LCD marquee

[Yvan256]

I think I have found the perfect LCD (sort of) to make an LCD Marquee for a medium-sized cabinet:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/CAR-10-2-LCD-TFT-REAR-VIEW-MIRROR-COLOR-MONITOR_W0QQitemZ350201049726QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Video_Navigation?hash=item350201049726&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1215%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

The resolution listed is 800x256, which is really close to the ratio of most marquees. Unfortunately the thing only accepts composite signals, but at least it does mean there is one LCD panel on the market with such a huge width-to-height ratio.

[solid12345]

Interesting, can anyone comment on these/used them before?

[ivwshane]

11" wide is too small for me to be used as a marquee (unless you used it for a mini or a jukebox).

I could see it being useful as a display for instruction cards underneath the main display.

[richms]

Also if it stretches the signal to the screen or just doesnt use the top and bottom of the picture - with an aspect that wide, if it was to just not use the top and bottom then it would have a really bad resolution on the part that is shown, and if it stretches it then you would have to allow for that in your design of the art to show on it.

Im not prepared to take a punt on it but if someone else does and is happy I might get one for something else - I am always very suspicious of those low cost LCD's and have seen some really bad looking 7" ones that IMO are useless.

[Yvan256]

The more I search, the more I find new such "ultra widescreen" mirror LCDs.

There is only one that lists 800x256 as its resolution, however. What we'd need is an LCD controller board with VGA/DVI inputs to interface to the panel itself (and bypass the composite controller board that probably stretches the video input anyway).

[Yvan256]

Hello all,

sorry to resurrect a 3-years-old thread, but I found a new ultra-wide LCD on eBay. The description says it's 10.2" with an Hitachi LCD panel, 800x240 resolution.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/L0403-NEW-10-2-HITACHI-SCREEN-LCD-CAR-REAR-VIEW-MIRROR-MONITOR-3-COLORS-/110907725456?pt=US_Rear_View_Monitors_Cams_Kits&hash=item19d29d9690#ht_8753wt_956

If the listing is no longer valid by the time you read this, simply search for "Hitachi L0403" on your favorite search engine.

Again, not big enough for a full-sized cabinet, but at 285x108x25mm, it's big enough for a small desktop cabinet, probably with a 12~14" main display.

And 800x240 seems to be closer to the aspect ratio of more marquees than 800x256.

[ChadTower]

That's only about an inch and a half short of a pin DMD's width.  Forget marquees.  That thing is destined for Visual Pinball cabs.

[MacGyver]

Here are the ones I found (I have been beating this deceased horse for awhile now) 
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,118997.msg1260300.html#msg1260300

For example, here's a 22"
 

If you ever find a 29" 5:1 msg me