picked up a stripped lcd monitor.

[Wing Gee]

I picked up a stripped down LCD that is claimed to be 1500nits. I haven't gotten a chance to test it yet. Hopefully i'll have some time tonight to test it and post some pics. only drawback is that it's a 12.1" screen. which could be cool. has a AV800 controller card. Panel is a hitachi panel which has been modified with an extra 4 lamps  (cfl i'm assuming). it has 6 total lamps in there now. I'm guessing that's the key to a bright lcd. you can probably modify a current lcd with many white LED's or  find a  higher output cfl that can fit in your chassis. My only concern about that mod, is what it may do to the contrast. I've built a 15" LCD projector about a year ago with a 400w metal halide. People have tried a 1000w bulb and the blacks, aren't black anymore. they were gray.

To be continued. I'll get pics and report back how well this works.

[Wing Gee]

heh. only 10 days late on the pictures. sorry. finally got around to snapping a few shots. first off, pictures don't do it's justice. it's pretty bright and quality is way better than the 7incher i had. on one of the pics i shined a 100watt tungsten light on it and it didn't do anything to the picture. it really wasn't a good test. I need like a 400watt hmi on it. one thing the pictures don't show is that there is alot of ambient light in the room.

I have a hammond project box that i'm going to throw this in. I'm still not sure how well it will work until i walk out on a really sunny day. If all else fails. this will make an amazing field monitor.

Http://turborocco.com/wingcam2/monitor

[Leigh Wanstead]

Hi Wing,

Where to buy this stripped down LCD and ic board? How much?

TIA

Regards
Leigh