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Title: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Trevor Hale on October 22, 2014, 06:20:23 AM
Guys,  found this link.  Not sure if they are useful, but HDMI or VGA connections on the break out board.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/1287 (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1287)




Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Flying_Fox on October 23, 2014, 08:44:10 AM
Thanks Trevor - those should be much better than ones from alibaba.com for about the same price.

Nick
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: geneb on November 24, 2014, 01:21:12 PM
It's a shame those aren't 4:3 displays - they'd be perfect for a G1000.

g.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Trevor Hale on November 24, 2014, 02:03:35 PM
I Agree, I am trying to find a monitor for my FMC Not easy LOL
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: RayS on November 24, 2014, 02:57:47 PM
http://store.earthlcd.com/ (http://store.earthlcd.com/)
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: geneb on November 25, 2014, 08:07:23 AM
I should have specified "rationally priced" and not "EarthLCD" prices. :)

Paying 30" LCD prices for a 10.1" is insane.  Not only that, the 10" displays they have can't be used for G1000 displays because they're not 1024x768 displays - which is what the G1000 uses.

g.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Trevor Hale on November 25, 2014, 08:26:11 AM
I was going to say something.....  But Didn;t  I thought the 249$ for the FMC Monitor was a little pricy LOL.  I may just stick with my psOne Screen LOL
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: fsaviator on November 25, 2014, 08:55:04 AM
I have a half dozen of these.  http://www.good-lcd.com.cn/product/267449720-200611716/5_6_inch_LCD_display.html (http://www.good-lcd.com.cn/product/267449720-200611716/5_6_inch_LCD_display.html)

They are fantastic.  I can put you in contact with Lisa Wang at Good Display.  She'll help with whatever you need.  I'm not sure of they still have this version, but they'll have a replacement if not.  I paid under $50 a piece for a 5" LCD.

I have one in each of my OC FMC's, I used one for the original GNS-500 that preceded the marketed ones in an old simpit I built, I have another two I was going to use for Clocks in my sim.

Actually, if you want I can sell you a couple as I won't need the ones for clocks.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: geneb on November 25, 2014, 09:40:30 AM
I'd love to find a vendor of 1:1 displays that didn't think they were made (and thus priced!) out of ground Unicorn horn...

g.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Trevor Hale on November 25, 2014, 10:15:27 AM
Thanks Warren,  Good information. 

Trev
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: fsaviator on November 25, 2014, 10:18:15 AM
NO problem.  Not so much about availability, but of vendor reliability.  As we all know, some of these vendors can be hit or miss, but I've never had a problem with Good Display.

Warren
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: navymustang on April 20, 2015, 06:08:10 AM
Another alternative is to have a custom cut LCD panel for your upper and lower EICAS.  This will be the solution I install this summer.  Cost is high, perhaps $1,500 each - but the result of having a wide viewing angle on these displays and a true fit in my 100% scale cockpit will be worth it.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: gufau on April 20, 2015, 06:25:52 AM
How are you doing to make this kind of LCD panel, to whom do you turn?
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: geneb on April 20, 2015, 08:22:29 AM
You're off on that price by quite a bit.  A few people over at Viperpits did some research a few years ago and they found that a cut-down panel would run them about $15,000.  This started an investigation in a DIY cutting process, but I never found out if they were successful.

g.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Joe Lavery on April 20, 2015, 04:30:40 PM
These are only 800x 600 but they're cheap...
[ebay]201174913419[/ebay]

Joe
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: geneb on April 21, 2015, 05:22:49 AM
The problem is that systems like the Garmin G1000 and some of the Avidyne offerings require a 1024x768 display.  Even their flightsim du jour counterparts.

g.
Title: Re: Cheap 10.1" Monitors
Post by: Joe Lavery on April 21, 2015, 08:07:01 AM
I was thinking more for the lower EICAS screen.  ;D