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Blurryeyes
07-02-2009, 12:10 PM
I need your creativity on this one. I had a carputer on the S13 with this monitor, it was good for music, videos, GPS, engine monitoring with consult and then datascan, wifi, etc. but I got tired of it since the car only sees a few hours of driving per week so I uninstalled everything and now I have all the components sitting in my bedroom.

What would you do with a 8" touchscreen monitor? I have already considered setting a computer on my bedroom as a media center with the touchscreen as the main monitor and the TV as secondary so that I can select everything from the touchscreen and be displayed on the TV. Second option is to use the same computer to control lights and appliances using the touchscreen as the interface.

Any cool ideas?
keistyle
07-02-2009, 12:13 PM
yea, you definitely want to use it for porn, and the news.
highwaystar22
07-02-2009, 12:25 PM
yea, you definitely want to use it for porn, and the news.

+10 With leadership like that, you sir, should be president.
HyperTek
07-02-2009, 01:47 PM
strip it and build a projector... theres a site called lumenlabs, in the forums its got a section dedicated to diy projectors.. i want to build one myself. I wanna build a hd projector for my bedroom for pc, ps3.etc
sub9lulu
07-02-2009, 03:20 PM
sell it and profit ....
Blurryeyes
07-02-2009, 03:23 PM
sell it and profit ....

Quoted for troof, hahahaha

Nah, so far the projector idea caught my attention
highwaystar22
07-02-2009, 04:11 PM
Lumen lab is great! I have a stripped 15" monitor waiting to go into a box.
HyperTek
07-02-2009, 05:51 PM
yeah im at a toss up between buying a 32' lcd tv, or building a projector around same price.. so far , the results of a hd projector for pc ,tv, ps3 wins over the tv lol
highwaystar22
07-03-2009, 10:08 AM
Yeah I need to get a few flat cable extensions and buy my fresnels. I've already got my box drawn out on the MDF. just need to cut is. The PS-One portable screens make great mini projo's.

An 8" screen would prolly be the best of both worlds.
Blurryeyes
07-03-2009, 12:19 PM
I just checked and the touchscreen membrane is not built in into the LCD so I can detach it and save it to use it on another cheap lcd. I'm sold on the projector idea.
Omarius Maximus
07-04-2009, 05:12 AM
hmmm get it to control everything at the house.
HyperTek
07-04-2009, 01:45 PM
just get off the couch and change channels lmao
keistyle
07-04-2009, 02:25 PM
interactive touch screen porn is the next big thing, im telling you.
Matej
07-04-2009, 02:30 PM
Put it in the bathroom.
drftwerks
07-04-2009, 05:49 PM
make it a pager or a cell phone.
blueshark123
07-04-2009, 10:01 PM
i want to put a tv in my bathroom for when i have those long shits haha
Ragnarok043
07-04-2009, 11:33 PM
i would use it for a secondary auxilary display for monitoring CPU performance, mp3 player, bit torrent and etc. to free up your main monitor display.
hopeless.s13
07-05-2009, 01:12 PM
the projector idea sounds pretty sick...

here's the wiki thing on it for anyone who didnt want to go the forum and read and all that DIY Projector Guide - Lumenlab (http://lumenlab.com/wiki/index.php/DIY_Projector_Guide)

so whats the highest res you can get out of that screen anyway? im guessing 800x600 would be your tops for an 8 inch screen, so its not HD res, but its still better than a regular TV set res...
you should definitely post a thread for your build if you decide to do it. im pretty interested.
i actually have a 15" screen sitting around at home, i might end up doing it myself if i find some spare time.......
90hatchie
07-05-2009, 01:13 PM
put the tv IN ur tv

so u can watch tv WHILE U WATCH TV
Blurryeyes
07-06-2009, 08:08 AM
put the tv IN ur tv

so u can watch tv WHILE U WATCH TV


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the projector idea sounds pretty sick...

here's the wiki thing on it for anyone who didnt want to go the forum and read and all that DIY Projector Guide - Lumenlab (http://lumenlab.com/wiki/index.php/DIY_Projector_Guide)

so whats the highest res you can get out of that screen anyway? im guessing 800x600 would be your tops for an 8 inch screen, so its not HD res, but its still better than a regular TV set res...
you should definitely post a thread for your build if you decide to do it. im pretty interested.
i actually have a 15" screen sitting around at home, i might end up doing it myself if i find some spare time.......
As far as I remember it can handle resolutions higher than 800x600, maybe 1240x960 or higher but I´ll have to plug it to see about that. I´m sure that 800x600 is not the highest because that´s what I had the monitor set to when it was on the car and that was after I set it lower to be able to read text.