LCD Supergun

[peterbudduk]

[ukvac] LCD Supergun
Do any of you guys have experience in building a Supergun-type-affair
with a built in LCD Monitor?

The price of these monitors is coming down sufficiently to make this
viable.

In my opinion the main issue is whether the output from the gameboard
is good enough for an LCD monitor to sync to (they may be more fussy
than ordinary monitors).

Also some LCD monitors do not have an RGB+sync input but will accept
PAL/NTSC so I suppose a side issue is whether those PAL/NTSC converter
chips do a good job with poor signals.

Any views gratefully received.

Peter

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[John Bennett]

[ukvac] Re: LCD Supergun
pbdpc> Do any of you guys have experience in building a Supergun-type-affair
pbdpc> with a built in LCD Monitor?

Now, if gameboards became as small as monitors have become, we could
have a handheld arcade machine!

Hang on, isn't this the gameboy?

Chris

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[John Bennett]

If i've read my rgvac deja stuff correctly then I don't think that you could sync correctly

to a VGA monitor (either cathode or LCD) however if you buy a LCD TV type thing (Maplins

are selling a 4" display in their current sale I think) then you should be able to connect

to the arial socket thing (whatever it's called). A SCART socket is obviously a better bet,

but I don't know whether these come as standard on a portable unit.

If you're serious about this then check out deja news for the VGA threads in rgvac for a more detailed

summary.

Cheers

Chris

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[peterbudduk]

[ukvac] Re: LCD Supergun
I wasn't thinking of using those flat screen VGA monitors (too
expensive anyway) but, as you suggest, I was thinking of using the ones
that are available in personal TV's. Those sorts of LCD monitors are
also quite easily available in the OEM market, some accept composite
video, some can even accept analogue RGB+sync. Whether I use a hacked
personal TV or an OEM module will come down to a question of cost.

Peter

<002101bece17$63f01280$1b46a8c-@ahchay> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/ukvac/?start=993
> If i've read my rgvac deja stuff correctly then I don't think that
you could sync correctly
> to a VGA monitor (either cathode or LCD) however if you buy a LCD TV
type thing (Maplins
> are selling a 4" display in their current sale I think) then you
should be able to connect
> to the arial socket thing (whatever it's called). A SCART socket is
obviously a better bet,
> but I don't know whether these come as standard on a portable unit.
>
> If you're serious about this then check out deja news for the VGA
threads in rgvac for a more detailed
> summary.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>

 

[Guests]

[ukvac] Re: LCD Supergun

I only have experience with the VGA screens but wouldn't resolutions and
scan rates be a bit of an issue ?. The VGA displays are very fussy. In my
experience LCD's aren't that great at handling fast moving objects,
something else to consider. I would be interested to hear the results of
any experiments. Imagine how much lighter your average JAMMA cab would be
if you fitted an LCD screen .

Cliff.

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> From: peter.budd@dial.pipex.com
> To: ukvac@eGroups.com
> Subject: [ukvac] LCD Supergun
> Date: 14 July 1999 15:04
>
> Do any of you guys have experience in building a Supergun-type-affair
> with a built in LCD Monitor?
>
> The price of these monitors is coming down sufficiently to make this
> viable.
>
> In my opinion the main issue is whether the output from the gameboard
> is good enough for an LCD monitor to sync to (they may be more fussy
> than ordinary monitors).
>
> Also some LCD monitors do not have an RGB+sync input but will accept
> PAL/NTSC so I suppose a side issue is whether those PAL/NTSC converter
> chips do a good job with poor signals.
>
> Any views gratefully received.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
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DATA Imported from archives: originally posted by Clifford Poole (xov51@dial.pipex.com)