fast motherboard for LCD panels.

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18wheeler

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Just saw this interesting mini-itx format motherboard. It is not available yet. but it has dual LVDS for LCD modules. It would make a perfect HTPC for DIY projector:

Features:
1600+ MHz Pentium M
Up to 1024 Mbyte DDR-SDRAM
High performance 2D graphics controller
SXGA: up to 1600 x 1200 pixel
Dual LVDS for LCD connection
Fast Ethernet 100/10 BaseT
Gigabit Ethernet 1000 BaseT
Passive cooling possible

Let's hope it will not be over-priced...
 
#2
Interesting...

This LVDS option has me interested, so I took a look on the web and found some cool stuff, most notably is this:
$170 (after currency-conversion), single-order, DVI to LCD controller board. Supports up to 1280x1024, and has a whole list of panels that it's compatable with:
Here's the link

Anyway, here's a bunch of other links I found that you might find interesting.
Comprehensive list of LCD controllers
Another nice-looking DVI to LVDS converter board, no price

Just some interesting stuff. I haven't been on the boards much for the past few months, so I apologize if I'm doing much repeat-posting.

Any thoughts?

--Clint
 
#4
Ah. Good catch on that price. 🙂 Maybe I need Lasik...

Anyway. 18Wheeler, maybe you can answer me this. Those DVI to LVDS converter boards look like what's inside a normal LCD panel when they're taken apart. What's to stop me from buying something like this on an E-bay auction, and hooking that up to a laptop panel? I realize we would have to find a panel that had the same LVDS configuration (or at least one that worked with the particular board inside the flat-panel), but is it possible to do these things?

Respectfully,
Clint
 
#5
never thought about that. one problem though: most, if not all LCD modules on ebay are for laptops. I don't know how hard to find one on ebay for the peticular controller from a LCD monitor. Of course if you knew the model number of the one use in the monitor, it will make the job easier.

by the way, once I bought two defective LCD screens (server's) on ebay. after put the controller from one and the lcd from the other, I got a working monitor! I'm using it to build a comupter for my 15mo son 🙂
 
#6
Would it matter? Laptop panel or monitor flat-panel, as long as the voltage and register settings are compatible, they should work just fine. I'd *rather* use a laptop panel, as I can get decent resolutions/contrast in 12.1" or 14" sizes. The main question I have for people on the board is, does anyone know how compatible the registers are between laptop and normal LCD monitor panels?

Respectfully,
clint
 
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