I'm thinking of building a small panel projector and since the PSOne LCD's are now scarce, I've seen 5" Zenith PS2 LCD's going for under $50 shipped. I want to build a low-cost projector on the first go round:

5" Zenith PS2 LCD

Does anyone know anything about this monitor? It's suppossed to be "high-resolution," but since it is really for experimentation I'm more concerned whether or not is strippable. $50 is still $50 that I'd rather not waste. Thanks for any insight.

Well, that zenith is the same as a Verge xbox screen I have. And if I'm not mistaken (havent tore it down yet) it is a psone screen in a different case. I have 2 of them and I have to admit that the picture is nice. I originally bought one to strip for the projector, but when i tested it i like the picture so much that i kept it for my xbox. So I had to buy another and i haven't tore into it yet. But I'm fairly certain it is internally identical to the psone screen.

Thanks for the reply, dissident. This looks promising because it appears to have a swivel base, which should mean a more forgiving connection to the circuit board than the PSOne screen.

Welp, here's a link to a thread over at mp3car.com that states that the verge screen is the same as a psone. Apparently its missing one of the daughter cards. Of course there are links to the pinouts without that card, and a link to the vga hack. Now I can be sure that the zenith is also a psone as i have both and the only differance is the logo silk screened on the unit.

Good luck, anything else i can do let me know.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65191

Let me tellyou if you want a forgiving lcd, the psone The psone is a tough lcd I have had my ffc apart 50 times at least and it works great.

Good luck with your build

brian kc0kfg

What inputs does this screen have right out of the box?

Both of the screens i have have a mini AV input, and comes with a cable to plug into the proprietary connector on the back of an xbox, I'm sure the PS2 versions are the same. You can pick up a mini AV cable for 5-10 bucks on ebay and it will work perfectly. Thats what I did. Works like a charm. Of course once it gets opened up I'm going to solder wires directly and eliminate the extra cables jacks and hardware. But it is a good way to play with the screen. Radio Shack even has the cables, but your going to pay a premium there.

YOu know what also works well, portable DVD players...Thats what I'm running on mine, i even molded the dvd part into the top of my proj so I dont need any extra cables