Lego Laptop

Question

I am making a lego pi laptop and I don't want a touchscreen monitor. What might be a good monitor? I need about a 8" screen.

mazzmn · Answer

Hi Tom, Sounds like a cool project...I've seen some projects where people use the screen from a portable DVD player or the screen meant for the headrest of a car....here are a couple of random examples I found (there seem to be alot and those screens can be had for less than the Pi cost in the first place) Custom Raspberry Pi built in a portable dvdplayer - YouTube Port a Raspberry Pi Project: But I also saw some screens specifically meant for the Pi..no hacking required... demoed on Ask and Engineer and or the Ben Heck show HDMI 4 Pi - 5.6 Display 1280x800 (720p) Kit - HDMI/VGA/NTSC/PAL ID: 1666 - $139.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun D…