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Viewer Challange: Dual side TV Screen

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Dear Ben Heck,

     I was thinking maybe if you can make a dual TV for gaming. Me and my brother would play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 or Call of Duty Black Ops and we would complain about looking on each others screen when we 1V1 each other on a single TV. I'm pretty sure that people out there don't want to buy a system link cable and get two of the games and two XBoxs, even tho we have two XBoxs we dont have a system link or two of the same game. What I'm thinking is one TV backed up against the other or something like that. I really don't know how to mod so I don't know if this is possible. Well anything is possible when it comes to technology.

 

 

Thanks,

Matthew Harrington

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  • I would think that the concept is quite simple and the ability to  combine two screens together wouldn't be too hard, but to achieve the  desired effect may be a bit complicated.

     

    [Possible way to do it]

    You  would want two identical Widescreen LCDs with low depth. Then by  releasing the screens and components from their casing, making a housing  that can hold both screens back to back is a fairly simple build.

     

    However,  this is where things may get complicated. Both screens can't share the  same video input as they both would be identical splitscreen images.  What is required is a piece of hardware and/or Software that can split  the incoming signal from the Console and output the top half to one  screen and the bottom half to the other (also scaling both up). For this  reason we use a pair of Widescreen LCDs, this is due to the normal  Square Image being split into two seprate rectangular images. We want  the best fit for these seprate images, and so a Widescreen LCD would be  the best option, with the Video output set to 4:3 Aspect Ratio (See  Image). *

     

    I am no Hacker by any standard and do not  have the knowledge of electronics to achieve this. I am a Conceptual  Artist who is good with design based problem solving, but I hope I have  provided at least some positive feedback that can be used in achieving  your goal.

     

     

     

     

    *  Personallty I prefer an LCD with a 4:3 aspect ratio, as it can provide a  4:3 or 16:9 image without a shadow of doubt. For some inexplicable  reason there is always an aspect ratio problem when dealing with a  Widescreen LCD. It dosent help that the Software and/or hardware was  made for the Aspect Ratio Ignorant, and so the options don't do what you  need them to.

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  • in reply to RovertScott

    I am wondering whether the algorithms used for 3D that devide a frame into separate left and right eye images that are then  put  together using a top-bottom or side-by-side protocol could be used to send an image to the front and back displays. Resolution would suffer but it will any time you split the signal in any way.

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