this is a thread on an LCD by crystalfontz that are made in the U.S.
Does anyone know where a similar LCD can be bought in the U.K? Need one for my Shuttle.
this is a thread on an LCD by crystalfontz that are made in the U.S.
Does anyone know where a similar LCD can be bought in the U.K? Need one for my Shuttle.
Shuttle SB61G2 Anniversary Ed
P4 2.6GHz
2x256MB OCZ 3200 DDR
TYAN Tachyon Radeon 9600 Pro
60GB Seagate 'cuda IV 7200
10GB IBM 5400
other boring peripherals
I doubt you'll be able to get an LCD like that, or even a Crystalfontz one without going to Crystalfontz themselves. Take a look at this thread on bit-tech:
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=48600
A bunch of people have all grouped together and bought a graphical LCD each for a very small amount of money. I think they paid something like £14 each, which is bleeding good!
anyhooooo, get yourself 20 people who want one, and it's a bargain
i havnt seen anywhere selling those yet either quarryman in the uk unfortunately,but i think it would be a great idea if somehow we could get a group buy organised,even if the only worked out @ £40 a piece its a good saving,hell ide prolly buy 2 (again)
we need more people with this spiritOriginally Posted by s4ch117
do they come with the cables needed to set up etc? if so id be interested if u cud get one for 20-25quid.
HEXUS|iMc
yep you can buy em with the cables for about $10 more than the screen itself,although looking @ the thread theo posted im not sure how theyve gotten them as cheep as £14 per screen (maybe over 1000 people ordered?) i was looking at the crystalfontz order site:http://www.crystalfontz.com/cgi-bin/...pl?product=631 and it says ude have to order over 1000 units before u could pay as little as $33
well with power cables etc id be willing to go up to 35quid.
HEXUS|iMc
naah i cant see this working out,for 20 lcd,s it would work out over $1200 and i couldnt personally personally pay that,besides i wouldnt know where to start organising something like this i think its gonna have to be something similar to theo,s thread where some 1 who owns an online store or something would organise it,seems like an awful lot of trouble for a man of my means
I'd also be interested in putting together but similarly, wouldn't go above £35 and it also seems we'd struggle to get them at that...
Is this going ahead? If so, count me in.
id be in at that price - or maybe a bit moreOriginally Posted by goof
guess it depends on how many peeps get on the bandwagon
...and me.
Shuttle SB61G2 Anniversary Ed
P4 2.6GHz
2x256MB OCZ 3200 DDR
TYAN Tachyon Radeon 9600 Pro
60GB Seagate 'cuda IV 7200
10GB IBM 5400
other boring peripherals
Well, I think the standard floppy bay kits from crystalfontz come to about £50 inc P&P which isn't much above £35 anyway, but I just feel that extra £15 would be going to far!!
I really just wanted a little something to jazz up my shuttle for around 20 quid but that ain't gonna happen! Surely there must be a closer and cheaper supplier of such things than crystalfontz? I would've thought the LCD PCB component for this would come in at around a tenner...
you can get such displays goof from the likes of maplins etc but the problem is wiring them up and getting them to display what you want them too,,i have 2 displays very similar to a matrix orbital (out of visa machines @ work) 2x20 sitting collecting dust here but thats becouse i donno how to get them wired and working otherwise im shure ide have used em by now.
im shure wiring isnt realy that hard but im such a fan of usb these days that even if i knew how to wire up using a serial cable i wouldnt bother doing it,sometimes its just worth paying the extra for the ease of mind.
reguarding the group buy i think it would be alot safer and more efficient if someone who owned some kindov online comp store or whatever could organise it,it realy would be a great idea if we could all club together and get a bumper load of cheap lcd,s but its finding some1 to head such a shopping spree
ide buy atleast 2 for sure!
Last edited by micovwar; 27-01-2004 at 05:57 PM.
I'd take one maybe 2.
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