[simpits-tech] 5" TFT

[Matt Bailey]

Oh did you mean a CRT? Yes if it was just a small VGA monitor you could
hook it directly to your video card. I've thought about using little
portable TVs for instruments due to low cost (well, I THOUGHT...can't
seem to find ones that are just simple CRTs and don't have a lot of
extra stuff like fancy tuners and audio etc) in the case of a TV you
would need a TV converter (which I think is fairly cheap, but if you got
a small TV and a converter it might not be a lot more money to just get
a small LCD) or you could use a video card that has TV out. My new GF2
MX has TV out so that's what I was thinking. I figured it would be cool
to have visuals on the monitor output and panel on the TV-out, but I
think you are limited to VGA *or* TV, not both at the same time. I
haven't got the card installed yet so I'm not sure.

	-Matt Bailey

Frank Riedel wrote:
> 
> Okay... but vill it be possible to connect it to ordinary VGA output on PC
> ???
> or must it be a little modidyed ???
> 
> Frank
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Bailey" <mattb@rtccom.net>
> To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 10:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] 5" TFT
> 
> > I was suprised at the price, it looks like a "special" screen for PS1 so
> > I figured it would be very expensive. Still, I wonder if a similar
> > sized-LCD could be purchased for less elsewhere? It just seems like a
> > screen promoted as a flight sim accesory and not just a generic screen
> > would be more expensive.
> >
> > For the money I would probably go with an iddy-biddy CRT, I remember
> > some refurbished 9" CRTs for like $35, but I forget the link (I think it
> > was posted on this list actually). Of course for glass cockpits the
> > image might look a bit less authentic, since real glass instruments are
> > typically LCD.
> >
> > -Matt Bailey
> >
> > > Frank Riedel wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Will it be possible to use this one for MFD
> > >
> http://us.thrustmaster.com/companyinfos/mediaroom/press_releases/lookpr.php3
> ?pr=106
> > >
> > > All the best
> > > Frank