Need older, small XVGA lcd screen for project

[rodgermcliff]

I am looking for an inexpensive 10" to 12" XVGA/XGA LCD display panel (and video card and power supply) for a project. A standalone LCD monitor would be best but not available in that size (or very expensive). I could convert a laptop and this could be the least expensive route. I need some suggestions for laptops to look for. I am posting in this forum because I am looking for the least expensive solution which would mean an older laptop. Processor and RAM are irrelevant. (Feel free to suggest other brands too.)

Thanks.

Rodger

[paul*robertson]

Other people here are better informed than me, but i would put this in this forum.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewforum.php?f=3

[TTA]

12inch hmmm probably have a couple 8's but they are in working vintage machines. would something from a 760 series work for you? hate to kill working machines but I have several dozen. guess I wouln't mind killing a 760L too much LOL

[rodgermcliff]

What I am trying to do is make an LCD panel for use on an overhead projector so that I can use it in class to project my lessons from the laptop to a screen. Proxima Ovation series or Sharp DA series lcd overhead panels are what I am looking to imitate. (I have been trying to get one on Ebay and other places but have not found anything in my price range. Yes, I know that I could get a computer/video projector but I can't afford to spend the $$$ to get a good one that will have a good picture with the lights on. Overhead projectors are available at the school that are bright enough.)

The overhead projectors have a viewing area on the platen of about 10" square. A 10" - 12" 4:3 screen would work well. An 8" would mean that I would have to pull back the overhead projector to get it big enough and it would not be a bright. [I teach at an alternative school in an old YMCA in huge community room. Imagine five teachers with (thankfully) small classes of behaviorally challenged students all in one room with a few 5' tall bookcases to provide some delineation between classes. I need more tech tricks and other visual techniques to help hold their interest longer. I will eventually expand this setup into a huge "Smartboard" using Wii remotes and infrared pens, but that's another post.]

I did get a NEC MobilePro 880 with a 10" screen for really cheap, but my wife saw it and fell in love with the little thing, so I am trying to update Windows CE 2.11 to do today's tasks... grrrrr... keeping the peace at home... lol. This display was only 800x600, so it was exactly what I wanted, but it was very inexpensive. I was hoping to find something like a 770 or 600 series or older that would work. I do have an old 770 basic model that I was going to try to use once I get it back from my dad. (He borrowed it for a prop for his Santa visits that he does for children in hospitals during Christmas time. He is out of state, so I won't see him for a while.) It is also a 14" screen which may be too large but I figured I would try it anyways.

[TTA]

I have a stack of 600's think one or two might be dead. if that will work shoot me a PM or reply here, oh... I have two 1200i's that while working are missing parts and i don't have the inclination to fix them. sounds perfict. let me know

[rodgermcliff]

How big are the lcd panels for each of those?

[paul*robertson]

How big are the lcd panels for each of those?

The 600;s are 13.3.

[TTA]

pretty sure the 1200's are 12.1 got plenty of 760's those are all 12.1 might have some 750's that were 10.5

[TTA]

The 600;s are 13.3.

some were 12.1? I do have one but I think it works.

[RealBlackStuff]

I have a complete lid with bezel, LCD, hinges and cable from a 760E or 760X. It's 12.1" and works AFAIK.
LCD looks very nice. I have no machine to test it on though.
Yours for $10.- shipped.
PM me if interested.