I am looking on eBay for a broken laptop to use as my lcd for my diy projector. What exactly do I need to get this connected to me computer as a display?
The screen, controller, anything else? I just want to make sure the broken laptop that I buy still has the parts that I need. If the laptop does not power on should I worry about buying it??
The screen, controller, anything else? I just want to make sure the broken laptop that I buy still has the parts that I need. If the laptop does not power on should I worry about buying it??
You'd almost be better off buying a broken flat panel monitor. I've bought two of them off of Ebay, and got one working one (although there's a couple bad lines of pixels on the one working LCD). It's a gamble, and you may have to swap parts, but connecting a laptop display to a pc isn't really possible without buying expensive, specialized controller cards. Flat panel monitors or completely working laptops are better bets.
--Clint
--Clint
The short answer is in the FAQ. Check it out. The reality is that is that there are only two companies that sell LCD controllers to end-users.
www.earth-lcd.com
www.digitalview.com
www.earth-lcd.com
www.digitalview.com
LCD controllers
Not so, there are a couple of other companies that make LCD controllers that are PCI or AGP cards that fit right into your computer. But there are several issues that you need to consider which usually makes using the LCD monitor a better idea.
There are about four different types of LCD panel interfaces and and ones used in notebook computers limit the length of the wires to very short lengths.
Also only one of the controller card companies offer a controller with built in hardware MPEG support.
If your contoller card or video card does not have hardware MPEG you will need a very fast computer with lots of memory to do good software MPEG at high screen resolutions.
Hezz
Not so, there are a couple of other companies that make LCD controllers that are PCI or AGP cards that fit right into your computer. But there are several issues that you need to consider which usually makes using the LCD monitor a better idea.
There are about four different types of LCD panel interfaces and and ones used in notebook computers limit the length of the wires to very short lengths.
Also only one of the controller card companies offer a controller with built in hardware MPEG support.
If your contoller card or video card does not have hardware MPEG you will need a very fast computer with lots of memory to do good software MPEG at high screen resolutions.
Hezz
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