a low cost lcd such as the car video displays are much better in terms of readability and general purpose use. gameboy advances (both the newer frontlit and the older non-frontlit one) have the advantage of being so readily available and being ruggedized for the most demanding demographic. if you have any children in the family, chances are there is at least 1 gameboy laying around not being used. i've not yet looked inside the clam-shell style sp, but the older non-lit one had a very small footprint when removed from the case and ran over 20 hours on a pair of rechargeable AA batteries. it was, however, horrible to use in all but the most ideal of lighting condition. it's looks like a nive gizmo and worth $25 if you happen to have a gameboy laying around. and for people who only use composite video out with their hmd, they could carry around just the adapter and steal some kid's gba to do a quick presentation --francois On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:49:18AM -0500, Bryan Hurley wrote: > > Other than the integrated battery, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a raw lcd > with backlight that is meant to go into a car? 4 inch and 5.6 inch are > readily available for around $100.. of course the game boy would have > another use.. playing games... > > bryan > > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Francois Gurin wrote: > > > > > > > > > i just came across an accessory for the gamboy advance that adds composite > > video and audio inputs, effectively making the gba a video monitor. a > > review of the gba/av device is at > > > > http://www.eagb.net/advance/hr42.html > > > > i believe the gba (and the frontlit gba-sp) have a resolution of 240x160. > > in all, this is nothing grand, but the a/v cartdrige is cheap and gameboys > > are both affordable and have very good battery life. this may be of interest > > to some looking for an alternate lcd panel. > > > > i'll probably pick one up after the holidays.. > > > > --francois > > > > > > -- > > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> > Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > > Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain > > > > > -- > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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