Since KMart has PSone LCD screens on clearance for $13 I picked up 2 of them with the intention of putting at least one into my xB. I was hoping I'd just be able to stand it up in the spot above the glove box but unfortunately it's a bit too big to do that. So I'm going to have to end up taking it out of the plastic housing and fabbing something up.

One option I've seen is here: http://www.asdffdsa.net/projects/screen.htm


They use an off-brand PSone LCD and put suction cups on it so they can stick it to the windshield. Not bad. Anyone have other thoughts?

 

make a mdf box.
no kmarts around here..

 

oh schnap. Sony branded LCDs? I need to find myself a KMart!

 

yeah, those things are a geeks dream come true.
check out http://www.benheck.com/ for some interesting projects..
ive seen people put them on their computer cases, arcade machines and all sorts of other things. i would love to get my hands on a bunch of them for home projects..

 

....... Do these have A/V inputs for DVD players and such? If so, couldn't one fab up a case for these and make $13 head-rest monitors?

 

i think it has a plug for a 3.5mm camcorder cable. you could also solder it for the inputs, but the kicker is the RGB inputs you can put on these.

 

Yeah it's got a composite input or you can hack a VGA cable to it for direct input from a PC. They would work well for headrest monitors but since I rarely have people in the back, something on the dash would work better for me.

 

K3V, when did you buy the screens? There is a KMart near me, but I don't know if they are still at that price. I could call them, but that's a waste of time. They never knon what the hell I want.

 

Just got them yesterday around 5:00 eastern. PSone systems are $30 and the bundles with both the LCD Monitor and PSone are $80. FYI.

 

I just want the screens...I wanna re-mount them in a MDF box and use them as headrest monitors. It will be a while til I get to it, but I'll get to it.

 

I went to two K-Marts (Sears Essentials) last night after reading your first post.. none of them had psOne screens. I would guess if you have a K-Mart, that its probably clearancing out those screens cuz its gonna be converted to a Sears Essentials.

The screen its self is nice, because I had one a while back. Fairly high quality.. but kinda fugly looking. You can pull the lcd out and make a better housing... Actually.. woah.. this requires a seperate paragraph..

** That screen is pretty thin if I remember. You could even take your sunvisor down, cut a little slit to slide the screen in, and cut a nice frame in the fabric to fit the actual lcd (not the lcd and metal housing). Then go grab a rubber make your own gasket kit from the auto parts store, make a nice clean frame around the fabric opening and glue it all down with some hot glue.. Dude! There ya go.. a sunvisor lcd monitor for under 30 bucks! Sweetness!

 

That was my other thought - put it in the sunvisor. It's thin enough and should work well. Not sure about my skills on that though - anyone in the WNY area want to come out and do it for me?

 

Get in there and get dirty my friend.. best way to get those skillz up. Worst case scenario, you trash your sunvisor.. they are about 20 bucks on ebay.

 

Went to K-Mart...they no longer keep them the sales lady said. So, I guess you are the only lucky person to snag them up,

 

Yeah they're a clearance item - some guys over on cheapassgamer.com were able to score some so it's been making the rounds. It probably helps that I live in a less-populated area than most people.

 

Yeah I hear New York is pretty unpopulated..

 

I'm in Western NY, Buffalo area. Things aren't exactly bustling out here

 

DIY please...just bought one when i read your post so now i need to know how to fab it

 

I'm just wondering why you'd even want a PS1 in your car... spend a little extra money & throw a modded xbox in there... then you can play pretty much everything on emulators.

 

he doesnt want a psone, he just wants the psone lcd screen.