Hi. A friend is looking, as part of an art project, to set up a large number of mini LCD screens, ideally about the size of those found on consumer videocameras (3 inch or so). these would i believe be fed by a video source and form a sort of multi-mini-video wall.
I am trying to investigate the feasibility of this and if so, how best to realise it from a technical standpoint.
Assuming one could get hold of said 3 inch screens (as camera spare parts - As far as i know, screens this small are not commercially available as are, say, those found in in-car dvd players and GPS systems, which seem to be about 6 or 7 inches in size), I am assuming they would need a few things added to be able to function without a camera. Do most designs (panasonics etc) have the backlight , inverter and driver chips as part of the fold out panel unit and would require the addition of a power supply and video processing circuitry?
My initial reaction to this is that it would either be too hard to obtain the screens in the first place and even if not so, would require painstaking work to be able to get them running independently of the camera for which they were designed. Plan B would be to source small screens already premade, as consumer independent units - any suggestions? maybe GPS/portrable dvd/modified video-surveillance set (as in:
any thoughts welcomed.
-B.