LCD screen on PS3 laptop?

woox · Post by **woox** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:01 am

Does anyone know which LCD screen benheck used on the PS3 laptop? I know it has to be HDCP complaint so the tradational westing house one he uses wont work...

THanks

APHawkes · Post by **APHawkes** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:20 am

I'm pretty sure he linked to it in the article. It's the Gateway FPD 1775w. It's 17" diagonal, exactly 1280x720, and is HDCP complaint on a DVI connection. It's so sweet.

thehackerinside · Post by **thehackerinside** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:38 am

I couldn't find the said article but I know that he used this in the 360 laptops

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Westinghouse LCM-17x1 17-inch widescreen monitor

@APHawkes, Could you try and find this link for me, Please?

Joe

APHawkes · Post by **APHawkes** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:22 am

The Playstation 3 Article
The very first link, the one describing the display, links to eBay searching for the terms "gateway widescreen monitor".

It's not on the main Gateway site anymore, but you can get the support info Here.

I think you can still get this model at Best Buy or other electronics retailers.

I believe he used the Westinghouse displays on the non-HDMI 360 laptops (the first two). Laptop #3 was an Elite, with HDMI, so it got the digital display connection.

EDIT:
360 Elite Laptop Search for 17" widescreen gateway. It's mentioned here as well.

woox · Post by **woox** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:18 pm

Is the 360 one hDCP compliantt?

Also the "Gateway FPD 1775w" is only 17" do you guys know of same TYPE and voltage but 19"?

APHawkes · Post by **APHawkes** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:37 pm

It's the same display (17" Gateway, widescreen, 1280x720, HDCP) for the Elite 360 laptop and the PS3 laptop.

Sorry, can't tell you about 19" displays. Isn't 17" large enough for a portable?

woox · Post by **woox** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:02 pm

Well I 2 more inches is not a overkill considering how big ps3 laptop is anyways...

I found this LCD then, GATEWAY FPD1975W, looks almsot the same as the 17" just bigger...any suggestions?

Also does anyone know if Ben made a tutoral to hack his gateway LCD for 360 elite? I can replicate that to my ps3 mod.

WompaStompa11 · Post by **WompaStompa11** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:10 pm

ben's putting up a 'how to' for his PS3 laptop. The first part is already up. I'm sure he'll have plenty of information about the screen. http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/how- ... wn-part-1/

woox · Post by **woox** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:01 pm

WompaStompa11 wrote:ben's putting up a 'how to' for his PS3 laptop. The first part is already up. I'm sure he'll have plenty of information about the screen. http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/how- ... wn-part-1/

nope no info, read that a hundred times...waiting for part two tho...asked ben he said "soon"...lol i hope thats fast for him :/

etnies911 · Post by **etnies911** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:15 pm

i hope making ps3 laptop part 2 comes out soon...anyone have ideas on how he made that case or what he used 2 make it

woox · Post by **woox** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:33 am

etnies911 wrote:i hope making ps3 laptop part 2 comes out soon...anyone have ideas on how he made that case or what he used 2 make it

probably sintra, looks similar to his 360 designs...i am curious to know if he used the stock fan for ps3 cooling or did he use his own small fans

APHawkes · Post by **APHawkes** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:30 am

I'd stick with the 17" personally. If you've ever held a 17" widescreen laptop you probably would think twice about getting a 2" larger screen.

Another reason is that the 17" screen has a wonderful resolution. It is EXACTLY the same as 720p. So, when the PS3 is set to 720p output there is no loss of quality. Specifically, you don't get the image scaled oddly against the LCD grid, which would be the case for the 19" (and most other) displays.

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