Mini-ITX LVDS Controllers

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I've found a few Mini-ITX motherboards with LVDS controllers. For those not familiar with Mini-ITX, it's a small form factor type of motherbaord. They are very quiet, and use very little power. CPU, Graphics, Audio, and LAN are all integrated.

The cheapest one with an LVDS controller is $200. It's a 600mhz board, wich is decent enough for playing DVDs and most Mpg-4, and since the board has a PCI slot a TV card could be installed. For $230 you can geta 1ghz board. Anyone know anything about the controller or what type of screen could be used? This could make for a great all-in-one media PC.

http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/138
 
Are you saying this thing can be used to run a raw lcd screen the kind you might find on ebay as a replacement screen for a laptop ? How do you attach it ? What kind of ribbon or flat flex cables would you use and where would you get it all?
 
Pardon my ignorance, but is that not a regular MDR cable, used in the defunct DFP interconnect standard? It's rather ambiguous to refer to anything as having an "LVDS" connector, when LVDS is a signalling strategy used in SCSI, DVI, DFP, and many other interconnects.
 
That helps a lot. Thanks.

Have you or anyone else looked at costs of these compatible screens this company lists? I found one but the prices were ridiculous. Over 400 bucks. I would have thought you should be able to get them cheaper than an actuall assembled lcd monitor?
 
Well, someone would need to test it. I'm thinking about buying a mini-itx board anyways, so I would definetly get one with an LVDS controller. The problem, as I understand it, Is that different LVDS controllers have different interfaces, so a specific LCD panel may not necesarrily work.
 
i reckon there's about 4-5 types of lvds inputs, xga vga sxga, and this sort of variable. the itx board specs should have all this information already on them.

as far as i know sxga lcd 14/15 inch dell and samsung panels are available very cheap on ebay for like 60-70 dolla and that they are often sold by panel name rather than laptop part, so you can easily research the best panel and look for it and visa versa.
 
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