need 4-7" monitor

Greetings fine VDR people,

I run around to peoples homes and offices and fix/upgrade/etc their machines.

It would be really nice to have a way to test their video signal when they call and say their monitor is out. as it is I have to lug a 15" LCD to their place.

That works, it would just be nice to have something much smaller.

I have looked everywhere I know for such a thing: Geeks, newegg, pricewatch, etc.

Any ideas where I can find a very small monitor on the cheap?

Thanks as always you Mechanical Medical Marvels
:D

Have you got a laptop? If so, you could use the alternate VGA on that.

Hi HP
You might find something on an auction site like those used for in car media/reversing cameras etc in the 4-6 inch range but they usually use a vga input so you may have to find a convertor to get it to work.

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Originally Posted by Teknophobia

Have you got a laptop? If so, you could use the alternate VGA on that.

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I was thinking that until I thought it through.The laptops monitor ports are out only unless you mean a laptop with VGA inputs in which case you would still need to source a convertor:D

Another thing you could do, if you only need the monitor: buy a 15" LCD and remove the stand and pivot-mount bracket from the display, then it will fit into a laptop carrier. As Tek suggests, a laptop would accomplish this and much more; but a monitor's cheaper than a laptop if money is an issue.

nice thoughts.

thanks Gents!

Cheers!

Scroll down here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ake_Cases.html to the 7" retractable screen, it mounts in a 5.25" slot for permanent use, but you could just plug in a molex, and a VGA cable, boot the machine, and hey presto the screen pops out, they are out worldwide soon, i came across them on the thermaltake site while case shopping, and work with any case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...atakea2341.jpg

Liam

Maybe sourcing a secondhand rack mount monitor may be the solution?

You can get in-car monitors of about that size. I couldn't find a US source, but this should give you some idea:

http://www.allcam.biz/products/car_monitor.html

Its $200-250 for the 7" Lilliput model from your link
http://search.ebay.com/Lilliput-619G...tsearchZSearch
http://www.digitalww.com/VGA_TM_710VG.htm

https://logisysus.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=75

nice. thanks guys.
Those are super cool, however a bit pricy.
For testing purposes I need something CHEEP.
like 50-100 bucks.
I'll probably not find anything.
But thanks for all your hard work.
that 7" retractable screen one is supercool.

what does, "sourcing a secondhand rack mount monitor" mean?

I picked up but sold a 7 or 8" color crt. (20 bucks) Darn thing had a twenty foot cable. Apparently it was used in a big server room. The guy I bought it from a few months back had about 10 of them. (mothly flea market in Dallas) I'd guess someone has more of these little critters.

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Originally Posted by Helping People

what does, "sourcing a secondhand rack mount monitor" mean?

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Something like these:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...+mount+monitor

What about testing the existing (possibly failing) monitor against a different VGA source. Either a usb-connected video card like this one:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/805c/
or a monitor tester/calibrator like this:
http://www.datasynceng.com/vgapdoc.htm

I use a 7" LCD monitor in the field sometimes (less than $100) but you'd have to convert it to VGA and that would probably put you up past your price range.