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#72843 - 18/02/2002 06:59 display board upgrade possible??
puckalicious
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Registered: 18/01/2002
Posts: 171
Just curious if anyone has thought of the possibility of making a new display board with a higher res LCD or OLED display. I imagine it would be expensive but I'd bet there are enough hard-core owners willing to pay for one. Just a thought.

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#72844 - 18/02/2002 09:50 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: puckalicious]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Nope, this can't be done. It's been talked about a couple of times. It's just not feasible given that the replacement display would have to have the same pinouts and signals, unless you were fabricating some kind of convertor.

And the real limitation is that the player software, which is why we all bought our Empegs, wouldn't support the higher resolution. So someone would have to re-write a custom player app, as well as hacking up the display drivers... I don't see it happening.
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#72845 - 18/02/2002 10:32 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: tonyc]
puckalicious
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Registered: 18/01/2002
Posts: 171
Any hope of a MkIII model in the future?? Or did Rio ruin everything?

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#72846 - 18/02/2002 10:44 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: puckalicious]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31578
Loc: Seattle, WA
Any hope of a MkIII model in the future?? Or did Rio ruin everything?

Yes, there is hope, but it won't be a retail item. If it happens, it will probably be OEM.
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#72847 - 18/02/2002 11:59 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: tfabris]
tracerbullet
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Registered: 08/01/2002
Posts: 419
Loc: Minnesota
That's OK, we can make adapters for anything

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#72848 - 18/02/2002 12:58 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: tfabris]
justinlarsen
old hand

Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
dude when the mkIII comes out got an oem car.. im so goign to buy that car..
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#72849 - 18/02/2002 12:58 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: tonyc]
eternalsun
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Registered: 09/09/1999
Posts: 1721
Loc: San Jose, CA
That's too bad. It would be cool if a display can be made at the same resolution even, using white LEDs that are visible in sunlight.

Calvin

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#72850 - 19/02/2002 12:30 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: eternalsun]
Chao
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Registered: 01/01/2002
Posts: 144
Tease.

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#72851 - 20/02/2002 19:20 Re: display board upgrade possible?? [Re: justinlarsen]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Not OEM as in car makers only, OEM as in companies like Sony, Pioneer, and Clairon. (Well scratch the first twom they have their own crappy ones out now...)

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