The always-helpfull Marios! You've been so generous where it involves my projects mate, dunno how to pay back what you've done
Thanks!
Now, here's an update..
I decided to do a "test drive" of the screen, giving it power from an external USB hard disk case, just to see if it works. There's a 4-pin molex for regular disks from which i drew power over the 12vdc line. This screen has no buttons, no menus, nada. So, when you power it on, you see nothing but a black screen, as if it were shut off. First, i connected a DVD player to it.
Mighty fine picture! Then, i thought of trying the living room HTPC. And the result was more than just sat. :nod:
So, here's some pictures of the test:
(Shakey are we? lol) Here's the whole whatchamacallit assembly..
A screen from the DVD player startup
And then some pics from the login screen of XP.
Screenshots just don't do it justice there. Poor camera, probably wrong angle too. But it really looks neat live
Here's how i drew power
And once again the whole gear..
Next step is to find out how to invert the picture horizontally. I need to find out how left goes right and vice-versa. Where the HUD is involved, the mirror facing the screen will naturally be projecting the image inverted.
This needs a solution, i assume there's at least 3 alternative ways to go.
My thinking is:
1) Maybe there's a driver that supports the inverted function (not just rotate, or flip vertically, needs to flip horizontally). Up till now, the GF 7300 i tested hasn't got that option using NVidia's menu.
2) Maybe there's a 3rd party utility for such cases, or perhaps a plugin for the Falcon 4 i have to look out for.
3) Perhaps the usage of a second mirror ideally placed to invert the image back to normal before projection.
Yeah, i know, i already have a headache..
