Hi, All,
It's trivial right now to find inexpensive 16:9 LCD TVs in various
sizes, and I'm seeing a lot of older, smaller 4:3 VGA LCD screens in
thrift stores and what not, but what I'm not finding abundantly are
(presumably used) 4:3 LCD screens with 15KHz-friendly inputs
(composite, S-video...) I've found a few places (Amazon, uBid...)
with old pages now marked "out of stock" for items I'm interested in,
but as of yet, I have not found anyo able to take an order.
One example part number for a product that I think might fit what I'm
looking for is the Sharp LC-12A2U (12" 4:3 LCD TV). It's trivial to
buy a remote for it, it's easy to find a manual for it, but nobody
sells the TV itself, either as a clearance item or used.
Is this a side-effect of the analog->digital TV conversion? Did
everyone, all over, crush all their non-widescreen TVs, never to be
found again?
My interest is in repurposing these devices into traveling displays,
with or without an enclosing kiosk, and since I'm planning on
generating the content from older (on-topic) devices, I'd prefer 4:3
to 16:9 since that's the display "look" that 1980s micros were
designed around.
I have a couple of 12" 4:3 monitors already, but they are VGA-only. I
was hoping to find an older device with the right inputs vs
buying/finding/building a VGA scan converter since I'd been expecting
a used TV to be cheaper than a new scan converter, but so far, I'm
coming up empty handed.
So has anyone spotted older, smaller LCD TVs anywhere on-line or in
physical stores?
-ethan