[simpits-tech] DIY projector resource...

[Jim Sturcbecher]

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Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] DIY projector resource...

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Roy Coates wrote:

>
>
> Whilst on the LCD theme, I once heard/read that you could actually bore
> holes through an LCD screen and it would still work - except for where you
> bored the hole of course :^)
>
> Any truth to this ?   Would be uber cool if it was.
>
I don't think so.  You'd have a fluid leak on your hands I think.

I _have_ heard about companies cutting down AMLCD panels to make 1:1 sizes 
for avionics.  I'm not sure how that is done though.

g.

About four years ago my company purchased some "modified" lcd
displays from a company calle Tannis? (I think). This company would
take a standard 4:3 lcd display and cut it into a 1:1 display.
The method used by them has been patented. Only problem that we
found was the price. It came to about $2000 per unit plus the
cost of the original display.

This sounds expensive, but if you compare it to the $25,000 that
Honeywell wants for a single 1:1 display for a B737NG, then it is
not too bad. Btw, the Honeywell price was without the avionics
computer to drive it; that cost another $50,000 if you wanted it.

Jim