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Small monitor options for R-Pi

Former Member

So, I know many people will want to hook the R-Pi up to a 50-inch HDTV, but some of us will want to keep it small (such as for a CarPC). I am not thinking about touchscreen capability, simply small LCD displays. So, there are $1000 5" to 8" LCDs meant for digital photography, but that is nuts. So, I found that small portable LCD TVs should be the way to go. The cheap Coby and Axion 7" LCD TVs have RCA/composite video input jack, and luckily the R-Pi also has an RCA/composite video output jack!  They are about $50 to $60.

 

Coby

http://www.bing.com/shopping/coby-tf-tv791-7-lcd-tv/specs

 

Axion

http://www.bing.com/shopping/axion-axn-8701-7-lcd-tv/specs

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  • in reply to notdodgy

    That was my first idea, and you could gut the dvd player part to put the raspberry pi in there as well. But the one I have does not have av in. I am still thinking about buying one that does. It would be pretty cool  form factor wise. But I can not find a good deal on one that I know had av inputs.

  • in reply to Former Member

    Well I have done something Quick and easy to get my son's broken DVD player over to a media center.

    I Started with a 2 screen RCA DVD Player.  The DVD Player basically died, but the spare screen works fine

     

    So I gutted the DVD player and removed the screen form that body.  My big problem was room for the spare screens circuit board so I took the easy way out and decided to keep them separate.    

     

    Using a dremel I cut off the Composite Out and power jack off the Board,  and soldered a set of Components to it and a 12v car jack I had laying around to the power jack on the board.  I then plugged in a usb power plug for the pi.   Really I was going on vacation and needed something quick.  My next plan is to move all this to an actual enclosure (thinking an 1160 pelican case, where I’ll add a wall plate with RCA, HDMI, USB, and Ethernet.

     

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/dvdPI.jpg

    and thanks to a cheep 3 ring binder I have a cover for it, you can also see where I cut out a section for usb and ethernet

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/dvdPI2.jpg

  • in reply to Former Member

    How is the quality of the image on the LCD screen via the RCA output ?

  • in reply to jamodio

    Really for what it is, the image isn't bad.  For watching cartoons in a car ride I'd say its really good.  But I would not even try to read smaller text on the screen, unless you want to provide your self with a head ache.  I'll grab some pictures of the home screen of raspbmc, and playing a movie as well. 

  • in reply to Former Member

    Here are some quick pictures I took with my phone

    Boot text

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/Pi/bootText.jpg

    Main Menu

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/Pi/MainMenu.jpg

    Library

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/Pi/Library.jpg

    Movie

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/Pi/Movie.jpg

    The whole shabang

    http://www.cramanda.com/Img_Post/Pi/PiAndScreen.jpg