3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent one

[Dtn]

So I bought the screen bentomo recommended from dealextreme a couple years ago. can't be arsed to find the link. Anyways it sucks. maybe mine is just defective, but the bottom 1/2" of the screen has blurry and doubled images, and the whole image is shifted to the right about 1/8".

Looking on ebay there are so many choices. So many screen #2s and seemingly not much else. Can someone just post a link to an auction they have purchased from recently and had a good screen come out of it? Ugh.

 

[wallydawg]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

Did you try out the screen on more than one console with the same problem? I was having problems with eBay screens recently too, but mainly just on Sega products for some reason which of course is what I bought them for. I just had about one horizontal row of pixel distortion and screen doubling though, so seems like what I worried about with them just getting worse is happening. :/

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To make matters worse since there are so many of these screens now there really isn't a way to get the exact same screen that someone recommends, as by the time it ships to them from China and the proper testing completed, they are probably on a new batch by then. Really no way on knowing what you are getting until it's in your hands unfortunately.

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

So are most people just buying screen #2 with no buttons on the back and hoping for the best? Is that what the best of the latest micro sized portables have used too?

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

And yeah, upon plugging it into my cable box both problems persist. There is also noticeable screen flickering.

 

[vskid3]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

What are you using to power it? Some screens will have picture issues if they don't like the power you're giving them.

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

I will try a different power source but I am currently using a 12v regulated wallwart.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5-inch-TF...830?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4173c2705e
Does anyone have experience with this screen in particular? I see tchay made a thread about it last year but only to talk about letting the screen sit for 5 minutes if you accidentally unplugged something. I wonder if anyone can tell me if this one specifically is quality.

And has anyone bought screen #1 recently? Here http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5inch-Hig...r_View_Monitors_Cams_Kits&hash=item58a09df299 it is for $21 from the US.

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

the screen won't even turn on when I connect it to a lipo pack supplying ~8.2v. Maybe theres a regulator to bypass but i'm not breaking that "warranty" sticker lol. I unscrewed the other three screws and the mobo looks gigantic. I'm just sending this piece of crap back. I think I might just buy both of the screens I last linked and see which one is more to my liking. Anyone have input for either of those?

 

[Rohan Loomis]

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i haven't messed with 3.5" screens but there are some regulators on the board that i have that say 3.3 and 1.9. I imagine that your screens have them too. google the part number on them and on the input of the regulators supply your 8.4v battery. I fried my 12v circuit. Now i power the screen with usb.

 

[hailrazer]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

There's no point in asking "Will this screen work?"

Even if someone has used the exact same screen there is a 90% chance that if you buy it it will be different.

Case in point. I bought 10 screens from an ebay seller. All were shipped at the same time, all looked identical, same box everything. Opened them up, 4 different boards , 3 different types of screens. None of them worked properly on Sega consoles even though the last batch worked fine.

Just plain stupid.

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

The sega consoles thing seems to be a recurring issue, but a shifted image with blurry and doubled text on ALL inputs is unacceptable. I put the return in motion on DX and ordered that screen #1 from the US and the other one. But hail, the one I was asking if anyone has used, I actually can ask, because it is a bare board and LCD so you can actually see which specific screen we are talking about..

 

[hailrazer]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

It is crap. Has screen burn in issues.

 

[Dtn]

Re: 3.5" screen woes... someone please point me to a decent

oh great cause i already bought it lol. here's hoping that screen #1 is decent then.