RGB in digital photo frame

[protek]

Has any of you tech wizards :bowdown opened one of these el cheapo digital photo frames to see if they can take in RGB signal?

A 7" digiframe would make a nice looking monitor for A600.

[s2325]

what about refresh rate?

[killergorilla]

Why on earth would a 7" screen be a good idea for an a600?

It's not as if an a600 is only 5" wide.

7" is tiny! It's gonna be awful for viewing anything on.

[davideo]

It wouldn't be any good for my eyesight unless I stuck a giant magnifying glass in front of it :cheese

Dave G :cool

[alexh]

You're much better off with a screen for a PSOne. Cheaper, already have the RGB interface, about the same size.

[rkauer]

And entire characters with the size of a single pixel of a decent monitor...

[Paul_s]

photo frame = beautiful women you have dated.
CM8833 Mk2 = Amiga 600 :)

[Photon]

Philips, ugh. Too heavy phosphor mask and less adjustments than on my C= one. I think it was an MK2 I had, can't swear. It's somewhere in the cellar since I got the lovely Commodore display.

Protek, check this scan (http://www.scoopex1988.org/article-scoopex-sweden-memberlist-from-1991.html), hehehe! Glad I didn't change handle, and good for you too ... ! ;)

Anyway, the Joytech 8" or so TFT for Playstation 2 Slim is what I use in my A600 portable (article on our site there). It has really good picture, hires is no problem but it's a bit overcontrast on the edges. Got some help and will provide a proper writeup when I've done the hack.

It was perfect for me and does PAL RGB input, but you might need a stand as it's made to screw onto the PS2 Slim. Should be easy to make one though, basically a steel plate with two metal angles and two nuts is all you need (as I always say).

If you guys mean the PSOne 5" screen with the round case, bluergh! There's also this by the same manuf http://www.scoopex1988.org/article-scoopex-sweden-memberlist-from-1991.html

But the lower you go under 8" the better your screen must be for anything other than lores games.

[rkauer]

Currently I'm using a LCD TV panel.

The screen is sufficient.:D 19"

[protek]

You can't call PSOne or Joytech monitors exactly cheap, if you can get a 7" digital frame for 39 €. PSOne screens go close to a hundred bucks at ePay and those are used.

[Photon]

Well, I haven't heard of any digital frame hack for PAL resolution RGB, and I don't think they are suitable for moving graphics.

If you can stand blur and maybe PAL incompatibility flicker, you can get a cheap car TV for next to nothing. The one I got was even said to support PAL but was utterly useless due to the blur and flicker. I'm keeping it in case it works better with some other computer in my museum, and mine was from Hong Kong and so perhaps other manufacturers will have less blur and no flicker. If they support PAL at all, which they often don't.

12-14" fits the width of the A600, so if someone knows some PAL TV, maybe even with SCART, raise a hand. But the cinch is the 4:3 format and the price, I think. But at that size maybe it would at least be decent, check the A1000 composite hack on youtube.

At these small sizes, I think you will be unhappy with anything than screens made for PAL consoles; they need PAL RGB input or you will have to suffer the composite. If you want to play games on it, consider a 14" C108x CRT (you KNOW you have the space!!), they can be had for 10€ or so if you pick them up I think.

[DDNI]

Not quite as portable as the PS2 8" screens, but this 13" one serves me well. ;)

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=537536&postcount=17

[Photon]

Hehe, nice. Not exactly a laptop :) but with a smaller suitcase and PSU, and a A600, you could have something smaller without having to customize a hinge at least! You use scandoubler, right?

Was about to ask for specs of the screen, but isn't it time we had a "screen compatibility list" like the CF card compatibility sticky? Where people could describe their solution and link to specs and sellers, what input they use, and give a grade+pros+cons? I started one anyway... http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=46742

[DDNI]

Hi Photon, I dont have an SD/FF in that A1200. :(
The image is bog standard composite. I was surprised at how nice it was...