_K. on April 21, 2005, 12:50:39 pm: Ok, so what point is there in hacking these tiny LCD screens for anyway?
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Post by: Hoagie_one on April 21, 2005, 12:57:41 pm: handheld mame?
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Stingray on April 21, 2005, 01:37:16 pm: Quote from: caffinefiend on April 19, 2005, 01:52:19 am
we have a gamecube one at work for 29 bucks preowned, tested and working.

Pretty much any kind of home built handheld system.

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Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Edgedamage on April 22, 2005, 11:24:57 am: No need to really hack into this screen yet because when the video connector is unplugged from the ps2 the output becomes a input. Pic of the connector being used as a input. Pic of my sat box's video output.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Dave_K. on April 22, 2005, 01:05:02 pm: Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 21, 2005, 12:57:41 pm
handheld mame?

I guess you could use a console usb converter to hook the joystick up to a computer, and output a composite signal from your graphics card (if supported) to drive the LCD...but I still don't see what the big deal is? you are still tethered to a computer, so might as well use the computer screen since its bigger.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Stingray on April 22, 2005, 01:14:30 pm: Quote from: Dave_K. on April 22, 2005, 01:05:02 pm
Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 21, 2005, 12:57:41 pm
handheld mame?

I guess you could use a console usb converter to hook the joystick up to a computer, and output a composite signal from your graphics card (if supported) to drive the LCD...but I still don't see what the big deal is? you are still tethered to a computer, so might as well use the computer screen since its bigger.

http://www.benheck.com

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Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Lilwolf on May 05, 2005, 02:57:57 pm: I would really like to see him work on a case / monitor / controls to work with a standard via epia board.
Title: Re: Hip Gear Lcd screen&controller
Post by: Otraotaku on May 18, 2005, 10:44:50 pm: I have a nice portable big screen for my Gamecube... ^.< which is about the size of one side of the cube...