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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-12-01 10:01:09
I have the chance to grab three Tibook's that have busted screens from a friend who works for the local high school district.
Is it worth getting them despite the expensive screen replacement?
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Posted by: Gil on 2008-12-01 10:02:01
If you get 'em, let me know if you might want to sell one of them.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-12-01 10:19:04
I probably wouldn't because my sister needs a laptop for college, mom needs one to write down notes for when she goes with our foster kids' visits, and I need one for video/picture/audio work.
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Posted by: benjgvps on 2008-12-01 10:20:40
You can use them as servers, media centers, Internet radios, with a spare LCD or CRT monitor you can do whatever the hell you want.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-12-01 10:23:06
You can use them as servers, media centers, Internet radios, with a spare LCD or CRT monitor you can do whatever the hell you want. That my friend is another good idea. Although I was thinking using my gigbit G4 for media center stuff whenever my folks decide to get a TV with either S-Video or VGA.
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Posted by: Brooklyn on 2008-12-01 10:30:52
The screens for the Tibooks are hard to work with, since they are glued together. Keep that in mind. But if they are free, get them for sure.
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Posted by: Torbar on 2008-12-01 17:29:03
Considering you've been asking for a G4 notebook on the forums for as long as I remember you being signed up, don't even question it.
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Posted by: Phreakinus on 2008-12-01 18:16:14
Are they 12 inch screens?
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Posted by: Torbar on 2008-12-02 12:06:47
You can use them as servers, media centers, Internet radios, with a spare LCD or CRT monitor you can do whatever the hell you want. That my friend is another good idea. Although I was thinking using my gigbit G4 for media center stuff whenever my folks decide to get a TV with either S-Video or VGA.
They make S-video to RCA adapters btw.
Also, worse comes to worse, you can sell the 3 laptops for parts machines and buy a working G4.
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Posted by: Hornpipe2 on 2008-12-12 08:51:22
An S-Video to RCA adapter is nothing more than a single capacitor joining the signal wires, and both grounds tied together. Look here:
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html
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Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2008-12-12 10:16:34
An S-Video to RCA adapter is nothing more than a single capacitor joining the signal wires, and both grounds tied together. Look here:http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html This works for converting an S-Video out port into a composite out port. Usually that's all the people use anyway. (The same thing works to convert a composite in port into an S-video in port.)
But if you want to convert a composite out port into S-Video out port, (or an S-video in port into a composite in port), this will not work. The color/chroma signal needs to be separated from the brightness/luma signal somehow.
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