Anyone able to recommend a 7"ish screen? eg: Lilliput UM70?

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So I'm looking to put a small 7"'ish screen next to my main monitor purely to display system stats, and watch videos while doing other stuff.

Lilliput do a UM70 (800x480) which is USB monitor and seems to be somewhere in the region of 15ms to 30ms response time, so I'm wondering if videos might look a little smeared/laggy... I've also been told the monitor loses its settings when turned off, so if you need to adjust its brightness, you'd have to do it everytime!

Samsung did a similar 7" monitor which can be found at a push.


Is there anything else I should be interested in? Ideally something with a more regular HDMI connection for example?


EDIT: - I could get over an auction site one of these which is HDMI (1024x600 = very small DPI!) - http://www.amazon.com/BacchaBox®-Inch-Monitor-Composite-Inputs/dp/B00V7FUDFY
 
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I picked up one of these (and a frame for it) while the price was low (gone up a bit now):

"Makibes® 5 Inch Resistive Touch Screen LCD(B) HDMI USB Interface For Raspberry Pi/BB BLACK/Banana Pi Mainboard/PC"

That model has HDMI and can work with a PC (except there are no touchscreen drivers of Windows) and no HDCP support - but for basic diagnostic usage it works well enough its responsive enough for video and image quality is passable. There are various different versions of it with different sizes but not all can be connected to a PC directly.

EDIT: In general I'd recommend getting a flexible HDMI cable with these kind of displays as unless you are securing them to something or they happen to have a good stand the stiffer normal HDMI cables tend to make them hard to position well/easily knocked over.
 
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Rroff said:
I picked up one of these (and a frame for it) while the price was low (gone up a bit now):

"Makibes® 5 Inch Resistive Touch Screen LCD(B) HDMI USB Interface For Raspberry Pi/BB BLACK/Banana Pi Mainboard/PC"

That model has HDMI and can work with a PC (except there are no touchscreen drivers of Windows) and no HDCP support - but for basic diagnostic usage it works well enough its responsive enough for video and image quality is passable. There are various different versions of it with different sizes but not all can be connected to a PC directly.

EDIT: In general I'd recommend getting a flexible HDMI cable with these kind of displays as unless you are securing them to something or they happen to have a good stand the stiffer normal HDMI cables tend to make them hard to position well/easily knocked over.
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Interesting... I noticed those! The 7" one would be of interest!

But you just plug in the HDMI lead to a PC and voila? Second monitor?

How tidy does the case make it look?



EDIT: Shame the case isn't black, and the power (USB?) and HDMI lead comes out the side... But small annoyance!
 
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Still looks a bit DIY even with the case (depending a bit on which case you use) - its powered from a USB port which can be configured just for purely powering it or for touch screen functionality on supported OSes.
 
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Still looks a bit DIY even with the case (depending a bit on which case you use) - its powered from a USB port which can be configured just for purely powering it or for touch screen functionality on supported OSes.
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I believe, given there seems to be no advantage (other than £££) over the Lilliput (which a more dedicated display), the Lilliput is still top of my list at the moment I think...
 
I'm running a 7" 'Wondlan' monitor. Kind of a knockoff lilliput. Very similar specs probably, and HDMI connected.
It's about 3 or 4 years old and I got it with a load of gear for HDSLR video filming. Never used out and suddenly remembered it when I was wanting a new very small second screen to display widgets for GPU, CPU and network stats. It's just perfect for that!
 
wunkley said:
I'm running a 7" 'Wondlan' monitor. Kind of a knockoff lilliput. Very similar specs probably, and HDMI connected.
It's about 3 or 4 years old and I got it with a load of gear for HDSLR video filming. Never used out and suddenly remembered it when I was wanting a new very small second screen to display widgets for GPU, CPU and network stats. It's just perfect for that!
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Got a model number out of interest?
 
^ Sorry bud I don't. Back of unit is covered in mounting stuff so can't see it. It's quite old though, and not on the Wondlan website any more. I think it's very much budget end, but for what I use it for it's great.
 
NeilFawcett said:
Do you think it's this 800x480 edition - http://www.wondlan.com/product/260-wm-700b-wondlan-6cf0/

I assume you've just got a mains adapter for it?
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It looks exactly like this one, but wondlan branded and it's not touch screen. Only has hdmi and is mains powered or battery powered with a pack if using on cam. http://www.feelworld.cn/HTML/EN_Pro...with-HDMI-VGA-Video-Audio-input-FW619AHT.html

Like i say it came with a hdslr filming rig, and I never really used, it until now
 
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