Cheap 10.1" Monitors

[Trevor Hale]

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

[Flying_Fox]

Thanks Trevor - those should be much better than ones from alibaba.com for about the same price.

Nick

[geneb]

It's a shame those aren't 4:3 displays - they'd be perfect for a G1000.

g.

[Trevor Hale]

I Agree, I am trying to find a monitor for my FMC Not easy LOL

[RayS]

http://store.earthlcd.com/

[geneb]

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.

[Trevor Hale]

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

[fsaviator]

I have a half dozen of these.  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.

[geneb]

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.

[Trevor Hale]

Thanks Warren,  Good information. 

Trev

[fsaviator]

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

[navymustang]

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.

[gufau]

How are you doing to make this kind of LCD panel, to whom do you turn?

[geneb]

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.

[Joe Lavery]

These are only 800x 600 but they're cheap...
[ebay]201174913419[/ebay]

Joe

[geneb]

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.

[Joe Lavery]

I was thinking more for the lower EICAS screen.