game gear screen

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:36 am

is it hard to use a gamegear screen for a portable, i know u need the tv tuner, which i have, but is it hard to connet it to that tv tuner??? and is there an easier way to install a screen and what screen shud i use if so... (as long as its not expensive i have a low budget =P)

Post by **gannon** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:44 am

Hip screen pads are under $30 and work really nice.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:00 am

oh cool, would it improve my portable a lot or is it just an alternative for your explanation? =P
and if so, do u know where i could get one (and how much it wud be approximately in canadian dollars) thanks!

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:09 am

The screens cost about $37CAD, and are quite nice, especially compared to the Game Gear. The reason for this is that the Game Gear uses a passive matrix lcd (if you have no idea what I am talking about, don't worry. It's not important, just this next part) and it makes it very blurry when things are moving, which is not good for gaming. The Hip Gear, on the other hand, uses an Active Matrix screen and is great for moving things. Also, the clarity on the Hip Screen is awesome according to what gannon has told me on AIM.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:11 am

do u know where i could get one?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:15 am

oh yeah, forgot about that one

Try looking around the toy stores and computer stores in your area. They come on a controller, but you can remove that.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:17 am

ya, i just googled 'em, ive seen those b4 (on the internet) so i guess ill look around toys r us and if i cant find it ill just use a game gear screen

if i end up using a game gear screen.... is it hard to install? i want to spend as little money as possible 'cause im just testing this out first and if i screw up i dont wanna waste money... well... if i had the money i would

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:37 pm

chicken strip wrote:do u know where i could get one?

Yeah! A fellow canadian! Anyway, look at futureshop, bestbuy, toysrus, maybe even the dreaded walmart. Try going to the nearest futureshop, they should have some.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:44 pm

oh ok good idea

Go Canada!

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:38 pm

for anyone whos still reading this... i just got a compact psone (the one re-released in 2000) off eBay as opposed to making my old 1995 model into a portable which my dad proabably wudnt let me do anyways so i think im gunna find a PSOne LCD screen... seems safer... and im pretty sure itd be much easier am i right? 1 thing i wanna know... those psone screens.... did they run off batterires or did u have to plug it in (which doesnt seem very logical)

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:45 pm

A Hip Gear screen will work just as well, since they use the same signal most everything else uses and would be about as easy. As for a PSOne screen being plugged in or battery powered, it was made to be plugged in, through the wall or car, but there was a 3rd party battery attachment made.

electromaster64 · Post by **electromaster64** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:40 pm

Go to ebay there are a lot of canadian people selling them for $9 but it cost like $15 to ship to USA so I didn't get one but since you live in Canada it will probably work well. Also the Game Gear screen would be difficult to use, and no one has done it before using the TV tuner.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:40 pm

i found out u only need the tv tuner if u wanna hook an nes up to the game gear screen or u need a chroma decoder, but im not doing nes... it shudt be too hard its just an LCD... it shud be easier because its already in a portable so ill know where the a/v goes... i could be wrong... and i probably am

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:58 pm

^^^oops, i forgot to sign in but dont u wrry that was me =P^^^

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:58 pm

What makes the GG screen unusable or rather diffacalt to use it that the signal going to the screen is digital not analoge, so thats why you need the tv tuner to change the analog signal into a usable digital one.