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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Sinner on July 27, 2006, 01:33:34 pm
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I have a portable DVD player with a 7" or 9" monitor on it...the unit no longer works (no power from with battery or AC adapter)...it would probably cost me more to get it fixed, than to buy new...SOOOO, I'm thinking I could tear it out and use it for arcade purposes...
Anyone know enough about how these things are made to be able to tell me if I could hook it up to a PC or not?? I'd rather not take it apart, if I already know it won't work...
Thanks...
Matt
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Check the fuse.
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Check the fuse.
That's the first thing I did...all good...
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These small LCD screens are usually driven by custom video processing hardware, so trying to hook it up directly to something like a VCR would most likely do zip.
If you do pull it apart, see if you can find a model number somewhere on it and google it. You may find there is some nutter out there who has gone through some convoluted process to hook a same LCD screen to a PC.
Sound like fun. :cheers:
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These small LCD screens are usually driven by custom video processing hardware, so trying to hook it up directly to something like a VCR would most likely do zip.
If you do pull it apart, see if you can find a model number somewhere on it and google it. You may find there is some nutter out there who has gone through some convoluted process to hook a same LCD screen to a PC.
Sound like fun. :cheers:
Kewl...thanks for the info...
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The first unit I had like this had a Video in jack. Would be quite easy to put a PC video-out into that. But then the unit has to work of course....however most of these things have 16:9 screens...