Ideas for a 6" screen portable...

Meff · Post by **Meff** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:09 am

[Sorry, if the topic is in the wrong place. xP]
Hi people, I'll be getting a really cheap 6" XBox screen (with video input) soon, and I want to take it to the portablization world! Oo I'm planning to make a Nes (Noac) or Snes (mini Snes) portable, but the second one isn't really offered anywhere in my country, so I think I'll just buy another nes-on-a-chip for the project (little waste for the screen). Anyway, the screen as You may know is huge. What can I do with such a big screen? I mean how can I assemble the case? Make a laptop thing with the screen on the upper side and a cart slot in the other one?
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7182/laprs1.gif
Or just make a biiiiig horizontal psp-like "portable" with the screen in the middle? I like the idea, but it will be kinda big...
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/215/psplikexp4.gif
Or maybe You have any suggestions?

APHawkes · Post by **APHawkes** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:46 am

I would say making a laptop is harder than a unified portable. 6" Isn't really that large for a screen (it's only an inch larger than the PS1 LCD). Considering how large the NES cartridges are I don't think the size of the screen would be out of proportion.

Meff · Post by **Meff** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:03 am

APHawkes wrote:Considering how large the NES cartridges are I don't think the size of the screen would be out of proportion.

Wooops. I forgot to say it would run the smaller Famicom cartridges like here. As I said, they are smaller and more common here in Poland.