Screen FAQ / useful info

If you're making a portable you probably need something to watch it on. (Unless you want to guess what's happening in the game, but I wouldn't advise that) Anyway, this forum is your "Hacking a pocket TV/screen" one-stop solution. Share your experiences and knowledge here.

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Post by Life of Brian » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:47 am

Making the PSOne screen look better by hailrazer. An excellent tutorial that removes scratches and sharpens your picture by removing the antiglare film layer.
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Post by Life of Brian » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:03 pm

You can't blame me for double posting - it's been almost 6 months!

I think this post clears up the directions for adding RGB from an SNES mini to a Zenith/PSOne screen. I mean, I studied all the info I could find and I was still confused so I figured this would help. I also added this info to the wiki.
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Post by Life of Brian » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:32 am

Hey, my first triple post! Here's a pinout for an easy way to get beautiful stereo sound using a PSOne/Zenith headphone jack. A RadioShack stereo headphone jack is pretty similar and follows the same setup, so that will work too.
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Post by sammy » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:21 am

Gamesx.com doesn't seem to be working anymore.
Since a lot of the video mods come from gamesx.com might I suggest that the links be updated? I was looking for an RGB mod for the SNES mini and gamesx.com seemed to be the only place, so I had to use the internet archive to go back to it.
http://web.archive.org/web/200702181824 ... es2rgb.htm

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Post by hdx » Thu May 01, 2008 2:05 am

I've got small question. I'm making adapter for PS1 Screen. It has got SCART [RGB] in and also 3xRCA [Composite]. RGB works fine, audio and video are nice. But it has got a problem with video while connected by Composite. Yellow [video] signal is connected to 6th pin of connector. It's very strange because screen is very dark and there goes a brighter stripe from top to bottom of the screen. Does composite video signal needs to be filtered by capacitor or sth?
Also is there a method to make screen powers up when it's connected to power supply? I don't like it when I need to use 5V power up signal.

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Post by Super Cameraman » Mon May 19, 2008 7:03 pm

I don't understand what headphone switch means on the PSone screen diagram. Is there a physical switch on the screen or something?
If you're looking at this post and it was made before 2008, just ignore it.

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Post by schmellyfart » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:40 pm

Ok I have some good news on this 3.5" deal extreme screen
It looks pretty good in my opinion.

+Draws 300ma under a load. (240ma standby)
+Should run on anything between 5v and 12v. I have confirmed that it runs on 7.2v and 5v though.
+LED backlit!
+PCB is the same size as the LCD

One thing i noticed is when I played a Dvd (after playing mk64 and GH :lol:), the letters at the menu screen were a little fuzzy on the edges.

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Post by deviouskoopa » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:51 pm

Super Cameraman wrote:I don't understand what headphone switch means on the PSone screen diagram. Is there a physical switch on the screen or something?
If the headphone switch is signaled (headphones plugged in), the speakers are turned off and sound comes out of headphones... otherwise sound would come out of both speakers and headphones. Make sense?

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Post by deviouskoopa » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:52 pm

schmellyfart wrote:Ok I have some good news on this 3.5" deal extreme screen
It looks pretty good in my opinion.

+Draws 300ma under a load. (240ma standby)
+Should run on anything between 5v and 12v. I have confirmed that it runs on 7.2v and 5v though.
+LED backlit!
+PCB is the same size as the LCD

One thing i noticed is when I played a Dvd (after playing mk64 and GH :lol:), the letters at the menu screen were a little fuzzy on the edges.
Idk anything about it, but it sounds good for LED backlit and same size PCB. Idk if it's worth it though compared to PSone screen.

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Post by schmellyfart » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:18 pm

deviouskoopa wrote:
schmellyfart wrote:Ok I have some good news on this 3.5" deal extreme screen
It looks pretty good in my opinion.

+Draws 300ma under a load. (240ma standby)
+Should run on anything between 5v and 12v. I have confirmed that it runs on 7.2v and 5v though.
+LED backlit!
+PCB is the same size as the LCD

One thing i noticed is when I played a Dvd (after playing mk64 and GH :lol:), the letters at the menu screen were a little fuzzy on the edges.
Idk anything about it, but it sounds good for LED backlit and same size PCB. Idk if it's worth it though compared to PSone screen.
Id say its best for a n64 or ps1 portable, I wouldnt use it on anything less because of what I call, "solid color syndrome" Multiple vertical lines a little lighter then the solid color.

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Post by lifeisbetterwithketchup » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:56 pm

schmellyfart wrote:
deviouskoopa wrote:
schmellyfart wrote:Ok I have some good news on this 3.5" deal extreme screen
It looks pretty good in my opinion.

+Draws 300ma under a load. (240ma standby)
+Should run on anything between 5v and 12v. I have confirmed that it runs on 7.2v and 5v though.
+LED backlit!
+PCB is the same size as the LCD

One thing i noticed is when I played a Dvd (after playing mk64 and GH :lol:), the letters at the menu screen were a little fuzzy on the edges.
Idk anything about it, but it sounds good for LED backlit and same size PCB. Idk if it's worth it though compared to PSone screen.
Id say its best for a n64 or ps1 portable, I wouldnt use it on anything less because of what I call, "solid color syndrome" Multiple vertical lines a little lighter then the solid color.
Could you elaborate on this "solid color syndrome"? I'm considering using this screen in a SNES portable.
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Post by palmertech » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:12 pm

It is a composite problem, I get it on my unfiltered PSone LCD in some games (Notably, starfox).
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Post by lifeisbetterwithketchup » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:13 pm

So I'd get said problem on any display that used composite as its video input then?
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Post by palmertech » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:16 pm

You just need to make sure you are using well shielded wire.

And yes, the problem can happen on any screen.
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Post by lifeisbetterwithketchup » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:54 pm

OK, thanks for the info. :mrgreen:
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