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Re: Spy camera car is out

From: "Brian Kuriyama" <>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:12:42 -1000

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Hey Abe, thanks SO much for the information!
If it's not too much trouble, could you get some pics up for us?
Please?

On 8/31/06,  <> wrote:
>
> > So you have connnected the display unit to rca out from a video source?
> I
> > assume so but you did not state.
>
> Yes, I made a little cable to go from a 1/8 stereo jack to an RCA plug
> and a power jack. I ran it with 5V from a power brick, but measured
> ~6V coming from the remote. There appears to be some wiggle room
> there, but I'm not going to test how much ($140 is a lot for a small,
> unimpressive firework :-)
>
> > Only the QVGA Kopin parts are worth it as is. The VGA one only takes
> NTSC
> > input so you lose the VGA resolution you are paying more for.
>
> True that. It might be marginally better, but the margin isn't worth
> $200. Wikipedia puts NTSC at around 270x480 and PAL at 350x576, but
> good luck finding a PAL scan converter In the US.
>
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<div>Hey Abe, thanks SO much for the information!</div>
<div>If it's not too much trouble, could you get some pics up for us? </div>
<div>Please?<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:"></a></b> <<a href="mailto:"></a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">> So you have connnected the display unit to rca out from a video source? I<br>> assume so but you did not state.
<br><br>Yes, I made a little cable to go from a 1/8 stereo jack to an RCA plug<br>and a power jack. I ran it with 5V from a power brick, but measured<br>~6V coming from the remote. There appears to be some wiggle room<br>
there, but I'm not going to test how much ($140 is a lot for a small,<br>unimpressive firework :-)<br><br>> Only the QVGA Kopin parts are worth it as is. The VGA one only takes NTSC<br>> input so you lose the VGA resolution you are paying more for.
<br><br>True that. It might be marginally better, but the margin isn't worth<br>$200. Wikipedia puts NTSC at around 270x480 and PAL at 350x576, but<br>good luck finding a PAL scan converter In the US.<br><br>_______________________________________________
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