On Sep 18, 8:52 am, Alan Cohen <am...@no.junk.please.cornell.edu>
wrote:
> I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The LCD
> on my kid's Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) would be perfect - but I'm
> finding that it would be cheaper to buy a PSP (US$170) and tear out the
> LCD than to buy the LCDs on their own (which I wouldn't do, of course!)
>
> Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color LCD
> displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.
>
> Thanks!

That PSP LCD is $70 at Sparkfun. They also have a Nokia 6610 LCD for
$20 which I've used. Check them out:

http://www.sparkfun.com


For black & white graphical LCD nothing beats the Nokia 3310 LCD from
Jelu at only $9.50:

http://www.jelu.se/shop/index.php

On Sep 18, 8:52 am, Alan Cohen <am...@no.junk.please.cornell.edu>
wrote:
> I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The LCD
> on my kid's Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) would be perfect - but I'm
> finding that it would be cheaper to buy a PSP (US$170) and tear out the
> LCD than to buy the LCDs on their own (which I wouldn't do, of course!)
>
> Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color LCD
> displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.
>
> Thanks!

That PSP LCD is $70 at Sparkfun. They also have a Nokia 6610 LCD for
$20 which I've used. Check them out:

http://www.sparkfun.com


For black & white graphical LCD nothing beats the Nokia 3310 LCD from
Jelu at only $9.50:

http://www.jelu.se/shop/index.php

> Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color LCD
> displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.
>
> Thanks!


www.sparkfun.com have the same display

Best regards
Tsvetan
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Alan Cohen wrote:
> I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The LCD
> on my kid's Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) would be perfect - but I'm
> finding that it would be cheaper to buy a PSP (US$170) and tear out the
> LCD than to buy the LCDs on their own (which I wouldn't do, of course!)
>
> Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color LCD
> displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.
>
> Thanks!

Try http://gifar.com.tw . They have sub-$100 SVGA and WVGA 7" and 8"
displays
(offered me sample quantities, there was a $50 handling fee for orders
< $500). Look pretty good to me (but I have not done any shopping
there yet,
only inquired - should be doing before too long, though).

Dimiter

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"Alan Cohen" <amc79@no.junk.please.cornell.edu> wrote in message 
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> I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The 
> LCD on my kid's Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) would be perfect - but 
> I'm finding that it would be cheaper to buy a PSP (US$170) and tear 
> out the LCD than to buy the LCDs on their own (which I wouldn't do, of 
> course!)
>
> Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color 
> LCD displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing 
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.
>
> Thanks!

Game Park, the people who make the GP2X, must have a good source for 
their LCDs to be able to keep the product so cheap. There are a myriad 
of pictures of it with its back off all over the net so have a look and 
see if you can see any identifying marks on the panel.

Perhaps you could even find a contact within Game Park who can give you 
a pointer to a supplier. They won't tell you how much they pay for their 
screens but they can tell you who their distributor is (assuming they 
don't just go straight to the manufacturer). 

On Sep 17, 8:52 pm, Alan Cohen <am...@no.junk.please.cornell.edu>
wrote:
> I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The LCD

> displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing
> shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.

The short answer to your question is: 100-200 pieces is not production
quantities, that is hobbyist usage, and if you're buying at hobbyist
quantities you're buying through at least two layers of distribution
and paying at LEAST 4x what a real manufacturer will pay - if you can
even get the parts you want, which frequently isn't the case.

So your realistic options (besides cannibalism) are either to look at
hobbyist sources, which will be intermittent and won't have long-term
guarantees of availability, or look at surplus sources. www.earthlcd.com
is one pretty major surplus supplier; while there are no absolute
guarantees of longterm availability, using a big supplier is about as
close as you'll get.

I'm looking to design a product that has a pretty LCD display.  The LCD 
on my kid's Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) would be perfect - but I'm 
finding that it would be cheaper to buy a PSP (US$170) and tear out the 
LCD than to buy the LCDs on their own (which I wouldn't do, of course!)

Does anyone have a source for small (but not tiny) and pretty color LCD 
displays that cost $50-$100 or so?  I expect that we'll be doing 
shortish production runs, say, 100-200 at a clip.

Thanks!