Items of interest on DealExtreme.

[TheNineRings]

More screens! I think...
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32019
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22660
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30228
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29611


Good?

 

[zeturi]

The first two are too big for any portable. The third screen might be new and itsn't badly priced. The fourth looks like a recase and is way too overpriced for a DX screen.

 

[Mako321]

the 4th one is odd, the insides are different than the one that hail reviewed, and the 7" is the one nintendott has.

 

[XCVG]

The first one would be perfect for the DC Laptop I briefly thought about making (I realized I should finish YAP64 first)

 

[TheNineRings]

I would love to see one of those. I dont think that someone has done of those yet.

 

[snowpenguin]

There's been a DC tablet sort of thing, and afro has been planning a DC laptop but I've not heard anything about him even starting the thing yet.

 

[TheNineRings]

Yeah, it's the Dreamtablet. Other than that, I dont think anybody else has done one of these.

 

[XCVG]

Rough sketch (quick paint job) of the DC Laptop.

Features:
-integrated battery
-fairly chunky, not overly big but fairly thick
-awkward but possible to use as a fliptop
-integrated batteries, VMU, and controller
-four controller ports and AV out
-TI card power

 

[J.D]

Oh wow, the first screen is exactly what I need to finish my NES laptop.

 

[TheNineRings]

I like both ideas. Only problem with laptops is that their battry life (if they have one) is a lot shorter that those of handhelds because of the screens higher power draw.

 

[XCVG]

I like both ideas. Only problem with laptops is that their battry life (if they have one) is a lot shorter that those of handhelds because of the screens higher power draw.

Wait, what? Where did you get that idea? First, not all laptops have larger screens. Secondly, there's usually more room for batteries, so you can make it just as long.

 

[TheNineRings]

Yes, but it is a lot more expensive to give them an equal battery life.

 

[PalmerTech]

The reason laptops have bad battery life is not the screen. :-/ It is generally the fact that laptops use X86 based CPU chipsets, and handhelds are using RISC, ARM, or MIPS based ones that eat a fraction of the power.

 

[zeturi]

Which is why I decided not to make a pico itx handheld computer.

 

[XCVG]

The reason laptops have bad battery life is not the screen. :-/ It is generally the fact that laptops use X86 based CPU chipsets, and handhelds are using RISC, ARM, or MIPS based ones that eat a fraction of the power.

Wait, what? We were talking about homemade laptops, not commercial ones.

 

[snowpenguin]

We were talking about console laptops, palmer's just being dumb.

 

[epicelite]

HOOOOO LEEEEE flax!

3.5" SCREEN $35.50 SHIPPED!

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39045

 

[snowpenguin]

You're really bad at this EE.

There's been really nice 3.5" screens for $26 shipped on ebay for AGES.

 

[lyberty5]

but is the soldering iron any good? it looks so thin and it is so cheap...

 

[bassmasta]

Xbox 360 Wireless PC Adapter for $15 shipped