[mythtv-users] OT: mATX HTPC cases with LCD/VFD

Jeff Artz jeff.artz at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 22:43:08 UTC 2009


On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:12 AM, jr <jraymyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I went to the local computer store and got them to power up the Antec
> Veris Fusion 430.  I was impressed by everything about it, except for
> the VFD, which was one of those blue characters on a blue glow deals.
> It was unreadable (for me) at more than four or five feet. I would
> really like a display like the ones you find in standard components --
> green, blue or amber characters on a black background.  Maybe the
> Zalman HD160.
>

That sounds like the "Fusion Black 430" -- which is a "Negative" LCD with
lots of icons, not a VFD.  It's actually a graphic LCD capable of displaying
about two lines of 20 characters (more could be supported with a
proportional font)

The contrast can be adjusted with software contrast controls.  I don't
recall if you can dim the backlight (I haven't used mine in a few months
now.)  You can turn it on/off though.

IMHO it's a nice display except for that.  (And the backlight stays ON even
when the machine is OFF).

O

I just got a new motherboard to put in that case - so I'll experiment with
mine a little bit over the next week or two.  Perhaps adding another
polarizer will help some, maybe it will make it worse -- but it won't hurt
to experiment a little bit.  ;-)

I recently bought a 20x2 OLED character display - and it looks stunning
compared to an LCD.  But Myth's current LCD support is via LCDPROC, which is
basically only text.   I'm hoping to expand it's capabilities to Graphic
LCDs for some really snazzy looking case LCDs.  ;-)

J-e-f-f-A
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