str0m Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Sounds great (interested in NGPC as well!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennVenn Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 The LCD used is the lq035nc111. I believe this is similar if not the same to what the competition uses and you can find them from about $3 to $10 ea on Aliexpress or Ebay. I ordered 10 of the cheaper $4 screens and 4 of them arrived with a dead pixel in one place or another. So keep that in mind. These LCD's have a built in self test where if you hold Vblank and Hblank active they'll strobe through R/G/B/W/black so you can easily spot a bad panel. Scaling is linear 2x in both Horizontal and Vertical so no distortion. I put a vote up on my FB if the kit should be solderless (Just a ribbon to insert in the Lynx2) and the response was keep it soldered to make use of the extra functions the Backlight button can provide, like varying the backlight intensity and scanlines. This is also required for the Lynx 1 anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Does the refresh run at the same rate as the Lynx? The reason I ask is that a few games have a still image where the palette changes during the HBL in order to get more colours on screen than the max 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennVenn Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Yes, The doubled scan lines are drawn at the beginning of the following scan line. This means whatever the Lynx writes to the LCD will be accurately rendered on the LCD. The frame rate is locked to the Lynx's frame rate and technically should support up to 140frames per second though i don't know of any games which make use of this. It'll certainly need beta testing to reveal any bugs which aren't apparent with my limited game selection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 You got my attention with "Neo-Geo Pocket Color." How much for that one, and how much work will it take to install it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennVenn Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'll be aiming for $50 for the NGPC kit, almost no work to install. A ribbon cable to insert, no shell cutting to fit the LCD in or anything, no soldering. Maybe a 3d spacer to get it all aligned or some hot glue if that's more your style. The image is slightly smaller than original, pretty similar to the existing backlight mod for it. JellyBelly customs said he'll be doing a custom lcd protector for it so it looks like its supposed to be in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 BV is powering though with this mod kit! Benn Venn's LCD mod kit for Atari Lynx enters final prototype stage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyprian Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 looks really promising I would buy one for my Lynx II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennVenn Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Jason picked up a prototype yesterday and has uploaded a quick video if you want to see it in action and what is involved. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilegametech Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Jason picked up a prototype yesterday and has uploaded a quick video if you want to see it in action and what is involved. https://youtu.be/posnpYAbvRo Hi BennVenn Will you also be working on something for the sega Nomad? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I bought one. I'm already a big BennVenn guy since I'm a Game Boy modding junkie. I'll report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdez76 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I just pre-ordered my Lynx 2 screen yesterday from the BenVann site. Did anyone else pre-order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I did. Mainly to check if hi-colour graphics is supported in this mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I did. Mainly to check if hi-colour graphics is supported in this mod. I should be able to tell you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knud Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I did as well pre order a screen from him, looking forward to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyprian Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 On BennVenn's page: https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/collections/aftermarket-lcds/products/lynx-drop-in-lcd-kit I see two LCD types: Chinese assembled and Japanese assembled. what's difference is between them? which one do you suggest to buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akira666 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Since the Japanese display is $ 10 more expensive, it will probably offer better quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 He explains it in the description -> The screens are exactly the same, but the ribbon cable, the backlit and the frame are chinese made in the chinese version, and japanese made... yeah you guess it in the japanese version @bennvenn... I'm going to preorder the atari lynx and also gameboy color screen mod. If I understand correctly both are preorders, right? Do you have an idea when you will ship them? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyprian Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 ok thx, which one did you preordered then? I still wonder which one to choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdez76 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I bought the Chinese version. Hopefully I didn't make a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdoi Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Still no comparative test between mcwill and bennvenn?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I'm waiting for Ben to send me a prototype board, once I have that, a review will come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I've been putting off the LCD mod for a lifetime but this is the ticket. I need this in my life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybezeone Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Waited for too long... Missed the shot... Sold out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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