If I bought one of these...

[dreadlord79]

Check link: https://www.overclockershideout.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=o&Category_Code=DE

and see the 5" Ultra Thin LCD. Would I need a DigitalDoc5? I would like to have something like the DigitalDoc5 becasue of the fan controls and the temp probes, but if there was a program that I could use for those functions and run it through this screen; it would kick so much ***!!! I already have a Radeon 8500 which can handle dual out. What do you all think?

 

[Monaco]

pretty cool screen! I guess if you wanted you could hook it up as a second monitor, and only display temperature info on it from MBM or some such.

Personally I prefer the normal cheapo B&W LCDs that you can hook up to a serial port. Much easier to wire up for Digital Doc-style readings.

 

[Element-Xero]

where would one acquire said cheapo lcds?

 

[h20link]

i know www.pcmods.com carried the lcd's but they were still kind of expensive. From what i understand the color screens hook up to the tv-out on your radeon.

I know the single color LCD screens have all kinds of downloadable scripts to display stuff, like mp3 info, current download/upload speed, cpu temp, all kinds of realtime info.

here's the link for those:

http://lcdriver.pointofnoreturn.org/index.html

as far as the color screens i think if you can get a regular windows program to display the stuff you want, you can just set the lcd up with a regular windows desktop and then display what you want on it.

 

[Element-Xero]

oh i thought he meant LCDs that were b+w only, hence cheaper. The same as that 5" ultra thin or whatever and just b+w. Had my hopes up for a cheap integrated LCD monitor screen!

 

[dreadlord79]

Element-Xero, I've seen the LCD displays that are back-lit like an indiglow watch, but the start price on the fully programmable on with a small screen and no characters is $100. The screen which will do pretty much anything you can download for it to do displays at 640x480 and cost $200! If I could get one of these screens for less than that that I could backlight with a white EL light panel ($30 for a full kit with 6 color panels included), I think it would kick some serious butt! Thanks for the input guys!

 

[Element-Xero]

yeah it would, maybe if they were several color panels...

that would rule ***, yellow and blue or red and blue. Blue and white.