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August 11th, 2008, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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DIY Monitor
I have managed to get my hands on a 12" macbook pro that doesn't work anymore. I am wondering if it would be possible to use the monitor as a field monitor for my camera. If anyone has any experience or tips with something like this please let me know.
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August 11th, 2008, 01:41 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: North Hollywood, CA, United States
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First of all, there never was a 12" MacBook Pro. There was a 12" PowerBook G4. Are you talking about fixing it and using software on it, or do you want to just use the LCD as a monitor? The latter is kinda tough to do because you need special hardware bits for decoding the composite signal and driving the LCD.
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September 4th, 2008, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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There's quite a brisk trade in good condition laptop monitor screens that are being used in DIY monitor projects (mostly Sharp, Toshiba & Samsung). Just sell your laptop for parts and put that money towards a real DIY kit.You'll be building a TRUE HD field monitor for about 1/7th the cost of a commercial product. Unless you're a wiz at creating driver circuits this is the way to go.Forget all thoughts of running the signal into the laptop etc. In fact, I'm building a 7.2" kit now.
I show how here. Imago Metrics:Toshiba 10.9" DIY Enclosure Quote:
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